Kara Cole beautifully captures the ache of hindsight in "What I Know Now." The track is a reflection on friendship, growing up, and the painful clarity that can only come with time, and is the final preview before her upcoming album. Cole's lyrics are intimate, but not saccharine, and nostalgia permeates every lyric. There's a softness to the production that mirrors the emotional exposure at the heart of the song, and it takes listeners back to simpler days with a twinge of loss and reflection. "What I Know Now" strikes an intimate and universally relatable chord.