I'm back again and guess what? It is actually the first time ever that I'm writing a piece for my blog in English (my English sucks and it's far beyond perfect but one of my New Year's resolutions is trying to improve my it and, even more important, do not feel ashamed of my lack of knowledge, so don't be so hard on me, please. I know there will be some grammar mistakes).
Last week I was reading old posts on La Femme Collective . If you guys don't know the site you should check it out, you'll find amazing women sharing their stories. It is a strong community and Nora (founder) and her team are working so hard to give them the opportunity to share their stories and their professional advice.
I read the story of one of their Entrefemmeurs. Lolo is a songwriter and singer from Jackson Tennessee. She put out her record in October which has the coolest name in the entire world. It is called In Loving Memory Of When I Gave A Shit. I remembered my lovely friend Em told me about this singer. I always keep her opinions in mind because she's taught me so much about feminism. I kept saying I would give it a try but it took me two months to actually do it.
The first thing I did was check her Youtube channel and I saw the official video for Shine.
I fell in love with her voice right away. I'm a sucker for raspy powerful voices so consequently, I decided to buy her record on iTunes. I had no idea what kind of music she was doing or if I would like it or not but I gave it a try.
I can't put into words how brilliant this record is. Not only is her voice is amazing but the lyrics are unbelievably good. Some people are more into the instrumental parts but I'm always paying so much attention to lyrics. If I fall for the lyrics of a song I'll probably love the entire song too.
I compare this album with a cathartic trip where you can find yourself when you're feeling lost. When you've been through a tough breakup and when you're trying to find yourself again. She has amazing lyrics, and some of them inspire me so much. As some of you may (or not) know last year was a complicated one for me. I was dealing with anxiety and I was feeling depressed. Getting over it feels like cutting off some toxic relationship and I'm feeling free and alive.
The first one is from the song "Heard it From A Friend"
So when you gonna tell me you fucked me over?
Don't you know that people watch?
Don't you know that people talk?
So when you gonna tell me you don't want me no more?
But definitely the lyrics I love the most are those which inspire me to believe in myself. I've been struggling with self-confidence my entire life and I'm trying to change it so these lyrics from "Shine" mean so much to me:
You're the brightest start in the sky
but no one's gonna know if you never shine
why you waiting on someone else?
to give you the things you want for yourself
It's amazing, isn't it? I strongly recommend you to give this album a try, you're not gonna regret it. Every time I listen to her I feel the need to support my local girl gang. We should be supportive with women around us because each of you are perfectly perfect just the way you are.
You guys can listen to the album for free on Spotify and if you fall for it like I did you can show Lolo some support buying her album on Amazon or iTunes. Last but not least, if you guys are from The States she's going on Tour this week!