Quem não adora saber sempre novidades da nossa querida Jenny Kern? “Now We Know” é o seu mais recente single e, segundo a artista, é também a sua canção mais honesta ate agora. 

“Now We Know” is my most honest song to date. This song was different for me. My process is usually finding a melody and then the words follow but with this song I wrote the lyrics first. It’s literal. Every line is literal. As you read the words, there’s nothing poetic there. It’s about self-realization, admitting to mistakes and accepting the end of a relationship.

I was working creatively with someone and we developed a very close relationship. One that was founded on understanding and support. I was dealing with a lot of depression, health issues and change, which lead to mistakes that I’m not proud of.

I wrote this song shortly after we parted ways. I was feeling a lot of guilt and shame about what happened and I was trying to understand it. At first I was in denial about the whole thing but eventually I was able to come to terms with my mistake. That said, I was still very much struggling with the fact that we would never be able to make it right Even when I tried to make it right they didn’t want anything to do with me. So I had to walk away. Learning to accept that something is broken and dealing with the fallout is incredibly powerful. The last line of the chorus “Now We Know” is meant to represent a sense of understanding and acceptance.

Ultimately, we’re human, we’re flawed and it’s okay. We’ve all got things to work on, we’ve all got problems and we’ve all experienced a broken heart. It’s easier to talk about it and be vulnerable than to keep it in and pretend like you’re doing well because that does no one any good. The first step is acceptance and you grow from there.

Se ainda não ouviram “Now We Know”, assim que ouvirem vão perceber, não só pela melodia como pela voz de Jenny Kern que estamos perante uma canção que nos toca e nos fala ao coração. Uma das coisas que mais gosto na artista é precisamente a sua honestidade e a forma como as suas canções não são apenas mais uma, mas antes uma nova história, uma nova partilha que tem tanto de especial. 

Esta e outras novidades recentes na playlist do Spotify.

It broke my heart to hear the words

Cut right through wish I misheard

And I bet it tasted sweet

Coming out so easily

Don’t come around again

Is what you said

I know you didn’t stutter

Was it meant to be this way

Was I ever meant to stay

So the story goes

Now we know

Now we know

It was an awful thing to do

Oh I know you played the fool

When I danced around the lies

It’s something that you can’t disguise

Don’t come around again

Is what you said

I know you didn’t stutter

Was it meant to be this way

Was I ever meant to stay

So the story goes

Now we know

Now we know

Don’t come around again

Is what you said

I know you didn’t stutter

Was it meant to be this way

Was I ever meant to stay

So the story goes

Now we know

Now we know

Lembram-se da querida Jenny Kern com o seu single Old Friend? Passados alguns dias de a ter descoberto, tive o prazer de a ver ao vivo na excelente iniciativa do Where The Music Meets, e foi lindíssimo. Hoje trago-vos um dos seus mais recentes temas. Continuo a achar incrível como é que de forma tão simples, Jenny Kern nos expõe o seu coração e nos deixa tão vulneráveis às emoções transmitidas pela sua voz e respectiva parte instrumental. 

Satellite is about feeling out of body and not present for someone. Recognizing the mistakes you made because of that and wanting to be a better version of yourself for them. It’s ultimately a song about love and regret. I wrote during a time that I was recovering from a heartbreak. I was trying to figure out what went wrong and I realized that I was not the best version of myself when I was with them. That at times I was so far out of my own skin that it felt like I wasn’t present mentally. I wanted to be better for them but I wasn’t. This ultimately led to the end of the relationship.

Jenny Kern é sem dúvida uma artista que vale a pena termos nas nossas playlists, principalmente quando precisamos de exteriorizar emoções que podem ser mais difíceis. 

Esta e outras novidades fresquinhas na playlist do Spotify aqui. 

I’m out of body out of mind

Floating like a satellite

Where the stars burn bright

Where the stars burn bright

Then the colors start to fade

And the feelings start to shake me

Down to my bones at night

Down to my bones at night

And I see it now

All the ways that I messed up

I ache for you

And I hate the way I left us

I won’t try to blame you

If you wanted to forget us 

But if we could start over 

Just know I’ll come through 

I can be better

I’ll be better for you

Coming down back inside 

I see bruising I was blind 

In the way I chose to hide 

In the way I chose to hide

I’m in a daze, in the fade

Call you out, don’t wanna wait I know 

I must confide

I know I must confide

And I see it now

All the ways that I messed up

I ache for you

And I hate the way I left us 

I won’t try to blame you

If you wanted to forget us 

But if we could start over 

Just know I’ll come through 

I can be better

I’ll be better for you

I’ll be better for you 

I’ll be better for you

I’ll be better for you 

I’ll be better for you

I’m out of body out of mind 

Floating like a satellite

Uma das características que me faz logo ficar de orelhas levantadas perante uma música desconhecida é a intensidade que se faz sentir na parte instrumental e, caso haja voz, o poder emotivo dessa mesma voz. Quando ouvi Old Friends, a começar com um bombo logo em tom de aviso, fiquei surpreendida pela forma harmoniosa como desde início o crescendo instrumental se casou com a voz de Jenny Kern. Atendendo com atenção à letra, facilmente deduzimos que parte da força da canção vem também da sua motivação: This song is about anxiety and depression. It’s the most vulnerable thing I’ve written about in my lyrics in terms of the content. When you get to a place like that you become overwhelmed and scared but the most important thing is fighting your way out. We need to let those people know that it’s ok to feel that way, it’s ok to ask for help.

Desde sempre que a música serve de veículo para expressar algumas das emoções mais obscuras que cada um tem dentro de si: One of the scariest things in the world is being overwhelmed by your inner thoughts. When you don’t let them out they can’t mend and you end up doing more harm. Anxiety and depression is not something that goes away in one day, it takes great strength to push through. But when you open up and be vulnerable to those feelings you can mend.

E claro que esta partilha acaba por ser libertadora: It’s almost cathartic, sharing sadness. But you need to share it with the right people and ask for help from the right resources. They are out there and they can help you mend.

O EP de Jenny Kern já se encontra disponível para ouvirem. Old Friend foi adicionada à playlist do Spotify FreshFindings. 

Hear the whispers as the sounds grow close

Hear the utters of the demons that roam

Violent thoughts come to defy

The peaceful mind you seek inside.

Old friend

Don’t crawl in again

No time to pretend

Don’t hide your heart

Let it mend

The monster you seek to hide

Comes close to take your life

Lurking out of sight

Always searching so show your fight.

Old friend

Don’t crawl in again

No time to pretend

Don’t hide your heart

Let it mend