hurt, by Ada Lea

hurt

by Ada Lea

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	i could say it or say nothing at all take a walk or take none at all get on a bus back to montreal make a plan or plan nothing all i could make it there fast i could make it there slow but silence is a shadow when it is swallowed whole now i’m on the 97 going west home, to my parents thinking of moving back in the fall cause i’m going mad in the apartment I could make it there fast i could make it there slow i'm not being dramatic or dark in tone when I say somebody hurt me badly now i’m stuck in a rut now i’m going crazy somebody hurt me badly now i’m stuck in a rut now i don’t know my body i could say it or say nothing at all take a walk or take none at all get on a bus back to montreal tell my friends or say nothing at all i could make it there fast i could make it there slow i could take my time and i’m not lying when i say somebody hurt me badly now i’m stuck in a rut now i’m going crazy somebody hurt me badly now i’m stuck in a rut now i don’t know my body somebody hurt me badly now i’m stuck in a rut now i’m going crazy

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“hurt,” is Ada Lea’s (the moniker of Alexandra Levy) first new piece of music since 2020’s woman, here EP. “hurt” lives in a snowy Montreal winter, a city that Levy calls home and lives and breathes through her music. It thrums with bass and brooding keys, as Levy uses frank language and imagery: “somebody hurt me badly, now I’m stuck in a rut // now I don’t know my body // I could say it or say nothing at all // take a walk or take none at all // get on a bus back to montreal // tell my friends or say nothing at all.” When the song hits its peak, her voice is carried by a swirl of strings and quick-tempoed keys.

"I wanted to find a way to communicate complicated feelings using the simplest language possible,” says Levy. “I came with a narrative and removed almost every detail, so as not to obfuscate the feeling - but left it open in terms of a resolution: was this hurt necessarily a bad thing?”

“hurt” follows Levy’s woman, here EP (2020) and her debut, what we say in private (2019), a collection of raw, confessional, and at times messy emotions, presented through beautifully colorful pop songs. “hurt” is a first taste of what’s to come.

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released June 22, 2021

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