USA. – Ashleigh Blvck released her first solo single on Wednesday, on Veterans Day in the USA, Secondhand Salvation. Ashleigh is Sunette Bridges's daughter and Bles Bridges's granddaughter.
She chose this date to honour veterans and draw attention to the lasting impact their experiences continue to have on them long after their service. A veteran also filmed the music video.
Sunette Bridges, Ashleigh's mother, says she has been encouraging her daughter to record her own songs for years. Ashleigh was seventeen when she Nina as a duet for her grandfather's album Dankie Vir Alles recorded. Between a major move, university and work at the fire service, her own music came later. This time, Ashleigh and her brother Wium handled the production themselves. Bridges says the lyrics about living and surviving move her every time she listens to them.
Ashleigh says the song is about how easily people give advice about experiences they have never had to go through themselves. Secondhand Salvation also chose as the title track of her debut album, in which she writes about grief, trauma and the aftermath of survival. The single is available on streaming platforms according to Bridges.
Ashleigh Blvck's Facebook page
Read what the proud mother has to say about her daughter's release:
To say that I am excited to release my Dearest Lulu's first solo single does not begin to describe the butterflies in my stomach and the Mamma-pride in my heart… her last "official" recording was when she sang the song "Nina" as one of the duets on her Grandfather's "Dankie Vir Alles" album at the age of seventeen. I have been pushing her for years to record her own songs, but between the Big Move, University and the Fire Service, the time was just never right… Now it is finally time for her to share her music with you in her own unique way, and I cannot WAIT for you to listen to "Secondhand Salvation" and watch the music video on Wednesday, eleven November!
This time Mamma stood on the sidelines and Ashleigh and Wium handled this entire production themselves. I have already listened to it a hundred times by now and every time I cry… There is so much LIVING and SURVIVING in her lyrics that it sometimes breaks my heart, because no one wants their children to experience heartbreak, but it is also at the same time these things that make them strong…
You can meanwhile go and join Ashleigh's Facebook page where you can listen to a snippet of "Secondhand Salvation" and also find the link to "Pre-Save" the song on Spotify!
MUCH luck my Dearest Child with this incredibly beautiful song! I love you more than BREATH!
…Sx
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
