Mit „Heroine“ veröffentlicht Jehnny Beth den mittlerweile vierten Song aus ihrem bevorstehenden Album „To Love Is To Live“. Dieses erscheint am 12. Juni 2020 via Caroline International.
Im Februar kündigte Savages Frontfrau Jehnny Beth ihr Solo-Debütalbum „To Love Is To Live“ an. Im Zuge der Corona-Pandemie wurde das ursprünglich für den 8. Mai geplante Release auf den 12. Juni verschoben. Nach „I’m The Man“, „Flower“ und „Innocence folgt mit „Heroine“ nun die vierte Singleauskopplung des Albums.
Zum Entstehungsprozess von „Heroine“ äußert sich Jehnny Beth:
„When I think of this song, I think of Romy from the xx strangling my neck with her hands in the studio. She was trying to get me out of my shell lyrically, and there was so much resistance in me she lost her patience. The song was originally called Heroism, but I wasn’t happy because it was too generic. Flood was the first one to suggest to say Heroine instead of Heroism. Then I remember Johnny Hostile late at night in my hotel room in London saying “I don’t understand who you are singing about. Who is the Heroine? You ARE the Heroine“.
The next morning, I arrived early in the studio and recorded my vocals adding ‚to be‘ to the chorus line: „all I want is TO BE a heroine“. Flood entered the studio at that moment and jumped in the air giving me the thumbs up through the window. I guess I’m telling this story because sometimes we look around for role models, and examples to follow, without realising that the answer can be hidden inside of us. I was afraid to be the Heroine of the song, but it took all the people around me to get me there.“
Neben Jehnny Beth selbst waren am Entstehungsprozess von „To Love Is To Live“ die Produzenten Flood, Atticus Ross und Johnny Hostile beteiligt. Außerdem gibt es Gastauftritte von anderen KünstlerInnen wie Romy Madley Croft (The xx), Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders) und Joe Talbot (IDLES).