healer - “Are You Glad?”
By: Phil Deutsch IG: @iyphil
healer may come from Chicago, but his sound is universally smooth. Innovating the indie/electronic/R&B game with the goal to make people feel better, he’s definitely grabbed our attention on his latest single, “Are You Glad?” While on the surface a post-breakup ballad, this song goes deeper, really asking listeners to tap into their own strength and find it within themselves to keep on going.
“I wrote it after a breakup, when I was really questioning who I wanted to be going forward. It was really inspired by an old haiku my high school poetry teacher had shown us that really stuck with me, ‘red morning sky snail, are you glad of it?’”
Such a heartwarming message isn’t always easily apparent in the music industry, especially when artists are starting out and might be making music that they think lots of people want to hear, as opposed to what healer’s doing - making what they need to hear. With the help of the newly established Quadio Records, healer has been able to find his footing on his first two singles, putting out this third track to keep the steam going as he builds anticipation for his teased EP.
Lyrics That Stick:
“why do you never say
that you can stay with me
I wish things happened differently
I want that desperately”
(Photo credit Garson Renner)