Stevie Nicks has released her first original single in four years this week.
The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman announced the track 24 hours ahead of release and, in a statement on social media, revealed she’s been working on the song for the past two years.
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— Stevie Nicks (@StevieNicks) September 27, 2024
I wrote this song a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned. It seemed like overnight, people were saying “what can we, as a collective force, do about this…” For me, it was to write a song.
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She explained: “I wrote this song a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned. It seemed like overnight, people were saying ‘what can we, as a collective force, do about this…’
“For me, it was to write a song. It took a while because I was on the road. Then early one morning I was watching the news on TV and a certain newscaster said something that felt like she was talking to me~ explaining what the loss of Roe v. Wade would come to mean.
“I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it that night. That was September 6, 2022. I have been working on it ever since.”
The Dreams singer added: “I have often said to myself, ‘This may be the most important thing I ever do. To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters ~ and the men that love them’.
“This is an anthem.”
