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everything i wanted

by Allison Russell

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Niki Smith Frazier - whose art elevates these covers- is one of my dearest friends, and my chosen sister. Niki loves pop music and has been my guide and teacher on many a late-night wine sipping, YouTube deep diving session after the kids were in bed. She is the one who first introduced me to the music of Billie Eilish. Her daughters, Ezra and Vai, my daughter, Ida, my niece, Ellie and I can all agree on two things - that Billie Eilish and Lizzo SLAY. 2020 was weighted with so much loss and pain and separation - but impromptu dance parties and singalongs to a 50/50 Billie, Lizzo soundtrack with wild Ida and her Dad brought some light and levity. I’ve been meditating on the imbalances of celebrity culture - how unfortunate our society’s tendency to first put people on impossible pedestals and then knock them down, particularly women... Billie’s grace under the magnifying glass of unsolicited public opinion has been remarkable and heroic. Her artistic output - stunning. For anyone - let alone one still so young. This song hurt my heart when I first heard it - perhaps reading too much into it - but I connected with it on a visceral level - it brought back memories of my own tormented teen years, when death was always a whisper away...It reminds me to be grateful for those rare and precious ones who see you and who love you - just as you are - and you do the same for them - we carry each other. Empathy is our currency. It gets better. You’re not alone.
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released February 19, 2021
2021, © 2021 Birds of Chicago LLC., Under exclusive license to Fantasy Records. Distributed by Concord.

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Allison Russell Nashville, Tennessee

Montreal born Scottish Grenadian Canadian, Allison Russell, is a mother, a musician, a poet, a writer - a mixed-heritage, queer, black woman. Her winding musical path - from her first work in Canadian roots band, Po’ Girl, to Birds of Chicago, her band with her partner JT Nero to her recent collaborations like Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Amythyst Kiah). ... more

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