Lost Cause - Award-Winning Original Song | Inna Harris скачать в хорошем качестве

Lost Cause - Award-Winning Original Song | Inna Harris

Hi everyone, here’s an original song that I just wrote called Lost Cause!! This is my submission for the AAPI Bring The Noise contest/scholarship. The prompt was about mental health in the Asian American community, which is something I feel strongly about. This song is about a personal experience I have had with my own mental health, especially during quarantine. It is written in the second person and is addressed to my mother, so that it is as though I am speaking directly to her. Before COVID-19, I would silence my thoughts or ignore them, but, being inside a quiet house every day, I was forced to listen to what was going on inside my head. When I noticed this, I was afraid of telling my mother at first. Many people from her side of the family, who are all from the Philippines, did not want to admit each other’s mental health problems. They would deny that these problems even existed, and their solution to them was to either ignore them, or pray to God for help [Verse 2/Pre-chorus]. This is a common belief within the Filipino-American community, but many do not realize the harm that comes with this. In my song Lost Cause, I utilize the repetition of “silence” in the beginning by saying how it may seem that it’s easier to remain silent than to express your feelings, but at the end, after witnessing how my family has tried to silence a family member, I realize that silence just constricts how you truly feel. I have been lucky to have an understanding mother, however, who does not give into others’ harmful mindsets. When I approached my mother and told her about how I was feeling down, she told me how she’s felt the same way before [last chorus]. Both my mother and my father opened up to me about their mental health struggles and made me feel seen, and I believe that is something that the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community can learn from. To approach mental health, we must first understand that it is a real problem that must not be ignored. Only then can we share our voices and make noise. If you like this song, make sure to like and subscribe!! And follow me on Instagram: @ reihinna #music #musicvideo #singing #originalsong #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #aapivoice