‘Out Where The Love Grows’ I wrote in summer 2024. One of the things I’ve always loved about country music is the fact that they always have songs about their hometowns. Either about how much they love them, or the way they miss them when they’re not there etc., and I really wanted one of my own. I live and grew up in a tiny little village in Essex named Orsett, the same place that my mum grew up – my grandparents still live in the same house she grew up in. It’s full of beautiful countryside, fields full of horses, donkeys, sheep, goats, bunnies; there is actually a beautiful field with these at the bottom of my garden. We’re very lucky, I know how lucky we are so I wrote this song as an ode to how much I love it. Then, in May 2025 we received a letter through the post saying that a private company is applying for planning permission to take away that beautiful field, and build 250 houses there instead. We were all devastated by this news, and the whole community came together to try to fight it, which we are continuing to do now. As of July ‘25, it has gone through to the next stage, but the area has finally officially been labeled as greenbelt land, meaning that there is more protection on the land than before. Now every time I play this song live, it has a slightly bittersweet meaning, but it feels even more important to play now. So if you live in a small village or town, or even if you just love the countryside – this song is for you.
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