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Re-did a song I recorded on my phone ages ago in Audacity and mixed it with my eyes closed while running. Lyrics under readmore :)

posting this before i can change my mind about posting it bc cringe and ew yucky and etc etc but 

Ashlyn Rae Willson, known by the public as Ashe, is and American singer and songwriter. She is most known for her hit 2019 single “Moral of the story” which was played in the Netflix movie To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You produced by Billie Eilish’s brother and producer Finneas. Ashe’s upbringing took place in San Jose where she was raised in a Christian household. She took piano and vocal lessons from an early age and listened solely to Christian radio. Her Grandfather introduced her to music from Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Jefferson Airplane  inspiring her own work in the future. In an interview with Teen Vogue she expressed that her childhood was far from perfect, and that substance abuse took place in her family. She left San Jose to pursue a degree at Berklee College of music, where she graduated with a major in Contemporary Writing an Production in 2015.

Ashe’s music carreer began in Nashville before she was scouted by Ben Phipps a deep house producer who asked her to sing his track “Sleep Alone”.  Her 2016 song “Cant Hide” was her fith #2 single on both the US and Global Spotify Viral 50 charts. Her 2017 single "Let You Get Away" with Canadian DJ Shaun Frank was nominated for Dance Recording of the Year at the 2017 Juno Awards and was certified gold in Canada in 2019. Ashe embarked on tours with Louis the Child, Lauv, and Whethan.After signing to Mom + Pop independent label,she released her debut single "Used to It" in June 2017 and "Girl Who Cried Wolf" in November 2017. "Used to It" was her second single to reach #1 on the Global Spotify Viral 50 chart. Ashe was placed alongside Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi on Vevo's list of Artists to Watch In 2018. Throughout April 2017, Ashe supported The Chainsmokers during their Memories Do Not Open Tour and performed onstage with Big Gigantic during Coachella Festival 2017.

By the time Ashe had released her debut EP The Rabbit Hole in June 2018, she had clocked over 200 million accumulative streams and nine #1 songs on Hype Machine. The EP was described as "a versatile and compelling seven-track affair." Ashe supported Quinn XCII on his From Michigan with Love World Tour,during which she also released her single "Moral of the Story".

On April 5, 2019, Ashe released the four-track EP, Moral of the Story: Chapter 1, which was entirely produced by Finneas O'Connell. Finneas also produced three of the four tracks on her sequel EP, Moral of the Story: Chapter 2.

In February 2020, the single "Moral of the Story" was used in the Netflix teen romcom To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) which caused the song to reach #2 on both the Global and US Spotify Viral 50 chart, and reach over 12 million streams on the platform. Ashe made her debut chart appearance on both the Billboard Hot 100 with "Moral of the Story" and the Billboard 200 with Moral of the Story: Chapter 1. As of March 2020, the single has been used in over 283 thousand videos on the online platform TikTok.

Quotes from the Artist:

When asked about her debut EP The Rabbit Hole-

“They’re all incredibly from my soul and my heart,”

“I always said that when people hear this album, I hope that they feel like they have someone else on their side or someone else that gets them or can understand…I hope they can find a friend in me.”

When asked about Fame-

“There’s still a part of me that thinks, ‘I don’t really want to be famous.’ I want to be successful and I want people to love the music but I really just want them to love the music, you know? Some of my biggest inspirations are Carole King, and this actress, Diane Keaton, and they are these incredibly humble women of character. They love what they do and deflect some of the love pointed towards them. I take that as them saying, ‘I’m simply a vessel for my art.’”

When asked about vulnerability as an artist:

“it’s super vulnerable. I feel like there definitely is a sort of bravery in being an artist. I think it’s important for us to be brave because not everyone is and that vulnerability is so needed in this world.”

Check out these interviews to get to know Ashe: 

https://atwoodmagazine.com/ashe-2018-interview/

https://culturecollide.com/ashe/

https://uwmpost.com/fringe/exclusive-interview-ashe

Sources:

https://www.billboard.com/music/ashe/chart-history/TLP

https://web.archive.org/web/20200301165340/https://kworb.net/spotify/artist/6P5NO5hzJbuOqSdyPB7SJM.html

https://atwoodmagazine.com/ashe-2018-interview/

https://culturecollide.com/ashe/

https://uwmpost.com/fringe/exclusive-interview-ashe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe_(singer)

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