The Australian singer-songwriter shares a new single that hides emotional violence beneath warm, fuzzy sonics, paired with a video and a run of UK dates.
Grace Cummings has released “I’m Not Crazy,” the latest single from her forthcoming album Bloodhorse!, out August 14 via ATO Records. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the track’s analogue glow and dreamy drift create a deceptive softness — a warm surface that masks a lyric about intimate threat.
“‘I won’t hurt you baby, I’m not crazy’ are words that are meant to soothe, but get twisted and used as a warning,” Cummings explains. She describes the song as being about violence, dissociation, and “making yourself small and pretty, out of fear.” Her vocal is deliberately light and innocent — a performance of vulnerability that becomes a kind of hiding place.
The animated video, directed by Lucy Dyson with additional footage shot by Cummings, mirrors that uneasy tension. Cummings has also confirmed a series of UK shows this November, with stops in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton, and London. The single suggests an album that wields softness as both shelter and weapon, without ever raising its voice.
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