About This Song
About "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" by Bill Charlap Trio
A tender ache suffuses this ballad. Charlap’s piano is the wistful narrator, each phrase a sigh of unrequited devotion. The trio plays with exquisite, melancholic restraint, letting the melody’s bittersweet irony hang in the air. It’s a portrait of longing, painted in shades of midnight blue and soft regret.