The country rumba “How It Feels to Fall in Love,” co-written with Ted Russell Kamp, captures the dizzying beauty and risk of opening your heart. Rich with lyrical metaphors—“It’s a flower that blooms at night / and opens up when the time is right” and “Like a tree in a lightning storm / Your raging fire will keep me warm”—the song pulses with emotional and musical heat. Cajun legend Dirk Powell brings the track to life with his expressive accordion work, while a strong fiddle melody, fluttering mandolin solo, and danceable Latin percussion give the track its irresistible sway. “It’s a song that could’ve felt tortured,” says Nolan. “But I wanted to take it in a sweeter direction to really dig into what it’s like to fall in love. Falling in love feels like this huge expansion.”

She drew inspiration from the queen of the night, a rare cactus flower that blooms just once a year, and only at night. “They’re gigantic one day, and gone the next,” Nolan explains. “I kept thinking about how fragile and special it is to have that kind of opening… how falling in love is this delicate, fleeting thing that only happens under the right conditions.”

Personnel:
Rosy Nolan: vocals, acoustic guitar
Julian McClanahan: fiddle, backing vocals
Billy Lupton: mandolin, backing vocals
Dirk Powell: accordion
Ryan Posner: double bass
Kevin Brown: percussion
Produced by Rosy Nolan
Co-Producers: Heather Anne Lomax and Jason Hiller
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Jason Hiller at Electrosound Recordings (Los Angeles, CA)
© 2025 Rosy Nolan / Treble in Mind Music (ASCAP) & Ted Russell Kamp / Steady Teddy Publishing (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Rosy Nolan

Lyrics

It’s a flower that blooms at night
And opens up when the time is right
Like a gift sent from above
That’s how it feels to fall in love

I wasn’t looking for anyone
I’d been burned, thought I was done
Like a tree in a lightning storm
Your raging fire will keep me warm

Call it magic, call it chemistry
You’re the only one that’s meant for me
I cannot hide the way I feel
You conjure up a love so real, yeah

It’s a flower that blooms at night
Opens up when the time is right
Like a gift sent from above
That’s how it feels to fall in love, yeah

When people say that love is blind
Well, I wish that they could read my mind
‘Cause as sure as the day is long
You and I would prove ‘em wrong

You were there when I needed you
I didn’t think you could need me too
But like the morning faces the sun
You looked my way and the night was done, yeah

It’s a flower that blooms at night
Opens up when the time is right
Like a gift sent from above
That’s how it feels to fall in love

Like a gift sent from above
That’s how it feels to fall in love