Lewis Knaggs strips the recording process back to its essentials on Forget How To Forgive, capturing the new single entirely alone with just acoustic guitar, voice and one uninterrupted take.
That deliberately minimal setup leaves little distance between the writing and the finished recording. Rather than building the track through layers or studio polish, Knaggs lets the performance carry its tension, with the imperfections and dynamics of the take remaining part of the song.
Lyrically, Forget How To Forgive comes from grief and the shift in perspective that can follow loss; particularly the awareness of how quickly time moves and how little control anyone has over it.
Knaggs explains:
Forget How to Forgive is about growing up in the shadow of loss and realising how precious our time on earth really is. It’s a reflection on grief, forgiveness and the way life changes us. Trust your own path, live fully, and make the most of the time you’re given, because nobody else can tell you how to live it.
The stripped-back recording sits alongside a growing live profile. Knaggs recently performed on Red Bull’s stage at the Monaco Grand Prix, moving the same direct songwriting approach into a significantly bigger setting.
For Forget How To Forgive, the production choice is almost the absence of production: one performance, one acoustic guitar and no attempt to hide the moment behind extra layers. The result puts the song’s emotional weight exactly where it belongs — on the performance itself.