Sadie Miller turned heartbreak into haunting dream-pop poetry in ‘August’ –

August may be over for another year, but Sadie Miller’s latest single, August, keeps the season alive like a flickering candle that refuses to go out. From her LA base, Miller has become known for fusing raw confessionals with gauzy dream-pop textures; this performance pushes that sensitivity to its most visceral edge. The track captures the bittersweet ache of transition, the quiet acceptance that everything beautiful carries the seed of its own ending. Her lyricism traces the fault lines of change, evoking that all-too-familiar emotional chill that rolls in when something you thought would last begins to fade.

The poetry in her writing hits like a slow bruise. You can feel the frustration threading through each line as she candidly unpicks the emotional dissonance of falling from the pedestal someone built for you. It’s a quiet kind of rage, one that hums beneath the skin rather than screams from the rafters. Against the haunting pulse of spectral synths and the hazy rhythm of moody indie dream pop beats, her voice lashes with deliberate ferocity, carrying the ache of the narrative with an intimacy that feels almost too close to witness.

Since her 2018 debut, Yours, Miller has built her own world of vulnerability. Through tracks like Pretty Boys, Dangerous, and 21 she mapped the growing pains of coming-of-age with wry honesty. Her 2022 album, Internet, solidified her as a voice for those caught between connection and disconnection, while later singles Puff n Pass, Liar, and Boy Is a Gun explored the messier corners of self-preservation.

In August, she surrenders the armour entirely. It’s less about heartbreak itself and more about the uneasy calm that follows — the moment you realise healing might just mean learning to live with the ache.

August is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast