With Wishing Well, New York–based singer-songwriter Aria offers a heartbreak ballad that feels at once intimate, open-hearted, and quietly devastating. Set for release on 14th November 2025, the track arrives almost exactly one year after the breakup that inspired it — a deliberate choice that gives the song an added weight, as though Aria is finally letting a year’s worth of feelings breathe into the world. Drawing influence from Adrienne Lenker and the tender storytelling of Big Thief, Wishing Well captures the bittersweet ache of a love that didn’t end because it failed, but because life pulled two people in different directions.
Produced by Jason C. Sill with layered, folk-accented guitar work from Nick Chiapparino, the song has a warmth that belies its sadness. Those guitar lines — recorded in multiple takes and left purposefully distinct — function almost like echoes of an old relationship, weaving in and out of each other in soft conversation. Aria’s lyrics, unhidden and unadorned, do the emotional heavy lifting. They sing with a simplicity that cuts straight through: honest, wistful, and quietly resilient. The chorus’ double meaning — “I’m wishing you well” as both farewell and hopeful imagining — is the heart of the song, a reflection of what remains after an amicable breakup: tenderness, memory, and a wish that things could’ve been different.
What makes Aria such a compelling storyteller is the fullness of who they are. A queer, trans, non-binary artist of Indian heritage, Aria writes with a generosity and clarity that mirrors the life they’ve lived — from classical violin beginnings at age four to national TV auditions, Sofar Sounds stages, and a debut album steeped in themes of queerness, anxiety, and identity. Their work sits comfortably at the intersection of vulnerability and strength, and Wishing Well is no exception. It’s short, sweet, and deceptively light, but carries the emotional truth of someone who has loved deeply and is learning how to let go. In a world crowded with heartbreak songs, Aria offers something rare: a goodbye that still glows with hope.
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