Collete Brady-McEntee – “So Long, Solo”

“So Long, Solo” by Collette Brady-McEntee is the kind of song that doesn’t need to fight for your attention. By the time you realize you’ve listened twice, you’re already on your third play.

The track came out of a UK songwriting camp with Ian Curnow, Larissa Tormey, and Joy Solomon, and you can hear that collaborative energy in how the song breathes. It doesn’t pile on. The writing sits around the idea of going through stretches of life alone while staying genuinely open to connection, and somehow that message comes across without feeling like a motivational poster.

Collette’s voice is where this thing really lands, and she has classical training, and it shows, not in a stiff or formal way, but in how she controls the emotion without letting it run away from her. The song is vocally demanding and she handles it like someone who has been sitting with the material long enough to really mean it.

One thing worth knowing about this release; Joy Solomon, one of the co-writers, passed away in 2024, and “So Long, Solo” is partly a tribute to her. That context gives the song a deeper resonance, and it already had plenty going for it on its own. This is the kind of pop song that holds up over repeated listens, which isn’t always easy to pull off. Collette Brady-McEntee clearly knows who she is as an artist, and she’s not overreaching here. If you haven’t already, go back and listen to “Nobody Knows” from 2024. It’ll give you a real sense of where she’s been. Follow her wherever you stream, because she’s building something worth paying attention to.