Hey, Hey Hiraeth is an original song inspired by “Hiraeth,” an episode of Love Letters to Forgotten Things.

The song takes a slightly different approach than the episode itself. The subject is still heavy, but the music carries a little bounce. That contrast felt right, because hiraeth is not always a solemn feeling. Sometimes it sneaks up on you in the middle of an ordinary day. A smell, a song, a street corner, the sound of dishes in another room, and suddenly you’re somewhere else entirely.

Hiraeth is a Welsh word often used to describe a deep homesickness for something that can’t truly be returned to. Sometimes that means a place. Sometimes it means a person. And sometimes it means an entire version of your life.

Hey, Hey Hiraeth is about  ...