Grace Woodroofe Shares Striking New Single ‘Promise of Everything’
‘Promise of Everything’ is the third single released by Grace Woodroofe this year.
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Perth-born, Melbourne-based singer/songwriter and guitarist Grace Woodroofe returned this year with the contemplative singles ‘I Love You Babe’ and ‘Happy Again’. Today, the talented artist has shared her third new track, ‘Promise of Everything’.
Another deeply personal track, ‘Promise of Everything’ has an indie pop feel to it and focuses on Woodroofe’s time living in Los Angeles as a young and naive artist.
“'Promise of Everything’ might be the most painful song I’ve written, yet also the most nostalgically beautiful,” Woodroofe explains.
“To give the full picture of how my life’s trajectory changed through my emotionally abusive relationship, I wanted to take listeners back to who I was just before I met him. As a teenager, I struggled with depression, but after leaving high school, everything shifted. I moved to Los Angeles and suddenly found myself in a world bursting with promise, excitement and possibility. The city felt alive with opportunity. I met fascinating people, and for the first time, influential figures were validating my music and my work. Everything was new, and I was hungry to dive into it all. It was a time when anything felt possible, and that’s when I met him.
“The song captures that sweet and sometimes naive moment in my life, sleeping on friends’ couches without a second thought, starting fresh in a new city where no one knew my history. It was liberating, full of unknowns and momentum. Woven through the song are threads of reflection, that bittersweet ache of looking back on how pure that time felt, not knowing how much pain was still to come or how it would eventually unravel all that promise. Musically, the track holds that tension - the shimmer of possibility set against the shadow of what was waiting just ahead.”
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Discovered by the late great Heath Ledger at 17, Grace Woodroofe signed to his label The Masses Music and released her Ben Harper-produced debut album, Always Want. Peaking at #3 on the Australian iTunes Charts, the album spawned the hit singles ‘Battles’ and ‘Transformer’.
Woodroofe soon found herself playing festivals such as Splendour in the Grass, Bluefest and SXSW, while sharing the stage with the likes of alt-j, Cat Power, Glass Animals, Neil Finn and Paul Kelly.
Sharing her follow-up EP Love It Need It Miss It Want It in 2015 under the alias R.W. Grace, an emotionally abusive relationship resulted in Woodroofe taking several years away from the spotlight.
Refreshed and revitalised, Woodroofe is ready to share her truth with the world through her new music.
‘Promise of Everything’ by Grace Woodroofe is out now. Listen here.
