New Music Review - ‘Meet Me at the Beach’ by Rachel Louise
Meet Me at the Beach was released on the 25th of July 2025. Cover art: Provided by Rachel
Wash away your worries from the week just gone and relax with your favourite beverage this Friday (maybe a pomegranate margarita?) because Rachel Louise has lovingly released her melodious new single, aptly titled Meet Me at the Beach today that will have a great hold on you.
With the new season of hit Amazon Prime Video series, The Summer I Turned Pretty, having just aired its third and final season, the timing for the song could not be more perfect as it is inspired by watching main character, Belly Conklin’s journey of growth from teenage years right into adulthood where she is challenged with falling in love with different boys, the grief of losing a loved one, and gradually going through her college years.
Meet Me at the Beach is a quiet star in the universe that deserves to be turned into the sun as the way that Rachel’s harmonious vocals and exquisitely written lyrics come together creates such magic. The song is paired with the most serene music figuratively humming in the background and Meet Me at the Beach really hits a chord that you didn’t know could be struck.
Being a beach girl herself, Rachel resonates with the characteristics surrounding the tales at the Cousins Beach house in both the books and the show, which is really special that she has been able to create a song with such a forcefield of passion behind it.
Meet Me at the Beach makes you want to fall in love, the way that Belly has fallen for Conrad or Jeremiah (maybe with less drama) as it takes you to that place where nothing, or nobody else exists, except for this one person that you can’t get out of your mind. For a song to have the ability to take you to that level of hope and emotion showcases how much devotion that Rachel has poured into ensuring that this one is an incredibly compelling way to put something you care deeply about out into the world.
Rachel has a goal of getting the author and creator of the show, Jenny Han, to hear this perfectly stunning new track and has launched a social media campaign to achieve just that. Any help that can be given to get Jenny to hear this song, or any of the cast of The Summer I Turned Pretty would be greatly appreciated by Rachel and other lovers of this track.
Alongside the Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo additions to the soundtrack of the show, I feel as though if Jenny were to do a spin-off series and it had Belly in it, that Meet Me at the Beach would be a humbling track to include as it slots in so comfortably into the storyline.
Meet Me at the Beach feels like literally putting your feet in the sand on a hot summer’s day and feeling the freshness of the salt air on your face, and that is what makes this one particularly welcoming to my playlist. I can’t stop repeating it and likely never will. Thank you, Rachel, for creating such a masterpiece of art, this track is so beyond beautifully presented.
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