The track is from her much anticipated debut album, Everything is Fine (I’m Only on Fire)
Having been in toxic situations and walked away with regrets and things she wishes she had said, Anna Shoemaker has found a way to exorcise these feelings and lost opportunities through her art.
On ‘Mariah’, the exciting emerging artist has created a similar scenario where she can vent out all of her frustrations and maintain a safe distance from the negativity and the toll that these situations can take on you. The end result is a captivating and emotionally rousing track that takes you on a journey that is as harrowing and real as it is infectiously catchy.
About the new single, Anna writes: “’Mariah’ is very self-explanatory and maybe that’s why it feels so difficult to put out. I think my favorite thing about writing is being able to sort of create characters to get out my emotions and shitty feelings and keep them far away from me. ‘Mariah’ is all the things I wish I said in a really toxic situation. Also, I always thought Mariah Carey putting out ‘Obsessed’ in response to Eminem saying they were together was the coolest move. I think in a lot of ways, as an artist, you can use music to protect yourself. You can put everything into a song and sort of let it float away.”
