About Ghost
As her musical journey continues to unfold, Scarlett Macfarlane shares “Ghost,” a reflective, hopeful alt-pop single that transforms one of her deepest fears into an unexpectedly empowering meditation on love, loss, and self-reliance. What began late one night with the fear of losing her mother gradually became something much larger: a reminder that the people we love never entirely disappear from us, and that even in their absence, we remain capable of carrying ourselves forward.
Initially consumed by the cruelty of time and the pain of being left behind, Scarlett began considering loss from another perspective. Instead of asking how she would survive someone leaving, she wondered what that person – particularly her mother – would want her to feel after they were gone. The answer shifted the entire direction of the song.
Whether understood as a spirit, a memory, a legacy, or simply the ways another person permanently alters who we become, Scarlett found comfort in the idea that someone we love is never entirely absent. As the song developed, that realization turned inward, becoming an equally important reminder that as long as she still had herself, she could never truly be alone.
“Chance was a cheat, don’t be naive. We were decieved, time was a cruel cruel thief.” – I love giving character-traits to concepts like “chance” and “time”.
Credits
Written by Scarlett Macfarlane
Produced by Scott Jacoby
Guitar/Bass – Eli Menezes
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