Hallie Marie’s new single, “Pure (Don’t You Still Remember?),” is a gentle, aching unraveling of what it feels like to be left in the quiet aftermath of intimacy. Released on May 21, 2025, the track is a folk-toned meditation on the stinging silence, the void that follows when someone who once knew your soul now won’t even meet your gaze. Hallie captures this ghosted intimacy with haunting precision, layering husky reflections with her signature ethereal falsettos, all circling around a minimalist acoustic guitar that feels as if it were recorded in a room full of memories and air that still knows your name.
The track opens with slow, mournful guitar strums, anchoring Hallie’s husky voice as she sings with tired reflection. Soon, her voice splits into two selves: one grainy and grounded, heavy with reality; the other a soaring, airy falsetto full of aching innocence and fragile yearning. The contrast is striking and symbolic. Her deep register feels like a scar, while her falsetto trails like a ghost that won’t stop asking questions. When she sings, “Now you won’t even look at me, am I nothing to you?” it’s less a question than an echo that hits with throbbing vulnerability.
One of the most memorable lines comes from her lower register: If you only see a woman as Mary the virgin or Mary the other, and if you treat her as unclean after you touched her, you should take a look at your hands.” While showing us the way her partner treated her, she puts a mirror to the purity culture, double standards, and the shame placed on women after exploiting them. Hallie Marie is peeling back layers with precision and letting the emotional weight sit.
Like Sufjan Stevens and Phoebe Bridgers before her, she gives voice to internal spirals that feel universal, intimate, and poetic. Listen to “Pure (Don’t You Still Remember?)” on Spotify to experience catharsis wrapped in simplicity.
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Review by: Naomi Joan