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Imaginary Friend

by Emma Louise Hewson

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Imaginary friend is about loving someone, feeling their presence around you, and having them play an active part in your life even when they are no longer physically with you. Through sound samples and a spoken vocal quality, this song attempts to bring memory, love, and grief into the visceral reality of every day life - I hear your laugh in the hot water boiling and I feel your arms around me in the wind…

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Maybe I’ll always be in love with you
I bat away thoughts of your smile
like ping pong balls in my kitchen

There you are in the coffee grinds and spoons
I’m rinsing you round the drain

You’re in the notes she sings
wind flutters through the leaves
And when I dance
I pretend you’re watching me

I like seeing your name
spelled out in my head
I don’t enable myself except a
Little wordplay now and then

Letters whispered silently on my lips
like a transparent balloon behind me in the wind

I make new memories with you by accident
When I think of what you’d say or what you meant
How you’d squeeze my hand
or argue and then
then look at me again

BREAK

I know that you’re not there
And yet
there you are
My imaginary friend
on my living room floor...

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released March 13, 2024
Composition, Piano, Vocals, Visual Art, Design & Video
by Emma Hewson

Recording, Production, Mixing & Mastering
by Sydney Galbraith

Additional Vocals by Laura Bower and Lauren Barnett

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Emma Louise Hewson Toronto, Ontario

Emma Hewson is a Toronto-based singer/pianist who has made herself known as a versatile session musician, teacher, and original artist.
With a background in classical piano, and a music degree from York U,
Emma's unique style is influenced by jazz and R&B. Her first EP, EMMA, was released in 2014.
Currently, Emma is is releasing new music consistently!
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