There’s something about a voice that sounds like it’s telling you a secret—that leans in rather than belts out. Gracie Convert does exactly that in “In My Way“, the kind of track you play on a night bus while staring at lights and pretending everything’s fine.
Soft chords, barely-there drums, and those sigh-like vocals—”In My Way” channels early 2000s R&B in the best way. Think Amerie meets early Aaliyah with a French-English twist that makes it unmistakably Gracie. There’s a tenderness here that doesn’t beg for attention; it just sits with you, quiet and necessary. It feels like overhearing a voice note you were never supposed to catch—equal parts beautiful and a little too close for comfort.
The production is warm and minimal, thanks to Jack Seagal, with Gracie adding her own fingerprints throughout. That bilingual storytelling she’s become known for is alive and well, giving us both the softness of French vulnerability and the direct hit of English introspection. She sings about that kind of love that chips away at your sense of self—the love you keep justifying until the mirror doesn’t quite recognise you anymore. It’s melancholy, sure, but never pitiful.
And somehow, through the ache, it still slaps. There’s a subtle catchiness to it—one of those tracks that loops in your head not because of a hook, but because of how it felt. It’s that kind of song. The kind you end up humming under your breath without realising.
About Gracie Convert:
If you know London’s nightlife scene, you already know Gracie Convert—just maybe not like this. A respected DJ with residencies from Ivy Asia to Palm House, and past gigs for Red Bull and Taco Bell, she’s played stages with Juls, Sef Kombo, and Kitty Amor, and curated her own nights at places like Brixton Jamm. But her artist project hits different. Blending her French and English worlds into emotionally rich R&B, she’s carved out a bilingual soundscape that’s seen her land on Spotify’s New Music Friday UK, Fresh Finds, and BBC Introducing. And with “In My Way“, she’s not just adding to the catalogue—she’s opening a little more of herself up.
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