Alicia Wittis showing off her “Clever Mind.”
The actress, pianist and singer gave some new details on what inspired her new single, which is set to be released Friday from her upcoming EPWitness.
Describing the song as an “attempt to find forgiveness and understanding” for the other woman in a relationship she once had, Witt said she wanted to illustrate all the emotions that a woman in that situation may have felt.
Alicia Witt.Jeff Fasano
Jeff Fasano
“[The song] is about the pain of falling in love with someone who isn’t available — tumbling down a rabbit hole of desperation to believe they’re going to leave their relationship for you; and knowing you have only yourself to blame,” Witt, 47, explained.
“I wrote this song from the imagined perspective of the ‘other woman’ in a relationship I’d been in. Imagining how lonely it must have been for her — knowing that as painful as it had been for me, learning my partner had been unfaithful, it must have been even more painful for her. This song helped me to find forgiveness and even empathy for her,” she said.
Many of the lyrics echo these sentiments as she sings over a piano and guitar tune. The song is the second song from her latest EP after the title track “Witness” released in April.
Witt previously found success with her single “Chasing Shadows” from her albumThe Conduitwhich spent more than a month on Billboard’s AC chart in 2021.
Speaking to PEOPLE about what the single’s success meant to her in 2021, Witt said she had"no words" for the accomplishment.
“To have been in the top 30 for five weeks, to know that this song I made up is being heard on the radio to that extent, it’s a deep, deep glow,” she told PEOPLE.
“It’s just something I will forever be so proud of. I’ll always be so glad thatThe Conduitwas the album that first got a song on the charts…” she added.
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Witt’s new single “Clever Mind” can be heard above, and will be officially released Friday.
source: people.com
