Artist: American Aquarium
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Song: “Wildfire”
Album: Chicamacomico
Release Date: June 10, 2022
Label: Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers
In Their Words: “‘Wildfire’ is a song about someone coming along and simultaneously fulfilling and destroying your life. The destructive kind of love that burns fast and bright and serves as a lesson for future relationships. The kind of love that teaches you the definitions of unfathomable joy and catastrophic collapse at the same time. These are the relationships that you never want to end but know they must. The kind of love that, for better or worse, leaves its mark on you forever. We have all had these moments. We have all lost these moments. I wanted to capture the experience in a song, and I’ve always loved the imagery of fire. This cleansing destruction that teaches us to grow back stronger.” — BJ Barham, American Aquarium
