- 2024-10-30
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MUSIC
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Fiona-Lee Releases New Song “Nothing Compares To Nineteen”
This year, British singer-songwriter Fiona-Lee signed to Gravity/EMI Records and debuted with the first single “Mother”.
Following the debut song, she has released the second single called “Nothing Compares To Nineteen”.
The song received its first play during BBC Radio 1's Future Artists.
Both songs will appear on her upcoming debut EP.
The track was written by and produced by Fiona-Lee Till, with production by Rob Hall and Matt Ingram.
Fiona-Lee said of the song, “'Nothing Compares To Nineteen' is my own story of growing up and struggling with anxiety and depression when I was at school. I wrote it a couple years after a life long friend had taken his life and I was experiencing grief for the first time. It made me think about a conversation I'd had with my dad when I was about 15, where he told me that he'd also struggled with depression when he was young but never got help. It was the first time I became properly aware of the difference between men and women when it comes to talking about our feelings – and that became even clearer when I was 19 and witnessed it first hand with my friend dying.”- She continued, “So I guess the song is really something I hope young people can find some comfort in, knowing that they're not the only socially anxious kid out there that's intimidated by the boys at school - and I also hope it can keep the conversation going about the importance of men being able to express themselves truthfully and feeling they can ask for help when they need it.”
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Fiona-Lee said of the debut song, “The song's about a difficult situation I was in a few years ago, where I'd moved to London and was living in the basement of my then manager's office. I wanted to leave and stop working with him because he wasn't a nice guy, but felt totally stuck because it was like he owned me and I knew how badly he'd react if I left," she explains.”
He continued, “It starts out very vulnerable as a cry for help, then as it goes on it becomes angrier and more empowered, basically how I felt as the situation developed and I managed to leave. So it's essentially about being a young woman that's being controlled and taken advantage of by a 50 year old dude in the music industry. This shit happens all the time-especially to young women-so I feel really strongly about discussing the subject matter of this song, which is ultimately men abusing their power.”
Photo by Flower Up - source : BBC Radio 1
