{"id":44899,"date":"2021-10-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=44899"},"modified":"2021-10-07T02:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:35:29","slug":"playing-nashville-premiere-meagan-hickman-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-nashville-premiere-meagan-hickman-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Meagan Hickman Offers Hope and Redemption with \u201cOne Day\u201d Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman-324x216.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Meagan-Hickman-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Photo Credit: Petya Shalamanova<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meaganhickman.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meagan Hickman<\/a> has always been intentional about creating uplifting music, a trend she continues with her new song, \u201cOne Day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born and raised in Chicago, the singer-songwriter was trained classically, falling in love with songwriting after discovering acts ranging from John Mayer to Bonnie Raitt. Adapting the craft as her own, Hickman began journaling as a teenager, her thoughts soon turning into song. Raised on the sounds of Motown and listening to India.Arie and Jill Scott as a teenager helped her develop a palette for soul music that she incorporates into her own sound. \u201cI feel like soulful music is always where my heart&#8217;s been. Vocally too, it&#8217;s challenging, and I always wanted to sing. Soulful music was always that outlet,\u201d Hickman tells <em>Audiofemme<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nashville-based artist carries this sound into \u201cOne Day,\u201d premiering exclusively with <em>Audiofemme<\/em>. ahead of its official October 8 release date. The spirit of the song is as bright and sunny as the yellow dress she dons on the single&#8217;s cover art, while the instrumentation is as multilayered as the lyrics. A sparkling piano adds color in the background as syncopated drums shine alongside Hickman\u2019s radiant vocals. The song was inspired by the singer\u2019s friends who expressed regret choosing one life path over another, believing they neglected their calling and had run out of time to pursue it. That\u2019s where Hickman steps in to be a light at the end of the tunnel, encouraging them that dreams are never out of reach. \u201cOne day you\u2019re gonna find a way to see\/One day you\u2019re gonna find a way to breathe\/One day you\u2019re gonna find what you need\/One day you\u2019re gonna find a way to sing,\u201d she cheers in the chorus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6bHGAFTF6lE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018One Day\u2019 is about coming back to those roots. Even if you&#8217;ve done all these other things and you feel like your time is up or you missed the boat, you still have it within you. It&#8217;s not gone. It may feel like it because of all these detours, but this is not the end,\u201d she explains of the song\u2019s meaning. \u201cYou&#8217;re going to find your song &#8211; that is your calling. You&#8217;re going to find your voice. You\u2019re going to find whatever that calling is again, because it&#8217;s who you are. You&#8217;ll find your way back to that voice or that calling and you&#8217;re going to find that sense of peace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inner trust is an integral theme to the song. Giving it a modern twist, Hickman tackles the toxicity of self comparison in the second verse: \u201cForeign languages of endless data\/You\u2019ve got to decipher what matters\/Deciding should you step away\/Or dive head first and stake your claim.\u201d Hickman acknowledges the \u201ccomparison factor\u201d that plays out as we scroll, reminding herself as much as the listener that it&#8217;s up to each individual to react with a positive or negative mindset. &#8220;That moment in time is the most crucial to your success and your mental health. For me, even though it could be negative, it\u2019s like, \u2018How are you going to react to that?\u2019 and that in turn I think affects the way that you move forward,\u201d she analyzes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside this critical thinking, \u201cOne Day\u201d is a redemption anthem, Hickman serving as the listener\u2019s cheerleader in times of self doubt. It\u2019s a message she\u2019s proud to share with the masses in hopes that it offers listeners a sense of reassurance and peace. \u201cI really hope it&#8217;s like a big hug. I hope someone knows if you&#8217;re going through that crisis &#8211; whether it&#8217;s mental, physical, family, whatever &#8211; it&#8217;s all perspective,\u201d she expresses. &#8220;Circumstances can be really bad sometimes, but my hope is to be like, \u2018Here&#8217;s that hug, it&#8217;s okay. You can do it.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hickman says she&#8217;s needed that same encouragement plenty of times. &#8220;I so badly want to receive what I give; I think all of us do. We hope that we give enough and we get it back. With my music, I hope that I get that same hug or that same love back. If I can put goodness into the world as best as I can, that&#8217;s my goal,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a fraught year and times of crises that never seem to end, Hickman continues to display bravery and caring. \u201cThis world is isolating and we have so much stuff that can mess someone up,&#8221; she points out. &#8220;If there&#8217;s anything that I can do with my music, it&#8217;s to lend that hand and be like, \u2018I see you. I feel you. I hear you. I go through what you go through. You&#8217;re not alone.\u2019 That&#8217;s my hope.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow Meagan Hickman on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meaganhickmanmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mahmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> for ongoing updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meagan Hickman has always been intentional about creating uplifting music, a trend she continues with her new song, \u201cOne Day.\u201d\u00a0 Born and raised in Chicago, the singer-songwriter was trained classically, falling in love with songwriting after discovering acts ranging from John Mayer to Bonnie Raitt. 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