With “How Love Can Start,” Lisa Goldin offers a heartfelt, emotionally rich pop ballad that gently peels back the layers of love, memory, and longing. Released on May 16, 2025, as the eighth track off her upcoming third album, the single continues Goldin’s tradition of infusing vulnerability with melodic strength.
Following the charting success of HeartBeat, which held positions for over 20 weeks across South African charts, “How Love Can Start” feels like a mature continuation of Goldin’s sonic journey. Only now it’s more introspective.
The song opens with soft, sparkling, delicate yet emotionally loaded piano notes. Goldin’s vocals soon follow, low and pensive at first, building slowly into a soaring, expressive performance. Her voice is a striking blend of tenderness and ache, echoing the lyrical theme of wondering whether love, once sparked, can begin anew. As the track progresses, the heartbeat-like rhythm and subtle string layers create a growing sense of emotional weight, supported by atmospheric backing vocals that lend the song a sweeping cinematism.
“How Love Can Start” has also filled the lyrics with intimate recollections, “Isn’t it funny how / A spark still exists,” setting up the emotional tension that the chorus gently releases. The central question, “What if we made this moment last… is that how love can start?” captures a universal yearning for connection amidst emotional baggage and personal evolution.
From a production standpoint, “How Love Can Start” is polished but never sterile. Producer Stoyan Storn Stoyanov focuses on the emotional arc of the vocals while layering subtle textures, strings that writhe like unresolved feelings, and ambient echoes that evoke distance or longing.
“How Love Can Start” gets us pausing, reflecting, and asking—what if we gave love another chance?
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Review by: Naomi Joan