Allie Alvarado reveals fierce new offering ‘Strong’
The four track EP dives into the concepts of love, loss, and navigating the world when your idea of a happy ending doesn’t work out.
Written by the Honduran-American singer and electronic music producer in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Strong” serves as a companion for everyone going through difficult times.
Titled after the EP’s single, “Strong” began while Alvarado was touring Europe as a keyboardist and back-up singer for artist Beth Ditto.
Inspired by the sounds of the Berlin underground, her ideas progressed into full songs when Alvarado was confined to her apartment during the Coronavirus lockdown.
The EP soon became a space for Alvarado to process the emotions and trauma she was experiencing as a result of the pandemic and devastating losses in her personal life, leading her to face the reality of an unhappy ending.
“Originally, I was going to call this EP ‘Feel the Earthquake’ which is one of the tracks because that’s what I felt like I was doing while writing these songs,” said Alvarado. “I was feeling the ground beneath my feet rumble and open, and at the time wondering if I was going to get swallowed up whole along with it.
But like every journey, you hope to find meaning and you hope to survive and sometimes you have to keep going even if there’s no happy ending in sight. So many of us have lost so many things in the last few years and it’s going to take time to heal.” – Allie.
