Rebecca Helen Finds Grace in Grief with Her Poetic New Single “This Place”

October 07, 2025

Rebecca Helen Finds Grace in Grief with Her Poetic New Single “This Place”

Among the vibrant electronic rhythms and cheerful pop tunes, Rebecca Helen stands… hesitating before the release of her new single "This Place". "This Place" was released on August 29, 2025 and is a song about the aimless, desolate corridors of heartbreak and love and is dedicated to her late father. Unlike her previous works which were filled with life and energy, this song softly burns, candle-like, warm, stuttering and achingly human. Quiet, intimate, and stifled, this song is a conversational reminiscence with the past and also a song that recalls what the heart wanted to say but the words were lost.

Silence also became the inspiration to "This Place". The silence that greets a person after they leave. This song was written in the soft, silence after the passing of her father. She paints this imagery of the departed and the mourning person sharing a conversation, the departed person through memories and the mourning person through silence. Rebecca soothed her grief through gentle harmonies and honest lyrics. The acoustic crispness of the song captures the graceful walks she had in the woods with her father. The song’s delicate rhythm echoes and evokes memories of the quiet, synchronized steps under the green canopy.

Recording with producer Sasha Righini, Rebecca maintained that closeness in amazing detail. His celestial brush wraps her vocals in a fluffy warmth, so every shudder, every breath is filled with life. While the song was recorded some years ago, Rebecca held back—patiently, respectfully—until her heart told her the time had come. "It's softer, more vulnerable, and personal," she remembers. "My father was a concert pianist, and music ran through everything he did. Writing this was my way of staying close to him."

With "This Place," Rebecca Helen is exerting a gentler form of power—one driven by bravery, recollection, and love not to be tamed. Fans of Adele and Lewis Capaldi will listen for the unflinching truthfulness of her voice, the raw purity of an artist exposing herself sans apology. It's a song for anyone who ever loved someone so much their presence continues to resonate in the room. Rebecca sings in "This Place," yes, but she remembers, and in remembering, she invites us to remember too.