Toronto Indie-Pop Artist Victoria Staff Unpacks the Lingering Weight of Love on New Single, “I Still Think You Might”
With a storyteller’s instinct and a singer’s sensitivity, Victoria Staff returns with “I Still Think You Might,” a coy and frustrated indie-pop single about a love that refuses to cleanly let go. At once wistful and wounded, the track captures what it’s like to live in the shadow of something unresolved.
“Isn’t it always men?” Staff jokes. “I learned in university that since 1960, two-thirds of popular songs are about romantic love, and 75% of those are sad. This is the only time I’ve ever used my neuroscience degree since I got it.”
But the track dives deeper than textbook heartbreak. “I Still Think You Might” explores the emotional mess that lingers when two people move on but still can’t quite forget each other. It’s about the tension of not knowing whether someone will stay gone or show up again, unannounced.
“It’s about how sticky relationships are,” says Staff. “The frustration, the silence, and the nerve-wracking idea that someone could choose to break it.”
The recording process brought its own emotional arc.
“We knew from the beginning that the bridge had to build,” Staff says of working with producer Will Crann and her sister. “But the melody I wrote was really low. We re-recorded it so many times – it became this labor of love. I’m a sucker for a good bridge. Call me Taylor Swift.”
“I Still Think You Might” leans into Staff’s signature blend of intimacy and clarity, threading universal emotion through a sharply personal lens. It’s a proud moment for the Toronto-based artist:
“It never lost direction, even after all the work we put into it. The more we built it, the better it got. Where it landed? I’m just really happy.”