Hi, my name is Elleri Ward, and I'm here at Playbill to give you a sneak
peek at my album, A Perfect Little Death from Ghostlight records
and a look into my upcoming shows.
I had done
a very spontaneous random cover of Every Day, A Little Death
on March first, 2019 on my Instagram.
one of my friends
commented on my Instagram post, saying, You should make this a series.
And so I was like, Absolutely, I will.
So the next day, I made a video of Johanna reprise and then continued to just
spontaneously over the course of the next two years
make these Sondheim arrangements; like YouTube videos.
And then I joined TikTok in
like the end of January, early February of 2021,
and I just sort of posted those arrangements to my Tik Tok
and people really responded to them, especially Johanna reprise.
And we're saying, I want this on Spotify, I want this on Apple Music.
I didn't even really think twice about I just said, OK, I'm going to do this.
So I made it in my closet over the course of a month.
It was really wild
off the bat.
I just went with songs that I have a deep connection to.
Even if I hadn't figured out exactly what the arrangement was going to be,
I just had a calling to it to be imagined in my style.
I really just followed my heart really, and from from there,
just sort of built upon these like seeds of ideas.
My upcoming shows are Feinstein's at Hotel Carmichael
in Carmel, Indiana, on February third and February fourth.
I'll be heading down to St Louis at Blue Strawberry
and then March second and March 16th.
I'll be at Joe's pub
doing my first ever shows there, and probably like my biggest shows too.
So it'll be me on guitar and vocals, of course.
But my friend Brian Fitzsousa, he's a fabulous piano player.
He is going to be on piano accompanying me
on the songs that I have piano arrangements for.
So that's going to be it's going to be my first time performing this music
with someone else on stage with me
and doing my piano arrangements while I play guitar,
which I'm super excited about, and I do have some special surprise
guests for each of my shows, which I'm very excited about.
And now here is my arrangement of “Losing My Mind” from Follies.
The sun comes up
I think about you.
The coffee cup,
I think about you.
I want to so.
it's like I'm losing my mind.
The morning ends, I think about you.
I talk to friends, and think about you,
And do they know, it's like I'm losing my mind.
All afternoon
doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright.
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left,
not going right.
I dim the lights, and think about you.
Spend sleepless nights, and think about you.
You said you loved me,
or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
I want you so,
it's like I'm losing my mind.
Does no one know,
it's like I'm losing my mind.
All afternoon, doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright.
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor,
Not going left,
not going right.
I dim the lights, and think about you.
Spend sleepless nights to thinkabout you.
You said you loved me
or were you just being kind?
Or am I losing my mind?
Thank you so much for watching, and thank you to Playbill for having me.
You can find all info regarding my upcoming shows
and the album on my website at eleriward.com.