Cas Cleo Breaks Our Hearts Softly with ‘In Case You Forgot’

Some songs don’t need to shout to leave you gutted. Cas Cleo’s In Case You Forgot is one of those songs. It creeps in gently—no flash, no overproduction—just a steady pulse of dreamy, alternative indie production and a voice that sounds like it’s been carrying this weight for a long time.

At first listen, it’s beautiful. By the second, it’s unbearable in the best way.

“In Case You Forgot” is a song about grief—but not in the abstract. This is the kind of grief that sticks to your ribs. The kind that keeps you up at night, not because you’re crying, but because you’re replaying every moment you didn’t know would be your last. Cas doesn’t dance around the pain—she walks straight into it. Her voice, featherlight but emotionally loaded, delivers lines like “Can’t say I miss you, it’s the hardest part” with the kind of honesty that makes you sit very still.

It’s not just about missing someone. It’s about wishing—aching—for one more hour. One more week. One more chance to say all the things you didn’t, or couldn’t. It’s brutal, but in that beautifully understated way Cas has made her signature.

Cas Cleo started writing songs at 8 years old, and you can hear the years in her songwriting—how she’s learned to shape stories into melodies without sanding down the emotional edges. Now based in Nashville, she brings a unique blend of dream-pop haze and indie-rock grit to her work, but it’s her lyricism that cuts the deepest. You don’t just hear her songs—you feel them.

The production here is cinematic but restrained. It doesn’t compete with the story—it cradles it. There are moments where the track almost disappears beneath her voice, as if the world itself is holding its breath.

In Case You Forgot isn’t just a song. It’s a conversation with someone who’s gone. It’s what you’d say if you had one more shot. And if you’ve ever lost someone, you’ll recognize every beat of it.

With her full-length debut album coming later this year, Cas Cleo is clearly not afraid of diving into the hard stuff. If this single is any indication, she’s ready to write the kind of songs that don’t just hit your playlist—they stay with you.

Listen to "In Case You Forgot" now, and keep your tissues (and your heart) close. Cas Cleo’s just getting started.