What might a girl be thinking about, dissolved in the embrace of a throne-like armchair, on the crimson carpet of her favorite living room, while velvety darkness swirls outside the window? On such evenings, thoughts become elusive, flow through the veins like electricity, and give birth not only to memories but to new meanings. For Hannah Rooth, a member of the trio Highly Sensitive Gays, this moment became a spark: in ten minutes, she wrote a new song, “one body.” It’s a song about loving the pain of longing, not for a person or for the past, but for the very desire to dissolve in love while preserving one’s uniqueness. In this tension between the desire for merging and the sharpness of boundaries, music is born, as a quiet stream gives rise to a river with a wild current.

Highly Sensitive Gays is a California-based trio of guitarists and friends: Hannah Rooth, Mark Charles Smith, and Reilly Brown. Their creative union was born within the support circle of Inner Oasis, where they learned to speak the language of feelings. And maybe that’s why their music is a fine, delicate thread between hearts. The songs of Highly Sensitive Gays are stories in which you can hear the breath of love, contemplation, and the path to oneself through music and shared experience. This is exactly how the song “one body” sounds.

The role of sound architect was taken on by Justin Glasco – a master of fine adjustments and unexpected nuances, known for his collaborations with Paris Paloma and Wild Rivers. Thanks to Justin’s meticulous work, “one body” unfolds like a sunrise, gradually: the first minutes are transparent, weightless harmonies written by Mark on classical guitar, like thin rays gliding over the surface of water. Then Rooth’s voice enters the space, pure, a mountain spring, and at the same time fragile, like a tightly stretched string ready to snap. In her intonations – ghostly light and a subtle tremor, reminiscent of the calm before the storm.

The guitars – acoustic, classical, electric, engage in a dialogue with each other; their parts sound like a harp. Each of the guitars has its own unique timbre, but they all intertwine into a single harmony, like ocean waves that surge and retreat. Maybe that’s why, when I listened to “one body,” it felt like I was slipping away from the chaos of everyday life and entering a phase of serenity. “One body” is like a stained-glass window through which the light of the inner world refracts, allowing one to hear and live through the full spectrum of emotions from quiet pain to liberating joy. It’s inspiring when musicians treat their songs with such care, tender attention, and respect for their art, just like Highly Sensitive Gays do. “One body” is available on all major streaming platforms.

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