Watch Grace Cummings' 'Bloodhorse!' Video
(The Oriel Company) Lauded Australian singer-songwriter Grace Cummings has released "Bloodhorse!," the title track from her upcoming album Bloodhorse! set for release this Friday, August 14th, via ATO Records.
"Bloodhorse!" follows last month's release of arresting track "FAKE" and marks the final offering from the album ahead of its release. The powerful track continues to develop the album's themes of power, abuse and escape with a focus on Grace's captivating vocals. It arrives alongside a simplistic yet theatrical music video directed by Tori Styles.
On the track, Cummings shares: "'Bloodhorse' is an archaic term thoroughbred racehorse that is expected to win. They're extremely temperamental, full of anxious energy. They are powerful, and sometimes frightening, but they are also extremely vulnerable. When I go to sleep at night, I don't rest. My eyes are shut but it's like I'm waiting in the stalls, waiting, waiting. My dreams are full of nightmares. Nothing is calm. And as soon as I open my eyes, I start f***ing running.
"The lyrics to this song were inspired by a visit to a beauty clinic. I went for a facial, which was a gift to myself for my birthday, but the clinician gave me a mirror and told me to look in it and tell me what I didn't like about myself. Everything, I thought, I hate everything. But I told him I didn't like the way my brow was furrowed. He said to me: Grace, nobody needs to frown. He gave me botox, to take the frown away. I hated myself, but at least I'd look happier. I'd be a winner. But the thing is, I couldn't move my face for the next three months.
"When I felt something, it couldn't come out, it felt trapped inside my face like so many other things trapped inside my head. When I cried, I couldn't feel it come out of my body. And I hated it."
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