I have done so many cool things in 2018, but my favorite was being in a loving and committed romantic relationship for its entire duration. For the first time ever! Rebecca Loebe’s “Ghosts” is a song I would’ve clung onto for dear life about 15 months ago. In it, Loebe brings a tender touch to a personality who’s oft-vilified in music: the person who doesn’t wake their partner up before they go-go.
Loebe reminds us to “just relax” — that by shutting ourselves off from the new people in our lives from fear of the past — we end up failing in the areas we want to succeed in. At the end of the day, you just have to see where life takes you.
Interestingly, for a video like this, we don’t see Loebe attempting to engage in a romantic relationship (that’s how i read it, at least.) Instead, we see Loebe palling around her home base of Austin and enjoying life by herself. You have to let go of the ghosts at some point, but that doesn’t mean you need a romantic partner(s) to complete you.