SweetCandy!’s “Last Note To Dad” is a piece of her soul, a letter she never had the opportunity to write as a child, and something of a therapy that took years to come out. A summer banger, the single contemplates the extremely personal experience of being raised without a father, leaving invisible scars that continue to exist in one’s inner child. SweetCandy! recounts that the song was born of the pain she kept to herself for much of her life.

Eventually, her father returned when she was older, and she granted forgiveness, but not before she confronted the little girl who had wanted nothing more than a dad’s love and company. “Last Note To Dad” is her way of giving that child a voice. The song projects the feeling of an open diary entry wrapped in melody. The rawness of SweetCandy!’s vocal delivery makes it evident that this is about the truth. Listeners are brought into a practically sacred moment, as if hearing a private conversation between a daughter and her absent father. What makes “Last Note to Dad” so powerful is its universality. The pain of absence, the difficulty of forgiving someone who has hurt you, and the bravery it takes to recognize your inner child.

It’s an acceptance of pain combined with the courage to go into battle. SweetCandy! achieves the delicate balance of vulnerability and empowerment, giving fans a healing storyline as well as herself. “Last Note To Dad” is as intimate as a journal entry and as ringing as a universal song of healing. “Last Note To Dad” is closure, it’s therapy, and it’s proof that music can say what words sometimes can’t. This release solidifies SweetCandy! becoming, in cricket vocabulary, not just a run scorer but also a guy who shares with others the damage he absorbs so that it’s not accumulated as baggage.