Issue #5 Hi Reader ! How you been lately? I hope you’re having the best summer of the year! June/July is always bittersweet: I juggle the excitement of making plans, seeing people, and wearing summer dresses with the sadness of saying goodbye to my students, never quite sure if I’ll see them again. Year after year, I keep forgetting how hard it is. I’m writing to you from a café on my favourite street in the city, happy with how this summer is unfolding and fully aware of the beauty in the...
about 1 month ago • 15 min read
Issue #4 May 2025 Hi Reader ! How you been lately? I hope you’re having a really lovely day. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere I hope you’re enjoying the warm weather, that allergies aren’t hitting too hard, and that you’re excited about summer plans. If you’re in the South I hope you’re finding comfort in warm drinks and blankets, looking forward to jumper season, and maybe rewatching Gilmore Girls or whatever makes you feel cozy. This issue of Let’s Talk Songs is arriving a way later...
3 months ago • 10 min read
Issue #3 Hi Reader ! How you been lately? Thank you for opening this letter. This is going to be a long one, but I promise that if you stick around, you won’t regret it. Not only is this issue longer than the previous one — it’s also the one I’m most excited about, because it has my favourite selection of songs so far, and I have so much to tell you! So much happened last month. I started March by walking away from someone I have loved for many years, but who was no longer a loving presence...
4 months ago • 12 min read
Issue #2 Hi Reader ! How you been lately? It’s a rainy Sunday in Barcelona, and the second issue is about to come out. I want to start this letter with a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who subscribed, congratulated me, and got in touch to tell me which song they liked best. That connection is the reason I do this, and I’m incredibly grateful for a life where I get to write about my favorite songs. This issue starts with two songs that, in my head, are connected because they talk about the same...
5 months ago • 9 min read
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Issue #1 Hi Reader , how you been lately? Thanks for being here for the first issue of my newsletter 🫶🏻 Let's Talk Songs started as a small fetus in my brain a few months ago while doing my laundry in a Laundromat in Melbourne and was written throughout January between Sydney and Barcelona. And now you're reading it in some other part of the world and I just can't stop thinking how crazy that is. You know what? When I think of my closest friends...
6 months ago • 10 min read