Top Tracks: Natalie Shay – All The Time

I think in the wrong hands ‘All The Time’ might have been very different. This fangirl anthem, detailing an intensely passionate celebrity crush, could easily have veered into more obsessive and parasocial territory. But in the capable hands of Belwood favourite Natalie Shay (who at this point has rattled off more big effervescent bops than I’ve had hot dinners!) this spirited new single instead feels like the sweetest daydream. An unrequited love for some artist oblivious to your existence, but whose music seems to know you better that you know yourself. It plays like some glorious fusion of Taylor Swift’s ‘You Belong With Me’ and Phoebe Bridger’s ‘Punisher’ – equal parts confidence in the connection, and perceived compatibility, that you’ve built up in your mind, and terror at the thought of meeting them, being lost for words, and watching the dream shatter before your eyes. With the way this story of longing interweaves with Natalie’s uncanny knack for crafting infectious indie pop melodies, you can’t help but root for her pipe dream coming true.