“Grateful for the people, places and moments that made us who we are.” Written down, that’s the kind of line you’d find stitched onto a cushion in a garden centre. Sung by Jess Ball, it somehow becomes the backbone of one of the most likeable pop songs of the autumn.

Loads of Aussie musicians make the trek to London. Far fewer spend their second UK single staring back across the planet at where they came from, but that’s exactly what “Lost On Me” does. Where summer’s “Kiddin'” was Ball clearing her throat for a new audience, this is the Melbourne export taking a long, unembarrassed look at the mates and family who got her here.

Credit to the video for twisting the knife. It’s cut together entirely from footage her parents filmed when she was a nipper, and it’s pure catnip for anyone who’s ever lost an evening to their family’s old tapes: cake everywhere, kids gurning at the lens, the glorious boredom of a normal afternoon.

She’s no newbie, mind. Before going it alone, Ball was the hired voice for NERVO, Dash Berlin, Curbi and Super8 & Tab, and her catalogue is north of 200 million streams. That apprenticeship shows. Her old collaborators Antoni Polimeni and Richy Sebastian of 1and2 Productions give her a crisp alt pop setting, synths glinting at the edges, and she aims the chorus at your chest instead of the dancefloor.

From 2024’s “Where You Go” EP through “Lately” (with Jelani Blackman) and “Roundabouts”, Ball has been edging towards something this personal. Now she’s got there, it suits her down to the ground.

You can listen here.