- 2025-03-17
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MUSIC
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Hope Vista Returns with New Song “When a Young Girl Grieves”
New York-based singer-songwriter Hope Vista returned with a new song “When a Young Girl Grieves” on March 14, 2025.
The song is her first music in almost a year since “Holy Water”, which was released last April.
The track is an R&B-tinged, vocally stacked bauble, delivering an introspective message about the complex facets of grief.
It was written by Hope Vista and produced by Steve Venti.
Hope Vista said of the song, “There is something endless about grief. It doesn't go away, and it doesn't get better. What does get better is how you approach it; how you learn to walk alongside it. 'When a Young Girl Grieves' really digs into the grief process and what it was like to experience loss for the first time as a young girl; how that evolved as more of my closest loved ones passed over the years. Being able to translate that into production, melodies, and lyrics is an outlet that I'm very grateful for.”- She shared on social media, “Y'all... it has been an incredibly long year without doing the one thing that I have always loved more than anything - releasing music. Many of you know that my life has changed quite significantly over the past six months, and in that time, it was very hard to carve out time to create, write, or even sing. This left me feeling like a shell of myself, especially because I wasn't able to find inspiration in any of my surroundings. I wasn't even interested in writing music; it felt like an exhausting chore amidst all of the other stressors around me. But as I began to settle in my new home, I felt the creative bone in my body start to twitch, ready to wake up and find solutions to new problems. Slowly, I started demoing again, recording endless voice memos of little melodies that I could hear in my head. My internal music had been silent for a few months, so to recognize this new wave of inspiration was relieving.”
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She continued, “I have been releasing music steadily since I was 20 years old, and I've had many lapses in creativity, but nothing like this. So writing out something as simple as a list of song title ideas started to fill my soul back up. During the transition of the last few months, I have repeatedly questioned 'Am I Hope Vista anymore?'. Of course, my real name is Hope Vista; so yes, legally I am her. But does the endlessly creative girl still exist inside the deepest parts of myself? Is she in there? Is she ever going to find her way out again? Will she eventually get back to her very first love of singing, performing, and transforming her thoughts into melodies? These were confusing questions to ask because for me, creation has never stopped. The nonstop flow of ideas had never lessened until I had the realization that my personal life was going to undergo a complete upheaval.”
She added, “Thankfully, 'When a Young Girl Grieves' revived me. This song reminded me who I am at my core, and that I will always be Hope Vista, in whatever capacity that is now. It allowed me to approach a topic that I have not yet touched, and inspired many, many new demos after this one. I wanted to capture how multi-dimensional long-term grief is, and how that continues to evolve with new losses. Pulling this type of lyrical content out of my brain sparked an overflow, and I am overwhelmingly excited to begin sharing that with you. A genuine thank you for offering me endless amounts of support, now and 10 years ago. The little girl in a Joyce Leslie metallic silver bodysuit is looking at this song with a full cup and immense gratitude.”
Photo by Maggie Friedman - source : Apple Music
