Saudade, Saudade

Saudade is one of the most beautiful words in the world — and one of the hardest to explain.

This song does what dictionaries can’t.

Written in English, rooted in the soul of Portuguese fado, Saudade, Saudade gives saudade its first true definition in music — the bittersweet longing for something you love that is gone, distant, or just out of reach. Not quite grief. Not quite joy. The feeling every human being carries, in their own tongue, in their own night.