Station Road / why vulnerability is a strength
Station Road dropped six weeks ago, and now that we’re under two weeks away from my new single coming out, I wanted to explore something that took me by surprise - but honestly, probably shouldn’t have.
The decision to release the song was itself a big one. It’s heavy, it’s close to the bone, and it’s a sad ballad I decided to drop right in the middle of the summer. But it was also about whether or not people would relate to it, whether it would land.
When we say we want to ‘speak our truth’ I guess it can often sound easier than actually going out and doing it, because the real truths, the things that we hold so close to our chests but feel scared to express, those have weight, they’re hard to carry and hard to pass on to someone else. Or maybe it’s that we feel like there’s nobody who could handle that weight or relate to it at all.
In the weeks since it dropped I’ve received messages from people about how it’s touched them, about how it’s helped them see their reality in a new way, or face down something that they’ve been scared to confront at all. And it mirror my whole process not just with writing & releasing Station Road, but with every song I’ve released so far. They’ve all been about confronting big, hard feelings. About getting comfortable with discomfort. About saying “I can handle difficulty” - and that speaking up about those things that haunt us helps take the power away from them.
If you’re reading this and feeling like your vulnerability has been framed as a weakness of yours - or you believe that letting someone in to your space to help you heal somehow makes you less - I’m here to tell you that it is a strength, that only by learning about those things that weigh you down can you truly grow in power. Powerlifters dive into pain to grow their capacity to handle more - and it’s the same with confronting your past. Learn how to do that, and how to help others handle their pain, and you will be a more powerful version of yourself that you may never have imagined.