Alexandra Helgerson, latest single “Laura”, feels just the opposite a piece that very much found its own identity. she first envisioned it as a song about a woman yearning to break out of small-town life, the track took on its softer, tender edges, shaped by life experience and influenced by her nomadic existence over the past year.
“Laura” unfolds during a time of deep personal transition for Helgerson. This came to be after the artist had regained her strength following chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for a sarcoma diagnosis. It is this experience that gives the track an unspoken depth, a reflective gentleness and the weight of longing.
“Laura” is a song that breathes with life. The song’s gentle but deliberate arrangement creates a feeling of emotional closeness, every note, pause and awkward silence seems deliberate, reflecting the personal triumph and exposure at its inception.
“Laura” is more than a song, it’s a trip across transformation, resilience and the enduring mess of connection between human beings. With this release Alexandra Helgerson has made an album that sticks around long after the last note has sounded, a true testament to music’s ability to reflect life in all of its unpredictable and beautiful forms.
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