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Artist: Joyann Parker
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Song: “Out of the Dark”
Album: Out of the Dark
Label: Hopeless Romantics Records

In Their Words: “‘Out of the Dark’ is a very special song that probably never would have been written if COVID and the resulting quarantine hadn’t happened. I had named the album, but didn’t have a track named after it, so when we were forced to stop recording in the studio and I slowed down, I decided I really wanted to write it. The song reflects on the journey that I have been on over the last couple of years, working on healing things in my past like anxiety and emotional trauma and finally coming into the light of who I truly am, working to see myself as God sees me. I wanted to share my story in hopes that others who are struggling might be encouraged.” — Joyann Parker

Photo credit: Jeannine Marie Photography

Artist: Joyann Parker
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Song: “What Did You Expect”
Album: Out of the Dark
Release Date: Feb 12, 2021
Label: Hopeless Romantics Records

In Their Words: “This song is a cheeky response to an experience that my musical partner, Mark Lamoine, relayed to me once about his daughter, who was then around 9 years old. The story goes something like this: Mark’s daughter was invited to play soccer with some boys in the neighborhood. When she went out to the park to play, they then decided against playing with her, saying they ‘didn’t want to play with a GIRL.’ She ran into the house, crying and very upset, of course. Her mother, seeing her in distress, asked what happened and when she found out, got down on one knee in front of her daughter and said something to the effect of, ‘Get used to it, Honey, men lie.’ This was great inspiration for a song for me, so I took it, twisted it so the female narrator was the villain in a relationship and being dishonest with her partner about her intentions, saying, ‘Well, what did you expect?'” — Joyann Parker

Photo credit: Jeannine Marie Photography

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