For the past five years, Lucy Rose has mastered the art of intimate folk music. “Shiver,” her 2012 wistful look back at heartbreak, was enough to draw in — one that grew even greater after it narrated the ending of Hannah and Adam’s tumultuous relationship on Girls. But three albums in, the British singer-songwriter has found a confidence that was lacking perhaps because she hadn’t enough life experience. With Something’s Changing, Rose seems to have found her rhythm.
After discovering she garnered a large audience in South America thanks to the beauty of Twitter, she made a proposition: if her fans down there would book her a show, she’d visit awhile. The power of the internet worked, and she spent two months on a journey of self-discovery exploring Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico.
With the help of her husband, a guitar, a camera and a backpack, she played a string of free shows, crashed with fans and subsequently found inspiration in her craft once again. For Rose, the way to combat self-doubt was to understand why she was meant to do music.
A big part of Something’s Changing is the documentary that goes along with it as it represents of Rose questioning her passion for music and finding her way to her latest record. But it’s also something that’s echoed in the oldest song on the LP (“No Good At All”), which finds Rose at a crossroads with a glimmer of hope. She considers starting over — the song titles from start to finish chronicle her trip soul-searching throughout South America.