Just Like Honey find beauty in the quiet ache on ‘Laugh about it’

Just Like Honey harness the power of understatement. Where others overshare, the London-based dreampop outfit let things blur at the edges: emotions half-said, guitars left ringing, sadness disguised as softness. On new single ‘Laugh about it’, they lean fully into that tension, soundtracking the quiet art of pretending everything’s fine.

Built from hazy guitars and a slow-burning emotional core, ‘Laugh about it’ sits somewhere between shoegaze wash, grunge restraint and pop melody. It doesn’t rush. It suspends in the familiar, uneasy space where vulnerability slips out sideways.

Fronted by Emily, whose vocals feel like a private thought, the track thrives on subtlety. Her delivery is gentle but loaded, carrying the kind of ache that settles in your chest rather than breaking open. It’s the sound of smiling through discomfort, of learning how to mask anxiety and uncertainty without ever quite convincing yourself.

“‘Laugh about it’ floats like a daydream underwater,” the band explain. “It’s about keeping up the façade when everything shakes beneath the surface.” That image runs through the song like a current: emotions muted, movement slowed. There’s beauty here, but it’s fragile, almost uneasy.

The track’s evolution mirrors its emotional complexity. What began as a stripped-back acoustic idea passed through multiple versions before finally finding its shape during a trip to Somerset with producer Pete Robertson. The finished version feels lived-in rather than polished, as if it’s been carried around for a while before being shared.

Just Like Honey aren’t interested in neat resolutions or dramatic catharsis. ‘Laugh about it’ doesn’t offer release so much as recognition. It’s a song for anyone who’s ever deflected with humour, kept things light when they weren’t, or learned how to perform okay-ness as a survival skill.

As the track fades, it lingers. Not loudly, not insistently, but enough to stay with you. With ‘Laugh about it’, Just Like Honey continue to carve out a space where softness isn’t weakness and emotional ambiguity is allowed to exist without explanation.