I wrote a song a few years ago called “Morning Sun,” which I've been advised never to reveal is about a cat rather than a lost love. Following the same line of advise, I suppose I should leave you thinking there's a steamy date-night story behind "Raining In LA." There is not. It’s an imaginary love story inspired by the glass in cement.

Eek! What?! Cement?!

The song began taking shape while walking the twinkling sidewalks of downtown Los Angeles with a group of friends. It was drizzling and none of us had umbrellas, so everyone's hair had a little twinkle, too. All that sparkle gave me butterflies, and on my ride home, the first line of the song wrote itself: Hey...it's a beautiful night. Even the pavement is sparkling...or are we floating through the sky...

I had to work for the rest of the song! Originally, I wrote it with an up-tempo, big band sound in mind. I decided to slow it down because 1) I couldn't replicate what I heard in my head as a one-woman band; and 2) don't all songs sound better slow?

The happiest accident to come from reducing the tempo is how the relaxed pace highlights the playfulness of the ellipsis in the line, "Your coat looks nice...hanging up by the door." I hope you giggle at this ellipsis at least twice: once out of delight and once because you giggled at an ellipsis.

Another effect of slowing down the song was that the bridge, which originally had lyrics, didn't sound quite right slow. So, I scratched the words in that section and added raindrops instead. Hear them?!

Please join me in swooning over sparkling sidewalks as you listen to "Raining In LA." Or, perhaps the musical raindrops will evoke a steamy memory of your own.

Written and Performed by Abigail Jones

Mixed and Mastered by Tyler Bauer (Instagram: @tylerbauerofficial)