Skip to main content

Maverick Ad

Home

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Cover Stories
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Legacy Awards
  • Past Covers
  • Weekly Archive
Artist Alexis Lynn Addresses the Struggle With Addiction in New Single “House On Fire”

Breadcrumb

  • Home
  • Artist Alexis Lynn Addresses the Struggle With Addiction in New Single “House On Fire”
Alexis Lynn
Thu Feb 10, 2022
Cashbox Canada

Watching a loved one self-destruct through addiction sucks, plain and simple. It’s a powerless, helpless feeling, and one that Vancouver-based pop artist Alexis Lynn captures in all its complexity in her searing new single “House On Fire” — watch and listen here:

“House On Fire” is a pop powerhouse, packed with infectious beats, cascading vocals, and gorgeous well-timed harmonies, while its lyrics deal with the cold, dank darkness of watching a loved one’s addiction progress.

You gon’ always do what you want to
No matter what anybody tells you
Chasing temporary fixes, you won’t call it quits
Just living to exist, yeah shit

And then, the metaphorical house starts burning as the narrator is forced to stand by helplessly — “I’ll just stand here 10 feet away/Watchin you, trapped in your house on fire.”

For Alexis Lynn, it was personal. “This song is very close to my heart,” she shares. “I wrote it about watching someone I love struggle with addiction; I’ve seen some of the closest people in my life battle addiction, and this song represents what it’s like to be on the outside looking in.”

She wanted to capture the feeling of wanting to do everything in your power to help or save a person, even when they don’t want to be helped or saved. “Because sometimes what you may think is best for someone isn’t what they want nor what they’re ready for,” she says, “and that can be hard to accept in and of itself.”

“House On Fire” is the latest single in a series the Canadian urban pop dynamo has released since 2019’s breakthrough debut, Things Get Good. The seven-track release — and each single thereafter — radiates the First Nations artist’s inimitable, imaginative musical magnetism as her signature songwriting continues to delve deep into topics of love, lust, vulnerability, self-awareness, and everything in between.

Her singles run the gamut from the dance music-inflected “Ghosts” (a bare, anthemic contemplation of vulnerability and insecurity) to the club-friendly buoyancy of “Bubble” (a flirtatious trap-pop bop about emotional availability). She has written and recorded prolifically during the pandemic, and is looking forward to going deeper than ever on her next project — a multifaceted exploration of mental health and its effects on our lives and relationships that promises to be her most personal work yet.

For more check out:
alexislynnmusic.com/
instagram.com/alexislynnmusic/
facebook.com/alexislynnmusic/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf
twitter.com/alexislynnmusic
open.spotify.com/artist/1qIVf0qq3fvPX0ImEmsdPl?si=hUKP-Po2Qq-y15O_atad9Q&nd=1

Reviews
Album
Alexis Lynn
Month: Nov 2022
Your Ex And I Montreal Full-On Rockers YOUR EX AND I Release Debut Single “For All the Loves”
The Otherness The Otherness Calls For Young Rock And Roll Rebels In A New Resistance
Victoria Alex Toronto Rising Pop Star Victoria Alex Says "Let's Pretend" In New Single…
Friendly Giants Alt.Rockers Friendly Giants Releases Haunting Call To The Past With “Dancing By…
Gyptian and Serani Reggae Legends Serani and Gyptian Bring Heat With Debut Dancehall Party…
Rusty Creek Roots Rockers Rusty Creek Salute The Tall Ships In Newfoundland For New…
Mike Bern Singer Songwriter Mike Bern Gives Thanks For Life In “Grateful Sun”
Suzanne Cook Suzanne Cook Honors a Friend’s Life—and Perhaps Ours as Well—with “Same Old Tune”
Month: Dec 2022
Jeremy Sean Hector Smooth Jazz Guitarist and Composer Jeremy Sean Hector Releases Highly…
Jeremy Parsons San Antonio-Based Alt. Country JEREMY PARSONS Releases “Tickin’”
Matell RnB Artist MATELL Mourns Loss of AARON CARTER With Release of "Honest…
Roberta Battaglia Canadian America’s Got Talent Finalist Roberta Battaglia Releases Soaring “…
Taylor Simpson Taylor Simpson Moves Forward on New Sights in a Familiar Place With “Lies…
Tortured Soul Tortured Soul Wants You To "Take The Day Off" For Their New Album
DR. ZOO PEI-Based Global Music Act DR. ZOO Celebrates 20th Anniversary with…

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹ Previous
  • …
  • Page 84
  • Page 85
  • Page 86
  • Page 87
  • Current page 88
  • Page 89
  • Page 90
  • Page 91
  • Page 92
  • …
  • Next page Next ›
  • Last page Last »

CEO/PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF
SANDY GRAHAM

email:sandygrahamemg@gmail.com 

Canadian Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Don Graham
email: dongrahamwriter@gmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada and Global
Lisa Hartt
email: lisahartt87@hotmail.com

Contributing Journalist - Canada 
Michael Williams
email: greydread@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

International Journalists:

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Malin Osth
email: malin@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - Sweden
Jonas Tancred
email: jonas@musicdays.se

Contributing Journalist - USA
Rob Durkee 
email: rockster2746@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web Developer/Technical Support
Chris Wardman

email: info@chriswardman.com
website: chriswardman.com

Cashbox Cover Design and Graphic Artist
Jain McMillan

email: jainmcmillan@gmail.com

Contributing Photographer 
Tracey Savein - South Paw Productions
southpawproductions@rogers.com

 

 

 

Footer menu

  • Home
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Cashbox Archive
  • Issue Archive
  • Past Covers