Charlie Taylor – “Everywhere” – FIRE ROUND: Four Reasons Why
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2, Hamlet utters the infamous phrase “For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first now, was and is, to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature.” Hamlet is of course speaking to the actors performing in the play within a play which will go onto unveil his fathers scandalous murder. Yet, the concept of the artists’ responsibility to hold a mirror up to nature is one that is long tried and true.
Charlie Taylor understands the power of revealing uncomfortable truths to herself via artistic expression. Her most recent release “Everywhere” chronicles her process of discovering broken aspects of herself through a slow fall into love. In her own words,
“I had been falling in love with my now boyfriend for nearly eight months before we so much as kissed. It was a slow-courting, old-fashioned process that was completely foreign to me, especially in this day of immediate gratification. During that time, he acted as a mirror to me, and I began to see the sects of my brain that needed re-wiring, and the veins in my heart that had come undone. I had created a world for myself where all the wrong things were prioritized; I was the King of a dysfunctional community of one. I felt equal parts stubborn and lost, manic and frail, brave and worthless.”
Equipped with a rusty piano and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s on a solitary Friday evening with her pups, Charlie penned the heart wrenching ballad. We are proud to share four reasons why we are feeling Charlie Taylors “Everywhere.”
1. We’ve been smitten with her gentle, euphonious tone for a moment but “Everywhere” is a special one. Stripped down and focused, the ballad gives her vocal prowess a unique moment to shine.
2. Charlie’s unfiltered honesty interlaced throughout her poetic lyricism. Remarkably introspective lines such as “How long till the plastic that is on my face starts to seep into my bloodstream?” and “How long till the poison that I always take starts to taste like there is something wrong?,” brilliantly represents the concept of self destruction through the use of thought-provoking metaphors.
3. The melodies in the chorus, as she goes up the octave and soars into her upper register, the listener is drawn to Charlie’s emotive composition.
4. The live video from her living room. A stunningly intimate performance of a ballad so close to her heart, watch the full video below to experience the magic for yourself.