Tamar Kaprelian – The Only

Multi-platinum songwriter, artist and entrepreneur Tamar Kaprelian returns to her own voice with the release of new single “The Only.”

Best known for co-writing Rosa Linn’s “SNAP” (4 Billion + streams globally), the new single sees Tamar stepping back into her own artist project with a song rooted in one of the most transformative experiences of her life: becoming a mother.

Written alongside GRAMMY®-winning songwriter Ali Tamposi (Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus), “The Only” captures the emotional complexity of early motherhood, exploring the tension between deep love and a quiet loss of identity. The two collaborators had their babies just days apart and left the hospital on the same day, bringing a shared emotion and honesty to the writing process.

“The song lives in the liminality of early motherhood — how messy, overwhelming, and beautiful it is all at once,” says Tamar about the track. “There’s a real loss of identity that no one prepares you for. Moments where you don’t recognize yourself, where you quietly miss who you used to be. But underneath that, something deeper is happening. The song holds both truths: the grief for what’s shifted, and the realization that the “new you” is more expansive, more grounded, and ultimately more powerful.”

Adding another layer to the release, “The Only” reclaims part of Tamar’s past. The chorus is pulled from a song she originally released in 2011 through a major label she was signed to at the time. They still own those masters, so she rewrote and reclaimed this version with intention and perspective, transforming its original meaning into something entirely new.

Sonically, the track is intimate and restrained, unfolding more like a conversation than a performance. Lyrically, it pushes back against the societal pressure placed on women to constantly want “more” and embraces the idea that fulfillment can exist exactly as it is.

“The Only” marks the beginning of a larger body of work from Tamar that explores different forms of “mothering,” from raising a child to nurturing artists, ideas and careers, and the blurred lines that can form between them. Watch for more new music to be released throughout 2026.

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