Andrea Bejar Reclaims Her Softness in New Single “Delicately”
- Valentina Reyes
- 3 days ago
- 5 min read
In late March, singer-songwriter Andrea Bejar dropped “Delicately,” a single that wastes no time declaring: “You can take me as I come.” On this new release, Bejar leans into introspection, reckoning with the anti-sensitivity ideals she was raised on and reframing emotional openness as a radical act of self-love. Backed by a gentle acoustic guitar and a steady, pulsing beat, the song traces a path where vulnerability becomes a source of strength, opening the door to a richer, more impassioned kind of love.
Bejar spoke candidly about adjusting to the shifts in her career and personal life, choosing to embrace them with softness and honoring the parts of herself she’s grown to love. For her, “Delicately” embodies that perspective and manifests as an extension of that mindset: “If you are able to show your vulnerable side, the braver you are… It’s about celebrating that side of yourself.” The record captures the idea that love, at its most resonant, is rooted in a devotion to authenticity.
When working with her co-writers, Jake Fine and Julia Campbell, Bejar describes the collaborative process as a “therapy to understanding,” confessing she sometimes begins a studio session by purposefully bringing up sentiments or ideas she doesn’t have a full grasp on. For Bejar, collaborative songwriting has moved her away from demanding resolutions and instead, practice sitting with uncertainty as a method of release.
“It’s okay to let feelings be and be present with them in that moment, and then just let them go. Feelings come and go, and sometimes there’s no rhyme or reason for them.”
She points to therapy as a guiding force in her self-understanding, allowing her to sit with those unresolved emotions and observe them from a place of distance. That process, she says, has made her “more comfortable writing things that [she] should be more uncomfortable writing about” – a shift that surfaces directly in “Delicately,” where she sings, “Was never a writer / Thought no one would listen / Til someone told me / The stories stack right up / Til there’s no way of keeping them hidden.”
As effortless as her songs may sound, Bejar reveals that each track undergoes multiple revisions before release. Candidly recalling the first lyrics of “Delicately,” she blushes while reading back lines once buried in her notes app. Even in those early drafts, her intent is evident, despite the larger vision still taking shape. That instinct for emotional precision is something she traces back to the artists she admires most.
Songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, and Natalia Lafourcade have shaped Bejar’s approach, inspiring her to pursue work that feels “raw and honest,” whether drawn from lived experience or imagination. Of them, Lafourcade holds particular significance – she was the catalyst for Bejar’s shift into writing in Spanish, a language that now sits at the heart of her music.
Bejar was born in Mexico City and moved to Miami when she was three years old. Despite growing up in a predominantly English-speaking country, her parents made a consistent effort to speak to her and her sister in their native tongue. That commitment to preserving their culture, one deeply tied to their children’s identity, is an effort that deserves recognition.
About an hour outside of Mexico City, Bejar recalls her family home in Cuernavaca, where much of her extended family remained. She describes it as a safe haven throughout her childhood. Her expression softens as she reflects on the memories she built there: “It’s just so nice that we were able to keep this as our little sacred time, because we only spent time with our family when we were there. It was just two months, essentially, of spending time with your family every single day, and getting to know each other a little bit more, even though you haven’t seen each other in eight or nine months.”
Having a place to return to in Mexico has become a recurring symbol in her music, inspiring songs like “Mexico,” where she sings of closing her eyes and being carried back to her family home, a place where her worries “dissipate.” Her Cuernavaca home has also served as a creative anchor for her EPs Stained Glass and Love Again, where much of the material was written.
Bejar describes 2024’s Stained Glass as a reflection of her upbringing, while 2025’s Love Again turns inward, exploring her identity beyond family and within a relationship. Though written during the same year across two separate visits, she felt the songs naturally split into distinct projects. “When I listened to them collectively, I was like, well… these belong to two different projects,” she recalls.
She bridged the two records with the standalone singles “Tears in the Kitchen” and “Marigolds,” the latter emerging as a standout hit in her catalog, amassing over 8 million streams on Spotify.
In Love Again, Bejar constructs a full narrative arc, following a relationship from its beginning to its end. Looking back, she sees that structure as something that emerged almost on its own: “I think subconsciously, maybe I had an idea of doing [a relationship arc], especially when we were putting the songs together. I realized there is a song for every point in a relationship, which was really cool. The work was kind of done for me. As much as I would like to say that I’m special, it’s just what the songs called for,” she says.
Beyond her immersive storytelling, Bejar’s voice carries a vividness that makes her imagery feel almost tangible. The interplay between her songwriting and vocal delivery lingers, echoing long after the music fades, settling somewhere just beneath the surface.
Most notably, Love Again features “Maybe It’s Better,” a haunting track where doubt settles in and the narrator retreats emotionally as a final act of self-preservation. It’s in the bridge that her voice begins to crescendo, rising into the most expansive and arresting moments of the song. Reflecting on the bridge, she says, “It felt like a really good way to end a song with so much feeling… It was bold for me.”
Bejar has spent the past year touring across North America, opening for artists like Iván Cornejo, Kevin Kaarl, and Conan Gray. On March 28, she performed her first solo set at Tecate P’al Norte festival in Monterrey, Mexico. During the set, she also debuted “Delicately,” celebrating its release. Asked about performing it live for the first time, she laughs: “All I want to do is dance around and move around, and it’s a really hard song to sing…. But I think that song is very indicative of the rest of the music that I’m making. It just feels like a new chapter for me, which feels really awesome to show and perform.”
The singer notes that her desire to create more dynamic, performance-driven music began while opening for other artists, where the energy of live audiences pushed her toward songs that invite movement. It was on those stages that “Delicately” began to take form.
Even as she experiments with more upbeat production, Bejar remains grounded in the emotional core of her writing, continuing to explore themes that feel deeply personal and aligned with her beliefs. While the single gestures toward a more expansive chapter in her sound, it still carries the same thread of softness that runs through her work.
“I’m really inspired by the women in my life, and I have written a lot about that, and I think that ‘Delicately’ slightly nods to the softness and the delicateness of being a woman.”
On the cusp of new music, Bejar remains guided by honesty, continuing to build worlds her listeners can step into. Her devoted listeners – and those just discovering her – have every reason to be excited as she enters what may be her strongest chapter yet. In the end, she puts it simply: “My favorite artists are the [ones] that I feel I'm coming home to after a long day's work… I hope that my music can give my listeners that safe space.”
“Delicately” is out now on all streaming platforms.
