‘The idea of writing’ No Sorry ‘came about because I wanted to clarify to myself and others what gaslighting means. How one distorts the truth to make the other doubt himself. Something that everyone has experienced, but it’s still hard to recognize, “he says of the song.
‘I want to lead the listener on how such a thing works, on the fact that you are not alone and on how you regain your strength. At the end of the song I describe in one sentence how a gas lighter works: “I will be a victim or a hero, but I am not the perpetrator”.
If the song is about her mother Rachel, leave her open. “This is not a showdown or an angry song. On the contrary, it means closing that situation, recognizing such patterns and hopefully helping others with that. ‘
Roxeanne doesn’t want to look back as she approaches her thirties. “I find that I am at a point in my life where I want to look forward. I’m in my 30s next year and realized I’ve been in too much negativity and shit for the past decade. I decided to do it differently when I was thirty. This means making choices, but also drawing strength from the things that have shaped me. It forms a common thread through the songs I do now. ‘
Roxeanne’s “No Sorry” will be released on Friday.
