Beabadoobee has always had a gift for turning intimate, day-to-day emotions into timeless songs. With her latest single, "Coming Home," she condenses the longing pangs and the soft joy of being together into a sugary, raw ballad that tugs at the heartstrings.
As if channeling her love for The Beatles, "Coming Home" is all about simplicity, gentle, acoustic instrumentation built on the back of soft vocals that come across as a hug. Written at a time of global stardom, the track reflects on the price of fame: the endless miles away from home, family, and mundane moments that too often bring the most fulfillment. Lyrics such as "I'd do anything just to be with you To sit and watch you slowly wake" reveal a sort of poignant honesty, a profound longing for that kind of love that lives in the gentle corners of life.
"Coming Home," a song that could set the mood for either the golden-hour glow of an open road or the stillness of a dimly lit bedroom, has a cinematic quality. The tone of "Coming Home" is universal. It's the emotional resonance used in Everything Everywhere All at Once. It fills our hearts with the reminder that love is not in big grand gestures, wet streets, and beautiful apartments but in laundry days, late-night conversations, and just being there.
With "Coming Home," Beabadoobee shows again that some of the most potent songs don't need to yell to be heard. Sometimes, all it takes is sincerity in song to remind us where our hearts lie.