Morrison says that her anxiety "has always been there," and that it's been a part of her since she was 9. But I had never addressed my relationships to mental health." Sometimes I would touch on personal struggles or feelings of loneliness. "My music has always focused on love and heartbreak. She sings raw and powerful lyrics like, "Quiero hablar y no puedo/Respirar y no puedo/Caminar, olivar, enfrentarlo y no puedo," translating to "I want to talk but I can't. With this song, Morrison wanted to depict what a panic attack is really like. One of the most powerful tracks on the album is "Ansiedad," which translates to anxiety in Spanish. The themes of recovery and coming back to herself are prevalent in the album's tearjerker single, "Encontrarme," with lyrics like, "Ya no quiero seguir/Dejé de Sonreir/Entre todo perdí/Toda razón para vivir/Quiero Volver a mi/La persona que fui." That translates to, "I don't want to continue on/I've stopped smiling and in all of it I lost/All reason to live/I want to return to me/the person I was." The album addresses mental health, grief, rebirth, and the joy we can experience once we push through life's hardest lessons. Now, anyone in the world going through something similar can listen to the album and maybe relate." "I wanted the songs to make sense of my journey. "As we all collectively experienced the pandemic, it became crystal clear that I wanted to call it 'El Renacimiento,'" she adds. Once she overcame the thought of never returning to music and realigning with her purpose, Morrison was able to birth the new album - "El Renacimiento" (which translates to rebirth or renaissance in Spanish) as the working title and concept. Music gave me purpose." The 36-year-old shares how she quickly realized that music is how she connects with people. "Once the pandemic hit, I was confronted with the question if I would even be able to do this again in my life - if I would actually let it go. I thought I needed time," the artist shares with POPSUGAR via an email interview. I didn't know if I had the mental health tools to confront everything that comes with being in this business, being an independent artist, and publicly sharing my own emotions through my music. "Before I set the goal of writing the album, I was really hesitant about coming back to music during my hiatus. "El Renacimiento" is not only the first complete album the artist has released in five years but also one of her most vulnerable projects yet. It is currently nominated for the Latin Grammys Best Pop Vocal album, and one of the album's biggest singles, "Encontrarme," is nominated for Song of the Year. The bouts of depression led her down a road of self-discovery that inspired her latest album, "El Renacimiento," released in April 2022. She was already struggling with her mental health and unsure if she wanted to continue with the music, and things got even harder after she lost her father to COVID-19 in 2021. She relocated from Mexico to Paris with her now-husband and coproducer Alejandro Jiménez in 2019, unclear about what the future held. She was anxious, depressed, and unsure if she wanted to continue creating music.Īfter a decade of building a thriving musical career, Morrison dropped her Mexican management company after her 2017 tour and decided to take a long and much-needed sabbatical for mental health reasons. But while Morrison's songs were capturing our hearts and touching our souls, the singer felt lost. The Mexican-American artist has already enjoyed a successful career - boasting three Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy nominations for her first two full-length albums, "Déjenme Llorar," released in 2012, and "Amor Supremo," released in 2015 - and became known for her Soprano vocals and mesmerizing songs about love and heartbreak. There's this collective belief that the pandemic has birthed the age of agency - what's often referred to as "The Great Awakening." Even as we enter the almost-post-COVID era, many of us have felt inspired to look within to nurture our mental, emotional, and spiritual needs.įor singer-songwriter Carla Morrison, born Carla Patricia Morrison Flores, the past few years have forced her to explore who she is and what she's meant to do in this life.
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