Elles Bailey Plants Something Beautiful with “Growing Roots”

Elles Bailey returns with a soulful new chapter in her ever-evolving story. “Growing Roots,” the first taste of her forthcoming album Can’t Take My Story Away (out January 16th via Cooking Vinyl and Outlaw Music), captures an artist in full bloom, confident, grounded, and radiating warmth. It’s a song that feels both intimate and universal, balancing the grit of lived experience with the grace of newfound stability.

From the first note, Bailey’s unmistakable voice, smoky, textured, and utterly commanding, pulls the listener in. There’s a lived-in honesty to her delivery that makes every lyric feel like a confession whispered between old friends. The production, helmed by Luke Potashnick, is understated yet lush, giving her vocals the space to breathe. A gentle groove anchors the track, while shimmering guitar lines and warm organ tones wrap around her in a golden haze.

“Growing Roots” is, at its heart, a love song, but not in the fleeting, fairytale sense. Instead, it explores the quieter, deeper kind of love that comes from choosing to stay. It’s about finding that person who steadies your restless heart, the one who turns wandering into belonging. Bailey sings not from naïve infatuation but from a place of wisdom and gratitude, where love becomes both sanctuary and self-discovery.

What makes this single particularly resonant is the sense of evolution it carries. Bailey has long been celebrated for her powerhouse live shows and blues-inflected grit, but here she reveals a gentler strength, one rooted in vulnerability and clarity. “Growing Roots” feels like an artist stepping into her own light, unafraid to show softness as power. It’s the sound of a storyteller reclaiming her narrative with confidence and grace.

With Can’t Take My Story Away on the horizon and a 2026 UK and EU tour already announced, “Growing Roots” serves as a stunning preview of what’s to come, an anthem for anyone learning to slow down, plant themselves, and let love grow deep.

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