Hilary Cousins
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After reviewing and loving so much of his music, we finally got the opportunity to sit and speak with Hilary Cousins! Having freshly released his latest single “The Well”, we dug into everything surrounding the song, but also really got to know this artist who’s an endless “well” of creativity. Known mostly for indie, folk, and rock arrangements built around drums and guitars, Cousins takes a slight departure here, delivering a stirring piano and vocal ballad that feels both intimate and quietly monumental. What makes this song so compelling is how it manages to feel deeply personal and completely universal at the same time. On the surface, "The Well" reads like a song written from a very specific place of grief, and in a lot of ways it is. The narrator wrestles with the loss of someone important, holding onto their memory and continuing to search for their guidance even while learning to move forward without them. But Cousins has been thoughtful about keeping the meaning open ended rather than locking it into one specific story.
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