Georgia Mintz Captures the Ache of Letting Go in Her New Single “Come Back”

Boston’s own Georgia Mintz just dropped a new single called “Come Back.” Right from the start, it doesn’t rush. The song just sort of settles in and lets the feeling build on its own. There’s something really comforting about the way it moves—kind of like a late-night drive that somehow feels both lonely and familiar at the same time.

Georgia’s voice is right there at the heart of it. It’s soft but never fades, and the production wraps around her in this warm, easy way. You get hints of indie rock and folk, but nothing ever feels cluttered. It’s stripped back so the emotion really breathes. Everything you hear, from the glowing guitars to that steady drumbeat, feels like it’s there for a reason.

The lyrics hit that weird spot between missing someone and trying to let go. This isn’t some dramatic breakup song. It’s more about what comes after, when you’re sifting through feelings you can’t quite name. When Georgia sings, “I hate when people leave, even worse when they come back,” it lands with this quiet honesty. There’s no drama, no bitterness—just that tired kind of truth you only get when you’ve loved and lost.

What really sticks with you is how real the whole thing feels. Georgia doesn’t dress her words up or chase clever lines. It’s just honest, almost like she wrote the lyrics while sorting out her own tangled thoughts. Nothing about it feels forced.

With “Come Back,” Georgia Mintz proves that authenticity still counts for something. The song doesn’t pretend to be more than it is, and that’s what makes it so good. You find yourself playing it again without even thinking about it, because it just feels—well, human.

You can listen to “Come Back” now on all the usual streaming platforms.

We got a chance to interview Georgia Mintz and ask her about "Come Back":

‘Come Back’ feels emotionally charged, what personal experience or story inspired the song, and how did you channel that into the music?

"I mean, it’s about a lot of experiences of different people leaving my life, maybe not just one in particular. I wrote it during a time when I felt really confused and unsure of where I was in life. I thought I knew where I was going, but then this big change happened and I was like, “Wow, maybe I don’t actually know what i’m doing or who I am.” I was experiencing an intense grief which, looking back, I didn’t even know that was what the feeling was. When we were doing the first tracking session of this song with the band, I really felt the anger while recording. I was angry at this person for leaving, I was angry at myself for letting it happen, and I was angry at the world for not stopping it. I just let all those feelings wash over me in the studio and didn’t let any other thoughts of self doubt or embarrassment influence the power that I’m playing with."

The phrase ‘Come Back’ can mean so many things, love, loss, resilience, even self-reflection. What does ‘coming back’ represent to you personally?

"It’s funny because this song has taken on a lot of different meanings for me over time. It meant one thing when I wrote it, then a couple months later it changed, and even now as it’s coming out, it changed again. To me, coming back represents dealing with the feelings after something exits your life, and finding yourself again after this big part of you is gone. Like, I’m doing all these reckless things like having sex with strangers and driving crazy because I don’t know who I am and I’m trying to find that person again. And it sucks because, even as I’m trying to find myself again, these memories keep coming up and holding me back from living my life. It’s like depeserately trying to move on from something, only to have it constantly pop up and remind you of a past version of yourself. It’s so hard to lose such a giant part of your personal life and just have to move on and keep living. I think Come Back expresses all those feelings wrapped in one; love, loss, resilience and self-reflection."

Musically, ‘Come Back’ blends emotion and energy beautifully. What creative decisions or sonic choices helped you capture that balance?

"So, this song would not exist without my amazing producer and engineer, Colin. He really helped me bring my vision of this song to life and it would not be what it is without him. There definitely is a level of comfort you have to have with someone to make the kind of vulnerable music I do. I need to be able to relax in the studio and just let the artistry and emotion take over, instead of obsessing over the right vocal tone, and Colin always made me feel completely comfortable and listened to, even when I was having a hard day in the studio. When we started recording this song, I also told him I wanted to play all the guitar parts on it. I’ve always been very insecure about my guitar skills because I never had any lessons or anything, but I knew that I wanted to show myself and everyone else that I am a guitar player as well as a singer. Colin encouraged me in my playing when I was feeling insecure and really allowed me to let go of all those negative feelings I had about my playing, and it turned out even better than I could have imagined."

When listeners hear ‘Come Back,’ what kind of emotional journey do you hope they experience — and what do you want them to take away from it?

"I hope I can resonate with people who know what it feels like to have people leave. It can be such a messy combo of grief and self-hatred, and I want people to have a song that speaks to that feeling. I just hope that my music makes somebody feel deeply understood and that they are in the car screaming along to the last chorus."

If ‘Come Back’ marked a new chapter in your artistry, what does it say about who you are now compared to when you first started making music?

"Come Back is definitely a new chapter for my artistry. I think up until this song I was still finding my sound and figuring out what kind of music I wanted to make. I mean, I started writing music when I was 11, and released my first single almost ten years later, so I’ve had a lot of time to craft my sound, but only now do I really feel like I’m finding it with this song. When I first started writing music, I was doing a lot of singer-songwriter acoustic stuff, which I still do write and love to listen to, but I have grown up listening to a lot of punk and alternative rock, like Bikini Kill, Indigo De Souza, and Slowdive. I’ve always wanted to make more alternative music, but I think I felt unsure of how to actually write a song like that. It’s funny because Come Back was written on an acoustic guitar, which is how I’ve always written my songs. But then when we started producing it, we turned it into this heavy rock song and I was like, “Wow this is exactly what I’ve been wanting it to sound like this whole time. This is amazing.” Making Come Back has really let me explore sides of myself and my music that I have been too afraid to try before."