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@mhdempsey (post published 2026-08-06) calls Abby Holliday's song "Immortal" one…

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@mhdempsey praises Abby Holliday's "Immortal," linking an Atwood Magazine analysis and a piped.video performance, and argues Holliday — formerly an "anti‑love" songwriter — wrote the song after marrying and realizing she couldn't bear the thought of her husband dying; the post also notes Stephen Wolfram shared a related personal‑tragedy piece.

Why it matters

@mhdempsey (post published 2026-08-06) calls Abby Holliday's song "Immortal" one of the better non‑cliché songs about losing a partner and links a performance (piped.video/watch?v=FjeDDguL…) and an Atwood Magazine analysis.

Key details

  • The linked Atwood piece frames Holliday's catalog as largely "anti‑love" until she met her husband; "Immortal" expresses her panic at the idea that he could die and her inability to cope with that possibility.
  • The post also references Stephen Wolfram sharing a personal‑tragedy essay (writings.stephenwolfram.com), suggesting the author sees thematic resonance between Wolfram's writing and Holliday's song.
Source evidence

Anytime i read something like this, which was fantastic, I'm reminded of the song Immortal by Abby Holliday which is I think one of the better "non-cliche" songs about loss of a partner.

This totally random article breaks it down well (atwoodmagazine.com/immortal-…), but the TLDR is that Abby had only ever written songs about being disenchanted or not excited enough about being in love, effectively an entire discography of anti-love songs, and then she met her husband and realized she loved him so much that she couldn't entirely cope with the idea that he could die some day.

Anyways, I love this song.

piped.video/watch?v=FjeDDguL…

Link

The Infinite Ache of "Immortal," Abby Holliday's Gut-Wrenching Love Song - Atwood Magazine

Breathtakingly beautiful and gut-wrenchingly candid, Abby Holliday's poignantly titled "Immortal" is an achingly intimate, devastatingly vulnerable reckoning with the cruel, inextricable relationship...
atwoodmagazine.com

Stephen Wolfram (@stephen_wolfram)

Sharing a great personal tragedy
writings.stephenwolfram.com/…

— https://nitter.net/stephen_wolfram/status/2084702150970482986#m