New Constellations Are Forcing Everyone To Face Their Inner Child On Synth Pop Heartbreaker "Believe Again"

New Constellations did not come to play pretend healing. Their new single "Believe Again" feels like a collision between who you were, who you are, and who you're low-key afraid you might still become. It is not a song designed for background playlists or cute indie aesthetics. It lands like an overdue conversation with the younger version of yourself, the one who had ridiculous dreams and zero evidence they were possible, but still held the line anyway.

For New Constellations, this is not just nostalgia. It is reclamation. "Believe Again" is built as a dialogue across time, a moment where the present self turns back and says thank you to the girl who carried the light long before there was a stage, a tour, or millions of streams. Instead of distancing herself from that version, she honors her. The result is a synth-drenched coming-of-age moment that refuses to apologize for feeling something.

Starlit synths, dreamy pads, and pulse-driven percussion create a world that feels cinematic without losing emotional detail. Harlee Case's voice moves between softness and conviction, like she is letting you read pages from a diary she never planned on releasing, but finally realized she no longer needs to hide.

This track is the first chapter of "It Comes in Waves," the debut album from New Constellations, the duo formed by lifelong friends Harlee Case and Josh Smith, based in Portland. They started making music in a bedroom at 14 and went their separate ways for more than a decade. Harlee Case became a voice for female empowerment and plant medicine advocacy, while Josh toured and sharpened his production instincts. Now they are back, fused into a project that feels bigger than either of them could have achieved alone.

New Constellations are not the type of act quietly testing the waters. They have already garnered over 100 million streams, secured syncs with Apple TV, Good Trouble, a full-length film, and ESPRIT, and sold out tours across the West Coast, East Coast, and with Cannons. The momentum is real and getting louder.

With a healing-centered North America tour in November and new singles dropping every six weeks, "Believe Again" does not feel like a single. It feels like a thesis. A reminder that growth is not betrayal, and the kid who believed first deserves a seat at the table.

"Believe Again" feels deeply personal. What inspired you to write it as a conversation with your younger self?

We rarely start writing with a set intention. Instead, we like to see what's already stirring inside us, to let the music rise from the subconscious or from something bigger than us both. This song came through that same way. It started as one idea and then quickly led me into a conversation with my younger self.

I'm so grateful for that girl, the one who found the courage to try again after giving up. I see her differently now, with so much love and respect. She was brave enough to believe in her own vision, to hold onto the worlds she saw in her mind, and to keep building them, no matter how long it took. We're here because she refused to stop dreaming.

The production feels cinematic yet intimate. How did you approach balancing those emotions sonically?

Often, our songs begin with very sparse beats. I try to get a sense, or a vibe, going without it dictating the path forward too much. I want to create enough of a canvas for Harlee to be able to paint on without influencing too much too early. Once we start developing a melody or lyrical content, I will add to the beat to complement it. Often, the intimacy comes from the lyrical content or the vocal melodies, and we try to use the music production to heighten that aspect without distracting from it.

What message do you hope listeners take from the balance between nostalgia and renewal in the song?

I hope listeners are reminded that they, too, can choose to believe in themselves at any moment, regardless of their current life circumstances. It's never too late to become the person you've always dreamed of being.

When we witness real-life examples of transformation and success, something in our minds opens up, and we begin to see that those possibilities exist for us too. Our minds are mighty, and I hope to keep inspiring people to trust that power, to have hope in themselves, and to know that it's never too late to begin again.

You're heading into a North America Tour centered on healing. How does this song fit into that vision?

I wouldn't say our tour is intentionally centered on healing, but our music can be used in many ways as a tool for it. That's what music has always been for me, a way to alchemize my emotions, to turn pain or confusion into something that serves my heart and purpose more fully.

I believe "like attracts like," and many of the people who connect with our music are also on their own healing journeys. There's something powerful about being in a room full of people healthily moving through their emotions — singing, crying, dancing, releasing. Our shows are definitely a rollercoaster, but in the best, most cathartic way.

With singles rolling out every six weeks leading to your debut album, how does "Believe Again" set the tone for what's coming next? 

Believe again, in a way, is the story of our band and the path that we took to even getting here in the first place. It's very apropos that our first single from our first album is a story acknowledging and thanking the path that brought us here in the first place. It's sort of a beautiful homage to the struggles of an artist in terms of not giving up on your art when life seems to get in the way.