The beginnings of “Massachusetts” were simple — just McRae and a piano — and it didn’t have a name when she first shared it. Its pieces locked together quickly, with McRae clicking its sharp, irresistible details into a tight rhythmic package. What follows, though, is effervescent: the lightness of healing, the freedom to remember what was good about being together. The song took off. Born and raised in LA, Jensen McRae has studied and made music for most of her life. Her debut 'Are You Happy Now?' navigates identity from its deepest foundations to its most personal musings – do I trust you, do I trust myself. McRae is working toward her next album, and she knows the breadth of that collection carries a different heft. “I’ve lived a lot more, and have a lot more experience to share,” she says. “The record will touch on those moments that are harder, less healed. But before we pull back the curtain,” McRae continues, “it feels right to touch on this hopeful moment.” Self-described as “one house down from the girl next door”, McRae has been compared to artists like Tracy Chapman or Phoebe Bridgers, and with good reason. Her voice is dynamic, her melodies are immediate, almost addictive. Most of all, the blunt force of Jensen McRae’s songs is in the stories they tell, and in the ways they invite you to see, feel, and hear yourself within them. It’s this skill that makes “Massachusetts”, and McRae, so easy to love.