Katie Ditschun longs to be back In Your Arms on her heartfelt new single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
Whether it’s work-related or relationship-related, temporary or permanent, losing someone near to you affects you. Adult-contemporary artist Ditschun has exemplified that feeling of loneliness with this gorgeous, reflective piano ballad. It’s a song she delivers with a tenderness and fragility that makes you take note of those you’re missing and need to touch or touch base with again.
“In Your Arms is a song for anyone who is having a hard time because they’re missing someone dear to them,” says Ditschun, who now lives in Alexandria, Ont. “They may be physically absent, or perhaps emotionally absent. They’re not where or who they were before. In Your Arms captures that sense of deep longing to regain what has been lost.”
The song features a beautiful, sincere vocal by Ditschun, accompanied by her piano styling. Meanwhile, guitarist Justin Duhaime provides subtle guitar work, fleshed out by bassist Norman Glaude and drummer Valeriy Nehovora. It’s a single that brings to mind the work of legends like Carole King, Carly Simon and Sarah McLachlan and delivers a powerful feeling in a lyrically economical fashion. It’s a wonderful song about the timeless, universal truth that absences really does make the heart grow fonder:
“Woke up this morning, sun on my face
Your voice echoing all over the place
My head on the pillow, you whisper in my ear
That’s kinda funny, cause you’re not here
And I’m wondering where you are
And I’m hoping you’re not far.”
“When I wrote In Your Arms I was in a place of deep grief,” Ditschun says of the song, which she co-produced with Normand Glaude. “My world had changed. I felt alone and wanted relief from that grief. The metaphor of being held once more by the person who could make all these worries, and all that strife fade communicated this feeling perfectly. While this song is about missing someone, it carries a message of hope. The person in this song is both alone and lonely, but they have the comfort of their memories and hope that they won’t stay alone and lonely forever.”
Ditschun also says In Your Arms touches on the feeling of hoping to turn back time or wanting to “press a reset button and make it all go back to the way it used to be.” Judging by how clear and concise the message is in the song, it’s apparent that those feelings of longing will immediately come to the fore in the listener’s mind.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Morning Anthem Studio in Cumberland, Ont., In Your Arms is the lead single from her EP There Will Be Flowers, which will be released in parts. Watch the video for In Your Arms above, hear more from Katie Ditschun below, and find her at her website, Facebook and Instagram.
