Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has an emotional approach with her new music, "How Were We To Know." The track draws on the difficult journey of rediscovering yourself after a relationship ends. Written and produced by Adele Emeli Sandé, Chris Loco, and Philip Leigh, the track follows a period of personal reflection. The track is about making peace with yourself after a relationship leaves a lasting emotional impact, and reevaluating what love and life mean in its wake.
"How Were We To Know" captures that emotional shift without losing sight of the creative freedom that exposure can provide. Sandé wrote the song during an emotional time in her life and let those feelings shape the writing process. The result is a story of honesty, reflection, and the messy emotions that can follow the end of something meaningful.
The song also celebrates the natural connection between writing songs and feeling. The track has an immediacy and emotional instinct, with lyrics and melody coming together effortlessly as the chords start to play, which is why we recorded it with Chris Loco and Phil Leigh.
"How Were We To Know" provides heartbreak not as a neat ending but as an experience to be mined, the effort of looking inward, challenging old notions of love, and beginning to reconnect with yourself. With "How Were We To Know," Emeli Sandé turns emotional upheaval into a reflective musical meditation on love, loss, self-reconciliation, and moving on.
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