Los Angeles-based soul-baring singer, songwriter, and pianist Alicia Creti returns today with her new single, “Overwhelmed,” available now via Atlantic Records HERE. The track made a memorable impact during her first sold-out headline show at Los Angeles’ Hotel Cafe last December, serving as the soundtrack to a momentous scene where two LGBTQ+ fans were officially married in front of the audience, with Alicia signing their marriage certificate as the official witness.‍

“Overwhelmed” is the sound of me cracking open and finally facing myself, ready or not, like it or not. It’s the sound of a love so undeniable it breaks you and forces you to question everything. I’ve struggled with mental health all my life; I’m pretty familiar with feeling overwhelmed. As someone in therapy twice a week, you’d think I’d have been equipped for this but no amount of therapy could’ve prepared me for the magnitude of this feeling. I met someone, a woman, who I felt completely enamored with, and it flipped my world upside down in the best way possible. I felt overwhelmed not only by love but by the truth of who I am, and a feeling of radical self love and honesty. I thought I was healing, but it turns out I was hiding. If you’ve ever felt torn between who you are and who the world expects you to be, just be yourself. Because being overwhelmed isn’t always a bad thing — sometimes it’s just the universe showing you that you’re finally feeling everything you were meant to.”

Produced by 4x GRAMMY® Award-nominee Pop Wansel (Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Kehlani, Alessia Cara), Happy Perez (Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, Halsey, Camila Cabello), and Sam Harris of X-Ambassadors, who also co-wrote the song, “Overwhelmed” was shared as an unreleased demo at Alicia’s live shows throughout the year, including Calgary Stampede and the COLORSxSTUDIOS show in NYC this past May.

“Overwhelmed” follows her recent release, “Merry Go Round,” produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner Elkan, best known for his work on “NOKIA” by Drake. These releases follow last year’s breakthrough single “Bleeding Me Dry,” available alongside an official music video streaming HERE. Produced by Pop Wansel (Lizzo, Kehlani) and co-written by Taylor Hill (Drake, Justin Bieber, Summer Walker), the track has earned close to 10M worldwide streams, having originally debuted as a stunning live performance video created exclusively for unique aesthetic music platform COLORS, now boasting close to 1.5M views HERE. The Montreal, QC-native then made her network TV debut with an acclaimed performance of “Bleeding Me Dry” as part of the prestigious #LateShowMeMusic series on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, streaming HERE.

2024 also saw the arrival of Creti’s deeply moving debut EP, Self/Less, available now HERE. The 7-track project, which chronicles the gifted songstress’s own personal journey of self-discovery, includes such fan favorites as “Epiphany,” “Crazy,” “Congratulations,” and the powerful title track, the latter hailed by UPROXX as “a moving and eloquently honest ballad that details the unintended effects of being selfish toward one’s desires.” In addition, Creti also contributed the tender “No Better” to the award-winning Netflix animated feature film, Ultraman: Rising, streaming HERE.

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