![]() ![]() There are so many things that came to the forefront, so many feelings I had with this disturbing news and I realized it's so important, I needed to get this song out now. “For the women out there fighting for our rights to make decisions about our own bodies, for our independence. ![]() “My hope with the song is that it wakes up the female warrior inside,” Kelly says. Wade drove her to push the single out early. She says the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. 9 in advance of Kelly’s 14th album, “ All That I Need,” available to stream on all platforms Nov. ![]() Her work really speaks with such beauty and grace and not bitterness.” “Her voice and her presentation of her work is so moving to me, especially as someone who went through all the hardships she went through in her life. “Initially, I was inspired after reading one of my favorite poems by Maya Angelou ‘And Still I Rise,’” Kelly says, on the phone from Los Angeles where she now lives. The song has a Katy Perry “Roar”-like female empowerment vibe and, though one never knows, could become an anthem. That divisive ruling curtailing abortion rights hadn’t yet come down when the Brookline native penned the tune this past April, finishing the music video this week. Nor was it written as a reaction to the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Grace Kelly says she did not write her new song, “ We Will Rise,” with anthemic intent. ![]()
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