The first Record of the Week of 2026 on JENESAISPOP is ‘Secret Love’ by Dry Cleaning, a reflection on the modern world that we began to know last year with tracks like ‘Hit My Head All Day’. Another of the most accessible compositions is the single they released in December, ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit’, their most listened to song today and our Song of the Day for this Sunday.
Tom Dowse’s guitar – on the left, almost outside this official photo – has a melodic development typical of American groups like REM or Deerhunter, while vocalist Florence Shaw opts in this case for a “spoken word” that is reminiscent of the more reflective Saint Etienne.
What does ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit’ tell us about? It is a series of reflections on what our daily lives can be like, beginning with a series of suggestions in the imperative: “go somewhere, read something, take a walk, listen to something.” Afterwards, she changes person to look at herself and reflect: “I can do anything, say anything / A whole day to enjoy / Without limits, without restrictions, without interruptions.”
As in other parts of the album, Dry Cleaning reflects here on what a day without a cell phone can give, watching television for as long as you want: “no one showing up with a video call, a survey, a photo shoot or a hit.” Afterwards, the text, more than about that freedom, talks about a painful loneliness: “everyone can be sexually attractive, I really want to make friends, I long for a friend to tell my secrets to (…) the world is laughing at me, I am a complete disaster.”
The stream of consciousness of ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit’, and especially that certain rhythm provided by the guitar plucking, has led the group to make a choreographed video. Specifically, BULLYACHE is behind the movements of the unlikely dancer, who is none other than the experimental musician Bruce Lamont, who plays the sax in the song.
