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SPOTLIGHT: Valerie June - "I'm In Love" [VIDEO]
Editor’s Note: Valerie June is No Depression’s Spotlight Artist for April 2025. Learn more about her life and new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles, which was released April 11, in this feature.
Valerie June cozied up in her basement for a solo-acoustic version of her new song, "

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