Massachusetts-born, Los Angeles-based artist Mandi Crimmins has just released a very heavy, hard, dark, deep single called “Lose Control”. Apparently, it is about a traumatic time for her, where she was groomed and trafficked by someone she thought was her friend. Which explains the stygian darkness in the music and the subconscious underlying menace. The bass drives into your brain like some kind of heavy metal maggot with the tenacity of a robot woodpecker. I love everything about this track. Mandi’s lyrics are brutally honest and very raw. She suffers from her own mental health issues but uses her experiences to talk to and connect with her listeners. Describing “Lose Control,” she says ““I was groomed and trafficked by someone older who I thought was my friend. It took me nearly 7 years and a lot of therapy to accept that it happened. Because accepting it happened meant accepting that I was never in control and that I was a pawn. I wanted to tell my story publicly without shame, in hopes that it might bring peace, validation, and community to someone who might be struggling with the same thing.” She has also said that some of the lyrics in “Lose Control” are drawn directly from her diaries. I need to listen to more from Mandi Crimmins she has a supreme musical talent!
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