Naarm/Melbourne artist Gypsy Lee’s latest single “What Doesn’t Kill You Costs a Lot in Therapy” is the edgy indie-pop track you need to hear right now. Gypsy Lee actually penned this one during her hometown’s COVID-19 lockdowns, but it speaks to the angst many of us continue to feel when the future’s uncertain.
“I wrote this song with my good friend Thrones (Andrew Lowden),” Gypsy Lee said. “The song became my way of expressing just how upsetting that time was as a teenage girl. It was obviously a riff on what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but at that time I didn’t feel like it was making me stronger, it was just a never-ending compilation of failure.”
Although this single came from a dark place, it now carries a thread of optimism and resilience.
“This song feels like the last little piece of my teenage-hood,” Gypsy Lee said. “I had a really hard time fitting in growing up and I think this song came from trying to make sense of feelings I didn’t really have the words for back then. I stick to the belief that it’s an artist’s job to create the music from experience but once it’s shared it doesn’t belong to you anymore. If this song finds someone who feels the same way, or makes them feel understood for even a moment, that means everything to me. This song is for you.”
Gypsy Lee will officially launch “What Doesn’t Kill You Costs a Lot in Therapy” for hometown fans at Shotkickers on June 18.
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