April Dawn

About the Song

“Let Me Be a Woman” came out of my final semesters as a full-time commercial music student. I was recording, preparing original music for my final concerts, working part-time and raising my daughter. Between essays, rehearsals, school drop-offs, cooking and laundry, I kept imagining the time I’d have after graduation to pursue dream jobs and release my music. Even the future I was looking forward to was full of work.

I was proud of what I could handle, but exhausted by how much depended on me. I spent so much time planning, providing and keeping things moving that I rarely got to feel feminine in the way I wanted to: soft, desired, able to receive care. I wanted someone to see me beyond everything I could get done.

The song came from that longing. I wanted to keep my ambition and have someone beside me who would share the weight. To have time to dream and create without feeling that something else would fall apart if I stopped.

“Let Me Be a Woman” is about wanting that kind of partnership. I can carry a lot. I wanted to feel held, too.