Searching offers a candid and relatable insight into Calida's lived experience of ADHD. Through forgetfulness, distraction, lost things and missed moments, the song captures the constant, circular search for focus, time and the thought that disappeared halfway through. Beneath the frustration is humour and humanity: an everyday portrait of navigating a neurodivergent mind.
Released on 21 October during ADHD Awareness Month and Invisible Disabilities Week (18-24 October), the song also opens a conversation about the historical under-recognition and misdiagnosis of ADHD in girls, women and AFAB people, particularly when their experiences do not fit stereotypical hyperactive presentations.
About the Artist
Calida Sari is a Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia) singer-songwriter creating raw, emotionally resonant music shaped by lived experience of chronic illness, autism and ADHD. Drawing on Americana, alt-country, folk-rock and contemporary singer-songwriter traditions, her work transforms deeply personal experiences of pain, identity, resilience and neurodivergence into honest, relatable storytelling. A songwriter since her early teens, Calida began performing at 16 and has previously received Triple J airplay and appeared on multiple compilation albums. After an extended hiatus from music, she returned to songwriting in 2023. Her forthcoming album, Songs for the Invisible, marks a new chapter in her musical journey.
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