When B.Miles returns with “+1,” a cut from her latest album Time Doesn’t Heal It Hides (released 14 November 2025), she doesn’t deliver the kind of heart-on-sleeve heartbreak that comes from loss. Instead, she evokes the ache of something that never existed.
The track never dramatises a breakup, because there was never a relationship to begin with. That loneliness, that limbo of longing, it’s here, and it hits deep.
From the first listen, “+1” casts a mood of quiet desperation. The electronics stay minimal. Beats tick along underneath while her vocals cut through, measured, calm-toned, almost detached.
There’s nowhere to hide when she’s listing all the ways she’ll contort herself just to keep someone in bed until sunrise.
“If you want fake, I can fake it right” shows the depth of longing for something out of reach.
This isn’t about love. It’s about the desperate mathematics of loneliness, where being someone’s second choice feels better than being alone.
That emotional complexity is what gives “+1” its weight. It’s not just breakup sorrow; it’s longing for something that never was, and maybe never will be.
“Salt” got B.Miles 29 million Spotify streams back in 2015. A decade later, she’s still circling the same themes, still finding new ways to articulate the specific pain of settling for scraps of affection.
For those drawn to emotional rawness, vulnerability without melodrama, and introspective lo-fi pop with depth and honesty, “+1” hits the mark.
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