Artist: Josienne Clarke
Hometown: Isle of Bute, Scotland
Song: “Workhorse”
Album: Onliness (songs of solitude & singularity)
Release Date: April 14, 2023
Label: Corduroy Punk Records
In Their Words: “‘Workhorse’ is essentially a song about self-care in an industry that doesnāt always have a great provision for it. Iād made a lot of changes in my career over the last five years, restructuring to better protect my mental health and my finances. The song is an instruction, reminder and documentation of the journey and those intentions. A lesson Iāve learned in my time being an artist is that people take advantage of us, ultimately, because we let them. We are not responsible for other peopleās actions, but I am responsible for what I choose to tolerate and I can learn to take better care of myself. You have a responsibility to love yourself and you can’t love anyone else properly if you don’t. It wasnāt meant to be preachy or sombre so I set it to an upbeat little tune, just my own catchy little mantra as an audio reminder to be good to myself.” — Josienne Clarke
Photo Credit: Alec Bowman_Clarke
