Stay Cool, Go Crazy: Sela Bruce’s Magnetic Inner Monologue

With her latest single “Cool About It,” Nashville-based artist Sela Bruce peels back the curtain on obsession, desire, and the fragile mask we wear to hide it all. What starts as a delicate cello line blooms into a full-blown alt-pop confession, one that’s as emotionally volatile as it is gorgeously controlled.

Teaming up with her best friend and creative partner, Bruce shapes a track that pulses with raw energy while keeping its cool on the surface. That push-pull dynamic, between calm and chaos, longing and restraint, is the heart of Cool About It. You don’t just listen to this song; you inhabit it. The production is clean but daring, with the cello adding a sense of drama that never feels forced, just deeply felt.

Bruce’s voice is the clincher, airy yet commanding, it drifts with purpose, echoing the storytelling style of Lana Del Rey and the introspective punch of Lorde, without ever sounding derivative. Instead, she crafts a world of her own: intimate, unfiltered, a little messy and totally magnetic.

There’s something quietly radical about a pop song that doesn’t try to fix the feelings it reveals. Sela Bruce isn’t here to play it safe, she’s here to be honest. And with Cool About It, she nails that balance between vulnerability and swagger like a seasoned pro.