Mary Lambert
Jul 13, 2014
On Mary Lambert's new single, "Secrets", she proudly declares all her secrets: she's bi polar, her family is dysfunctional, sometimes she cries all day, and some less secret ones- she's overweight and gay. All of these confessions are sung over an impossibly jaunty tune as she refreshingly reveals all in the lyric video. "'Secrets' might be the first fun song I've ever written," says Lambert. And, indeed, the bouncy track has an irrepressible Katy Perry, "Roar" vibe. She co-wrote the track with Eric Rosse, Benny Cassette and MoZella. Rosee and Cassette are also executive producers on her new album, Heart On My Sleeve out on October 14th on Capitol Records.
The song is about accepting yourself, flaws and all. "I felt like there were a lot of songs coming out about self-empowerment and challenging beauty standards and I wanted to write a song along those same lines, but in my voice," Lambert says in a statement. "There is so much shame and guilt in our society and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles, we've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it."
This Seattle-based singer-songwriter Mary Lambert is best known for her feature on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Same Love" from their album The Heist. Lambert wrote the chorus's hook in two hours. Lambert took the content she created for "Same Love" and used it to develop the song "She Keeps Me Warm" which she released last year. Her shows are described as "safe spaces where crying is acceptable and even encouraged." Her debut EP, Letters Don't Talk, was released in 2012 and it peaked at number 18 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. She went on to release Welcome to the Age of My Body on December 17th 2013 via Capitol Records.
Lambert is on the road this summer with Matt Nathanson and Gavin DeGraw.