Jules the Lion‘s latest release, “Love After Love,” speaks to something many of us know, the courage it takes to love again after being hurt. It’s R&B and soul and hip-hop, a song that looks at love and makes space for healing and openness and personal renewal. I like that this view doesn’t treat love as some independent feeling. And sometimes learning to love again begins with learning to make peace with yourself.
Jules personalizes the song, bringing together different experiences and opinions. The music is a mixture of styles that still retains that inviting spirit, allowing the track to go into affection but still keeping the emotional journey behind it in sight. The most compelling thing in the song’s message is that it acknowledges peace in suffering. Heartbreak can change the way we view relationships, but we don’t have to close down.
In “Love After Love,” Jules the Lion tells us that healing and love can be partners. “There’s something special about starting over, I think.” You get to grow, but you must pretend the past never happened. The message of the song is simple but true, “Even after very difficult experiences, there is still room to feel, to heal, and to open your heart to love.”
