el roy st. Lyrics – Jessica Baio | from “SACRED”

Jessica Baio’s SACRED (part 1) is five days out—January 9 via 10K Projects—and “el roy st.” rolls in like a sunset drive you never wanna end, that Bonnie-and-Clyde rush where love hits the gas and doesn’t look back.

This sixth-track heart-stealer, teased in a December Tucson set that had fans screaming along to snippets, is Baio’s indie pop dialed up to euphoric highs: shimmering guitars that hum like open highways, her breathy vocals curling around sun-chased hooks. It’s got that ’70s soft-rock glow meets modern confessional edge—think Fleetwood Mac whispers over a Phoebe Bridgers beat, all wistful romance without the wreckage.

Thematically, it’s pure ride-or-die poetry: no-me-without-you devotion, left-hand-on-the-wheel freedoms, and that last-time-in-love certainty that feels both reckless and right. Co-written and produced in her cozy LA sessions, it nods to the album’s core—sacred bonds that survive the speed bumps, understated but unbreakable. Baio dropped the pre-chorus clip on TikTok mid-December, sparking edits of couples chasing horizons, and her Insta’s buzzing with “this is wedding vows energy” comments.

SACRED itself? It’s her sophomore swing, a two-part odyssey (part 1 clocks eight tracks) excavating love’s quiet miracles after UNSAID’s raw confessions. The vibe’s a hazy Polaroid of fleeting highs: from “bad times” brooding openers to “ferrari”’s glossy escapes, “accident”’s tender crashes, the title-track’s glass-shard poetry (“Some love is loud / But ours is understated”), “got it bad” heartaches, and “made for you” forever-stitched closers. No big collabs teased, just Baio and her tight circle crafting a 30-minute sanctuary for the soft-hearted—lush keys, live drums, and strings that swell like held breaths. Announced December 9 with ethereal art (think cloud-kissed whites), it’s her reclaiming the divine in the everyday, per those X threads quoting her liner-note teases.

Baio’s blooming into her own at 23, the Toronto-raised songwriter who turned bedroom demos into UNSAID’s 2024 breakthrough—over 50M streams, festival slots from SXSW to Osheaga, and that deluxe drop last May sealing her as Gen Z’s whisper-soul heir. Post-breakup haze and cross-country moves fueled this, evolving her from lo-fi confessions to cinematic sweeps; she’s trading solo ache for shared sunrises, tour dates looming in March from NYC haunts to LA sunsets. It’s her saying love’s not a battlefield—it’s the backroad that gets you home.

Dive into the el roy st. lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other SACRED tracks for more of Jessica Baio’s hazy, heart-on-highway vibes.