Meet Cait: singer/songwriter, creative director, videographer and graphic designer. A woman of many hats, Cait is the captain of her artistry. She directed, produced and edited her music video “Skin” and created the cover art of her new single, “Forgetful.” A creative in all aspects of the word, Cait also sells vertical video packs for Instagram stories, ads and personal content. Her YouTube videos also enable a supplemental view inside her creative brain.
There are seasons in one’s life when the individual just wants to start anew and not be reminded of their fleeting time on the planet and things they have yet to accomplish.
Sometimes, we just want to forget.
If only for a moment, maybe forgetting can subside the angst. Maybe forgetting can lead to newfound joy. Maybe forgetting is nothing more than realizing all the built up turmoil was never there.
When Cait calls that one person to complain she is met with peace. “So I call to complain, and you whisper my name and I can’t quite remember what was so stressful. All the shit that I face you can’t take it away but you make me forgetful.” But how healthy is this relationship? For the phone call will soon end and Cait will be greeted with those familiar unsettling feelings.
Cait continues, “Can you tell me how your day is. To keep me far away from mine.” Cait invites us into a more intimate part of her world, a place where she is running from her own truth. A painful yet relatable truth. For if we were to peel the layers of anyone’s psyche we would be introduced to inner qualms, unmet desires and that subtle yearning to just forget.
The song reaches lyrical catharsis when Cait sings, “I keep pleasing everybody but me, now I can barely breathe.” It is Cait’s people pleasing that has enabled her to turn on herself.
The song’s outro is deeply harmonious as Cait’s soothing, warm, beautiful voice plays along magical synths and calm rhythm. Although there is no true ending to where this story might go, we are reminded to look inside ourselves and ask, “What is it that we want to forget? Who or where or what can take the pain away?”
But then we must follow up and remember the only way out is through. In order to eventually forget, we must heal what is within.
Listen to “Forgetful” on all streaming platforms!