Slowe's 'How Hard Can It Be' opens with a glisten that makes you pause before a word has even been sung. It sets the tone for what follows: a gentle, honest conversation with yourself on the days when your own mind feels difficult to live with. Written, produced and performed by Bristol based Slowe, the track holds a quiet self-awareness. What makes the record land is its tenderness. Even in the frustration, there’s patience. The arrangement gives the emotion room to breathe, and the vocal feels close, like a thought spoken out loud rather than performed. Slowe has shared that she wrote the song in 2023, just after finishing her first album, at a point when anxiety had made everyday, even joyful things feel overwhelming. That question -how hard can it be? - becomes both a challenge and a sigh. Anyone who has negotiated with their own brain will recognise it instantly. There’s something powerful about an artist producing and composing their own vulnerability. It removes the filter. What you’re left with is real, steady and deeply human.