Lucy Crisp traced emotional wreckage through dream pop epiphanies in ‘ghostin’ –

In her latest single, ghostin, Lucy Crisp slips into the skin of a dream pop troubadour to reflect the disconnection and desolation wrapped up in modern love. With oscillations of moody bass, strobing synths, and a kinetic beatline that pulses through the melancholy, she sketches out a panoramic wash of emotional wreckage and quiet revelation.

Her vocal lines drift with soft insistence. It’s in that control, that measured delivery, that Lucy makes space for the emotional weight to hit. The track’s aching introspection never slips into self-pity. Instead, it reaches the painful clarity that no matter how many walls we think we’ve built, if we bare vulnerability, someone will always test how far they can push through it. ghostin sits in that uneasy truth and lets it bleed out through.

Breaking out in her wildcard era, Lucy Crisp draws sonic breath from the likes of Lorde and Imogen Heap but doesn’t trace any footsteps. Her previous EP, 65 Roses, put her lived experience of Cystic Fibrosis on the record, sparking conversations that most artists wouldn’t go near. That refusal to shy away from discomfort is stitched right through ghostin. It’s an awakening wrapped in synths and swollen emotion, building towards a quiet sort of empowerment for anyone who’s been ghosted into questioning their own worth.

ghostin is now available on all major streaming platforms, including SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast