![]() “I don’t need anything from anyone, it’s just not my year.” Cain’s conceptual approach - the song and album center around a character named “Ethel Cain” who runs away from home - is equal amounts ennui and cynicism: that moment in life where you’re still dreaming big but realizing you put a little “too much faith in the make-believe and high-school football team.” - A.S. “I do what I want, crying in the blеachers / And I said it was fun,” she sings with panache over a bold guitar hook and the kind of arena-rock reverb that wouldn’t sound out of place on Born in the USA. How do you channel that level of insecurity and hormones and dumb social hierarchy without sounding like *insert “Steve Buscemi carrying a skateboard” meme*? Ask Ethel Cain, who turns “American Teenager,” the centerpiece of her breakthrough album Preacher’s Daughter, into a relatable rush of youth. A.S.Īccurately conveying teen emotions on a song years after you’ve left high school is like trying to capture lightning in a bottle. Part of a class of young no-fucks-given artists keen on showcasing their visions, Doechii’s “Persuasive” feels like a small taste of what’s to come. “That marijuana, she’s so persuasive,” she coos over a pulsing beat. (The president made one small mistake: He should have selected the remix.) With SZA, Doechii flips the overused drug-anthem trope on its head by rebuilding it into a slinky club anthem. While the mêlée of her single “Crazy” is enough for the Best of 2022 shortlist, it’s “Persuasive” that feels like the more fully realized work: a somehow not-cringey ode to weed that’s cool enough for the downtown crowd yet popular enough for Barack Obama to include on his annual list of favorite songs. Thankfully, things are moving swimmingly for the Tampa singer-rapper. I hope others will continue to speak up and speak out for the throngs of musicians and Tennesseans who rely on care through ACA.When Doechii signed with TDE, it was hard not to helicopter-parent the label doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record of treating its female artists favorably (as seen via SZA’s infrequent dispatches about Top Dawg president Punch). Jessi was outspoken, passionate and inspirational. It is also worth noting that there is now a vaccine to protect against most of the cancers caused by HPV infection. Two of Jessi’s most important tools in her fight against cervical cancer were two of the things that Congress is fighting so hard to take away from us - the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood was there for her when other providers were not. She previously sought care elsewhere but was unable to get appointments and a proper diagnosis. Jessi went to Planned Parenthood for health care services, like millions of others do every year. ![]() ► Jessi Zazu was a fearless force in Nashville's rock scene ► Jessi Zazu, of Nashville indie rock pioneers Those Darlines, dies at 28 She was just one of the 43 percent of musicians who lacked health insurance prior to the ACA, more than twice the rate among adults nationwide. ![]() ![]() Mine is public health.īy Jessi’s own account, the Affordable Care Act provided her access to the care she needed. Jessi was one of my nephew’s closest friends. Jessi died of cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). ![]() Watch Video: Jessi Zazu of Those Darlins dies at 28Įarlier this week the Tennessean wrote about the tragic loss of indie rocker Jessi Zazu, co-founder of Those Darlins, at the very young age of 28. ![]()
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