Matt Logan Releases New Single: Edwina
Edwina — A Beautiful, Bitter Descent
By Matt Logan
I’m proud (and a little uneasy) to share Edwina with you.
This song cuts deep. What started as a quiet little chord progression - a I–ii in 6/8 on electric guitar - turned into one of the most emotionally intense tracks I’ve ever released. I was intentionally trying to write something harmonically simple in the verses. I hit record, started strumming, and opened my mouth. The first words that came out were:
“I will never let you go…Edwina.”
Listen to the first ‘demo’ of Edwina from years ago:
I don’t know anyone named Edwina. It wasn’t a planned lyric. I later learned about the character Edwina Sharma from Bridgerton, but that was after the track was already in production. Still, something about the name stuck. I imagined a British story - maybe a commoner and a minor royal, childhood friends, with one of them spinning a full fantasy about a romance that never quite happened. There’s love in this song, but it’s twisted with longing, delusion, and the kind of obsessive nostalgia that can keep a person emotionally stranded for years.
Pieces of the verses and chorus came together quickly. But I actually shelved the song for a couple of years before finishing it. When I came back to it, I knew I needed a bridge that would take things even further emotionally. The chords came first. Then, in a burst of inspiration, the melody spilled out.
Yeah - I know. The voice memos aren’t pretty. But that’s how I catch ideas before they vanish.
The finished version of Edwina is cinematic and haunted. It begins almost sweetly—gentle piano, that same 6/8 groove, smooth baritone vocal. But by the time you hit the first chorus, it’s clear this isn’t a simple love song:
“I can hear your voice in the children’s laughter, and I hate it, so I chase them off the lawn.”
From there, things unravel. The vocals stretch, break, and echo like untrustworthy inner dialogue. The bridge pleads. The final chorus explodes. And when it’s all over, you’re left with a narrator who’s burned through every emotion for someone who may not have even noticed.
To bring this song to life, I worked with a brilliant group of session players and engineers from around the world - England, Portugal, Serbia, and Brazil - via a service called Musiversal. We’ve never met in person. But the way they played… you can feel the humanity in it. The ache, the distance, the obsession - it’s all there.
What I Hope You Hear
Edwina isn’t just about heartbreak. It’s about memory and fantasy. It’s about inventing a story so vividly that it becomes real to you, even if it never was. It’s about being trapped in the emotional echo of something unresolved. Maybe something imagined.
If you’ve ever loved someone who didn’t love you back - if you’ve ever romanticized what could have been - this song is for you.
Buy the track on Bandcamp
Credits:
Henrique Vilhena: Mixing Engineer
Luiz Tornaghi: Mastering Engineer
Chris Barber: Drums
Bruno Migliari: Bass
Taras Kuznetsov: Keyboards
Clare Dove: Backing Vocals
Editing: Dmitry Babkin
Composition and production: Matthew John Logan
Album Art: Penny McDowell
