Prithvi Prakash spins grief into gold on “Ghost,” a track that sits somewhere between a prayer and a wound that won’t quite close.
You hear that tension from the first moments: a quietly fingerpicked acoustic guitar, the kind of delicate pattern that immediately sets a melancholy tone.
Prithvi Prakash’s voice enters with this understated vulnerability that feels completely genuine.
She’s not trying to impress you with vocal acrobatics; she’s just telling you about someone who wrecked her and somehow still lives rent-free in her head.
The real magic happens when the strings come in. Violin and cello layer over that acoustic foundation, building this cinematic sound that lifts the whole track into something bigger.
The violin has this aching quality that gives you chills, while the cello adds a richness that keeps everything grounded.
It’s folk at its core but dressed up with these orchestral touches that nod to Prakash’s Carnatic music background.
Lyrically, she’s wrestling with the worst kind of love: the kind that betrays you but won’t let go. “I stood by all your crime / And all your lies” sets up the damage early.
There’s this figure she calls “the angel” who tried to save her from this toxic person, but even that saviour eventually becomes another ghost.
By the end, she’s admitting she’s “all alone sitting on pyres” while her love for this ghost “never tires.” Brutal stuff.
The Texas-born, Bangalore-raised singer-songwriter recorded this during what she describes as one of the most painful periods of her life, and you can hear that in every note.
The production gives the whole thing an otherworldly feel, matching that haunted emotional state where you know you should move on but can’t quite manage it.
What works about “Ghost” is its restraint. The arrangement builds without ever feeling overdone, and Prakash’s delivery stays intimate throughout.
It’s the kind of track that captures being stuck in the worst way possible: knowing someone’s no good for you but loving them anyway. The strings swell, the guitar holds steady, and her voice carries all that complicated grief.