Love Is Letting Go

**Producer(s)** | Clampitt, Conrad

**Love It Letting Go** is a song by Ashe and is the twelfth track on her album *Rae*, and features vocals by Diane Keaton.

The song is a tender ballad that also brings in a tinge of jazz.

## Background

"Love Is Letting Go" was inspired by the loss of Ashe's brother to addiction. After learning Keaton also lost her brother through her memoir “Brother & Sister”, Ashe reached out to her to sing on the track.

Ashe has said that writing the song was therapeutic in unpacking the emotions with losing her brother; hence it being the most personal song on the album.

## Gallery

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## Meaning

This song is about loss, how we don’t know how long we have with the people we love; and the finiteness of life and how short it is, we get people and maybe you can claim them as yours for a little bit of time but they’re always gone at some point. A person may be in your life for a short while but if you loved them, you would let them go spread their wings and sore, and if they come back or if you meet again, you would still be there for them.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Ashe]

There you fly

Soaring in the dark of the night

You touched down

To be mine for a little while

[Chorus: Ashe]

You know I wanna hold you close

But sometimes love is letting go

The moon won't ever tell the sun that it can't rise

And if there's one thing that I know

Love is losing all control

But if you have to leave, then I'll leave on the light

If you come back, I'll be waiting

If you come back, I'll be right there by your side

If you come back, I'll be waiting

If you come back, I'll be right here every time

[Verse 2: Diane Keaton]

We burn through life

Faster than a wildfire

Can we stay frozen in time?

In between hello and goodbye

[Chorus: Ashe & Diane Keaton]

You know I wanna hold you close

But sometimes love is letting go

The moon won't ever tell the sun that it can't rise

And if there's one thing that I know

Love is losing all control

But if you have to leave, then I'll leave on the light

If you come back, I'll be waiting

If you come back, I'll be right there by your side

If you come back, I'll be waiting

If you come back, I'll be right here every time

## Trivia

* "Love Is Letting Go" is about her brother, Ryne, whom sadly passed away. It is one of two songs dedicated to his memory, alongside "Ryne's Song" from *Ashlyn*.

* Ashe has expressed her admiration for Diane Keaton on numerous occasions, "I’ve always followed her; she’s my idol. I just have always been in love with her and she’s always been one of my biggest inspirations".
	+ And she has said that working with Diane Keaton will forever be the best thing that has happened to her.

* At first, Ashe considered covering a jazz song with Diane Keaton. She had already shelved “Love Is Letting Go”; however, knowing that they had some connections regarding loss, Ashe sent the song to Keaton. Two weeks later, they were in the studio recording the vocals together.
	+ Initially, the idea of the pair duetting originated on January 10th 2022 when Ashe reposted an old video of Diane Keaton singing, with the caption, “sing with me diane!!!!!”. Ashe then received an email from one of Diane’s team which stated, “I was talking to Diane this morning and we were discussing your Instagram comment about a duet. Diane loves this idea! She’s asked me to reach out to you about it". Two days later, they were on the phone talking about the song.

* Despite singing in multiple movie soundtracks, Diane Keaton has never sang on a recorded song until now.

* It is the only feature on the album.

* "Love Is Letting Go" was one of the five songs that emerged from The "Big Bear Sessions".
	+ The other "Big Bear" songs are: "omw", "Emotional", "Love You Need", and "Fun While It Lasted".

* The song is one of three whose title begins with the word "Love", the others being: "Love You Need" and "Love Is Not Enough".

## Navigation

 Rae Tracklist

## References

1. ↑ https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Ashe-Releases-New-Track-Love-Is-Letting-Go-Featuring-Diane-Keaton-20220923
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.womeninpop.com/news-home/2022/10/13/review-ashe-releases-second-album-rae
3. ↑ https://chimesnewspaper.com/52148/entertainment/ashe-releases-her-sophomore-album-rae/
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr4K19O071c
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKHbqXBf23w
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/ashe-new-album-rae-diane-keaton-2022-tour-exclusive-interview#:~:text=Soon%20after%2C%20she%20heard%20from,were%20in%20the%20studio%20together.
7. ↑ https://genius.com/Ashe-love-is-letting-go-lyrics