{"id":41287,"date":"2021-03-03T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=41287"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:52:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:52:06","slug":"playing-detroit-ally-evenson-bite-my-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-detroit-ally-evenson-bite-my-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally Evenson Talks Back to Trauma on New Single “Bite My Tongue”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are some things in life that are impossible to see clearly until after they\u2019ve already happened. Like a bad sunburn in the shower, trauma is often one of those things that doesn\u2019t present its full pain until something seemingly ordinary magnifies it. On her newest single \u201cBite My Tongue<\/a>,\u201d Detroit-based songwriter Ally Evenson<\/a> unpacks this phenomenon and recounts a traumatic experience she endured four years ago. The song is unfortunately all too relatable for anyone who\u2019s been in a relationship ruled by a poisonous power dynamic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first verse, Evenson sings, \u201cDo I still remind you of yourself\/Wide-eyed and hopeful through this living hell\/You put me through for loving you?\u201d It\u2019s a tale as old as time: the older, seemingly wiser or \u201cworldly\u201d character lures the na\u00efve, young artist into a relationship where there\u2019s no chance of being equals. Without getting into too much detail, Evenson explains that the song was inspired by a power imbalance in her own life. \u201cI had been wanting to write about this specific experience I had when I was nineteen. I kind of got involved with this person who abused power in the relationship,\u201d she says. \u201cI think I needed four years of complete space from the situation… to realize how truly messed up it was and to write about it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n