Sienna Spiro – The Visitor
Today, SIENNA SPIRO shares “The Visitor,” a very big song about feeling very small, out now via Capitol Records. Long demanded by fans, the staggeringly vulnerable ballad draws its power from a show-stopping vocal, lyrics that cut to the bone, and a 20-piece string orchestra led and arranged by Oscar-winner Peter Rotter (Oppenheimer, The Last Repair Shop).
Written and produced by SIENNA with Omer Fedi (SZA, Lil Nas X) and Michael Pollack (Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus), “The Visitor” was recorded in a single take and begins on a swell of strings that parts like a curtain to reveal her voice and a piano. With heart and depth, SIENNA paints a vivid picture of a moment: “Say that you love me, say I’m all you need / In the back of my mind, I know I’m temporary / You’re holding me for the night, for some pleasure / If that’s all we are, know I’ll always be a visitor in your arms.” As the orchestra seeps back in, we sense she’s singing about something more: what it means to matter to anyone at all — lovers, friends, family, fans — and what that means to her sense of self.
SIENNA explained the history behind her new single: “It took me nine tries to write ‘The Visitor.’ I’ve felt like one my entire life — I’m terrified of impermanence, of things ending, of people leaving. It took me years to find the right words for that feeling. This song isn’t just a love song; it’s an ode to my life. A request to not be just a passing experience in someone’s life, and learning to live with impermanence.”
The song inspired the name of her current “The Visitor Tour,” which sold out within seconds last year, causing SIENNA to add more dates which also immediately sold out.
SIENNA SPIRO North America Tour Dates
Mar 03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour [SOLD OUT]
Mar 05 – San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord [SOLD OUT]
Mar 06 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour [SOLD OUT]
Mar 09 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall [SOLD OUT]
Mar 10 – Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall [SOLD OUT]
Mar 12 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis [SOLD OUT]
Mar 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry [SOLD OUT]
Mar 14 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall [SOLD OUT]
Mar 17 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
Mar 18 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom [SOLD OUT]
“The Visitor” follows Spiro’s hit single “Die On This Hill.”
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