The Fleetwood Mac singer is back with a new political and powerful track, Lighthousededicated to women.
After the release of Show Them The Way in 2020 with Dave Grohl on the drums, then a repeat of For What It’s Worth of Buffalo Springfield two years later, Stevie Nicks returned to the studio to record a very strong song on abortion rights.
Force collective
A title inspired by the singer after the revocation of the “Roe versus Wade” ruling on June 24, 2022, which granted American women the right to abortion throughout the country. “It seemed like overnight people were saying ‘what can we, as a collective force, do about this…’ For me, it was writing a song,” explain Stevie Nicks through the press.
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In the middle of touring at the time, it took her a while to focus on this piece. “Then early one morning I was watching the news on TV and a certain anchor said something that resonated with me, explaining what the loss of Roe vs. Wade could mean, poursuit-elle. I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it overnight. It was September 6, 2022. I have been working on it since”.
“You should be afraid”
A very powerful title titled Lighthousewhere she calls on women to take back their power and rise up so as not to lose control of themselves. “Your life is forever changed / And all the rights you had yesterday / Are taken away from you / and now you’re afraid / You should be afraid / Because everything I fought for / Long ago in a dream is party”, she sings in particular in the first verse. Harsh words but necessary to awaken consciences.
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Stevie Nicks has often been whispered while writing this title, “cis perhaps the most important thing” that she has ever done in her career as an artist. “Stand up for the women of the United States, their daughters and granddaughters, and the men who love them, she concludes. It’s an anthem”. A clip was shared immediately, it can be discovered below.
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