JENNY BAHAN

Intimate piano ballad in the emotional style of early 90s confessional singer-songwriter, Tempo slow (62–66 BPM), Warm felt piano as the spine, close-mic’d female lead vocal with breath, fragility, and emotional restraint, Sparse string swells in chorus only, No drums until final chorus where soft low tom pulse enters like a slow heartbeat, Night ambience, gentle air, distant analog shimmer, Lyrics should feel whispered, sacred, nostalgic, and luminous, Vocal delivery tender, trembling, controlled power without belting, Mood: fog, memory, quiet arrival, firefly-light in darkness, reverent and cinematic but intimate, like a secret being trusted to the listener