"The unique electronic sounds of “Anxiety” really keeps the listener anticipating what’s coming with each verse."
“[Anxiety] is an earworm. The lyrics are extremely clever and extremely timely. She’s so clever how she uses the sounds. I think she’s writing in character and man is it a message for our times."
Do consumer choices, toxic food, relentless advertising, and poor communication contribute to anxiety? If we decided to acquire food, products, and other items ethically, would anyone notice or care? Can we hold ourselves accountable? Those are the questions I explore in “Anxiety.”
The song opens with the line “Maybe I have anxiety because I ruin other people and the planet.” It’s a forlorn ruminative question I contemplate as I consider the effects my purchases have on the people who manufacture the products I buy, as well as the destructive path those items may take to get to me. Do the tension and stress of the creation and the journey transfer to my body and mind? Is that why pills seem needed to control dismay and dejection?
This song is a look at how our own choices contribute to our anxiety and depression -- what we choose to buy, what we choose to eat, and how we choose to communicate. It’s honest about being lazy, inhumane, intermittently motivated, and of having a lack of self-discipline. Some may think the song is about relying on rules and regulations when, in reality, it’s about changing oneself.
In the music video, I wear a dress made with trash, go grocery shopping, sing next to a big hole in the ground, binge-watch ‘The Office’ next to a mountain of pills, and hang out in a hot tub in a trash bikini.
Experience these introspective ponderings set to catchy electric sounds, soothing vocals, and unexpected moments.