The Butcher Shop Sessions - part 1 performing Natural Disaster out now. Thank you, Butch, for all of the collaboration, love and care you put into these songs. And for having me in The Butcher Shop!
To learn more about what you can do to combat climate change, please visit evergreenaction.com/. So much love to you, Mother Earth💙💚
The title track of my debut solo album, “Natural Disaster” is out now. Suzy Shinn sent me an instrumental track that she wrote with Charlie Brand, and the moment I heard it, I ran to my desk to write over it. The idea came to me very quickly - the type of song that felt like it was sitting at the surface of my mind waiting to be written. I had been thinking a lot about the summer of 2020 - political unrest, protests against police brutality, wildfires all over my state of California, not to mention a pandemic running rampant. It was such a palpable energy of chaos and confusion, and I wanted to write a song that touched on the state of the world and how we as humans just go about our business. I didn’t realize that the summer it actually would be released into the world would be literally one of the hottest summers on record. I write music to make sense of the world around me - and I, like many others, spend a lot of time thinking about the effects of climate change and the future of our planet. I wanted this song to bring awareness, but also be something you could sing along to. A catchy commentary on our culture, but also a catchy cry for change. The music video - directed by Aaron Preusch - features both beautiful and devastating clips of our planet, to remind us of what we are living through and what we are fighting to preserve. Please visit evergreenaction.com/ , a non-profit working towards combating the climate crisis, for more info on what you can do to help.
Natural Disaster is out in 3 days, I can’t believe it. ❤️🔥, BC
Today I share with you another song off Natural Disaster, “For A Moment.”
The fragility of life is both a painful and wonderful reminder that all we have is this very moment.
Wrote this one on one of my sneaky trips to Nashville last summer with my friends Kate York, Madi Diaz and Sarah Buxton. I woke up with an idea in my head, brought it to them, and the magic of songwriting did its thing. And I got to sing real real low and real real high :)
Featuring an incredible list of players: Eric Slick on drums Nick Bockrath on guitar Ellen Angelico on mandolin, baritone guitar and pedal steel. Butch Walker on bass, additional guitars Madi, Kate + Sarah on backup vocals 💕
Big Lilith Fair energy!!! Hope this one inspires and reminds you to lean into the moment. It’s worth it in the end.
today i share with you the second single off Natural Disaster, “Easy.” this song started as an acapella idea that i wrote sitting in my car in … you guessed it … a parking lot. i brought the idea to my producer + collaborator Butch Walker and told him i wanted it to be a big ole emo ballad. we sat and conjured up a piano arrangement and i took the instrumental home and finished the rest of the lyrics and melody sitting at my desk, thinking about how good it feels to be in a loving, healthy relationship for the first time in my life. how that love has the ability to bring me back down to earth when i’m spinning and obsessing over the chaos of the world and my own life. how what the world needs now is love (sweet love la la la). the final product is the most vulnerable and real i’ve ever allowed myself to be in a song. i hate to sound cliche and cheesy - but love rules!!! and it should make you feel good! we ALL deserve that. the gorgeous slide guitar on this track is played by Val McCallum. “Easy” is out everywhere now. with an accompanying visualizer directed by Sam Halleen + Aaron Preusch shot at various parking lots around LA 🙂 shout out to Zach Dawes for the sick wheels Tayler Berez for the glam + Yasi Salek for letting me raid her coat closet. Natural Disaster drops 7/28. LOVE YOU. xo, BC 💋
beep beep, emo caption ahead … i released “It’s Fine” out into the world 3 weeks ago. holding on to the secret about this album + my next chapter was wildly anxiety producing at times, but it felt necessary to keep it to myself while i created and figured out my next steps. when people “know” you and know you’re working on something - there is an external pressure to deliver. i knew that if i went deep into a creation cocoon, i would better emerge on the other side, free from any outside expectations because there was nothing to expect. now that the song is out in the world, the album is no longer a secret + i have admitted to the public that i deeply needed a change - the outside pressure has crept in. i’m human, so i can’t help but wonder what people think, i compare myself to other artists all the time (even though i know it’s like drinking literal poison), i wonder why certain accolades haven’t appeared - the humanness shows up no matter how much work i’ve done around these specific things, because well … human. i find myself wondering if 36 was a weird age to pivot - maybe i already hit my peak at 24 - maybe no one wants to hear the “coming of age” story of a woman in her mid thirties. but then - i respond to these thoughts with actual answers - well bethany, you do. you want to hear that story. you want to tell that story. you know why you’re here. the industry has changed so much since i first got here at 22 - but more importantly - i have changed so much since i was 22 and THAT is why i’m still doing this. music is how i explore myself and the world around me - it is how i make sense of the mess and learn how to cherish the good parts. there is a real freedom that comes with starting over, but *Carrie Bradshaw voice* i have absolutely wondered in the last few weeks if i did the right thing. but really - what is the “right” thing? is that even real? or is it more - i did the thing i wanted to do and the results are not up to me? yes. THAT is the correct answer. and no matter what “outside pressure” tries to convince me of - it’s fine. anyway, i’m just getting started!!! so much more to come. thank you for the support ❤️ xo, BC
Bethany Cosentino
The Butcher Shop Sessions - part 2 performing It’s Fine with Butch Walker out now.
xo, BC🫶
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The Butcher Shop Sessions - part 1 performing Natural Disaster out now. Thank you, Butch, for all of the collaboration, love and care you put into these songs. And for having me in The Butcher Shop!
To learn more about what you can do to combat climate change, please visit evergreenaction.com/. So much love to you, Mother Earth💙💚
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I’m going live here on YouTube the day before my record comes out. Come hang let’s chat🫶
THURSDAY 7/27 @ 1pm PT / 4pm ET.
mark your calendars !
set your reminders !
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The title track of my debut solo album, “Natural Disaster” is out now.
Suzy Shinn sent me an instrumental track that she wrote with Charlie Brand, and the moment I heard it, I ran to my desk to write over it.
The idea came to me very quickly - the type of song that felt like it was sitting at the surface of my mind waiting to be written.
I had been thinking a lot about the summer of 2020 - political unrest, protests against police brutality, wildfires all over my state of California, not to mention a pandemic running rampant. It was such a palpable energy of chaos and confusion, and I wanted to write a song that touched on the state of the world and how we as humans just go about our business. I didn’t realize that the summer it actually would be released into the world would be literally one of the hottest summers on record.
I write music to make sense of the world around me - and I, like many others, spend a lot of time thinking about the effects of climate change and the future of our planet. I wanted this song to bring awareness, but also be something you could sing along to. A catchy commentary on our culture, but also a catchy cry for change.
The music video - directed by Aaron Preusch - features both beautiful and devastating clips of our planet, to remind us of what we are living through and what we are fighting to preserve.
Please visit evergreenaction.com/ , a non-profit working towards combating the climate crisis, for more info on what you can do to help.
Natural Disaster is out in 3 days, I can’t believe it.
❤️🔥, BC
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Today I share with you another song off Natural Disaster, “For A Moment.”
The fragility of life is both a painful and wonderful reminder that all we have is this very moment.
Wrote this one on one of my sneaky trips to Nashville last summer with my friends Kate York, Madi Diaz and Sarah Buxton. I woke up with an idea in my head, brought it to them, and the magic of songwriting did its thing.
And I got to sing real real low and real real high :)
Featuring an incredible list of players:
Eric Slick on drums
Nick Bockrath on guitar
Ellen Angelico on mandolin, baritone guitar and pedal steel.
Butch Walker on bass, additional guitars
Madi, Kate + Sarah on backup vocals 💕
Big Lilith Fair energy!!!
Hope this one inspires and reminds you to lean into the moment. It’s worth it in the end.
Natural Disaster is out in 3 weeks!!!
love u,
BC
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today i share with you the second single off Natural Disaster, “Easy.”
this song started as an acapella idea that i wrote sitting in my car in … you guessed it … a parking lot.
i brought the idea to my producer + collaborator Butch Walker and told him i wanted it to be a big ole emo ballad. we sat and conjured up a piano arrangement and i took the instrumental home and finished the rest of the lyrics and melody sitting at my desk, thinking about how good it feels to be in a loving, healthy relationship for the first time in my life. how that love has the ability to bring me back down to earth when i’m spinning and obsessing over the chaos of the world and my own life. how what the world needs now is love (sweet love la la la).
the final product is the most vulnerable and real i’ve ever allowed myself to be in a song. i hate to sound cliche and cheesy - but love rules!!! and it should make you feel good! we ALL deserve that. the gorgeous slide guitar on this track is played by Val McCallum.
“Easy” is out everywhere now. with an accompanying visualizer directed by Sam Halleen + Aaron Preusch shot at various parking lots around LA 🙂
shout out to Zach Dawes for the sick wheels
Tayler Berez for the glam + Yasi Salek for letting me raid her coat closet.
Natural Disaster drops 7/28.
LOVE YOU.
xo, BC 💋
found.ee/BC_NaturalDisaster
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beep beep, emo caption ahead …
i released “It’s Fine” out into the world 3 weeks ago. holding on to the secret about this album + my next chapter was wildly anxiety producing at times, but it felt necessary to keep it to myself while i created and figured out my next steps. when people “know” you and know you’re working on something - there is an external pressure to deliver. i knew that if i went deep into a creation cocoon, i would better emerge on the other side, free from any outside expectations because there was nothing to expect.
now that the song is out in the world, the album is no longer a secret + i have admitted to the public that i deeply needed a change - the outside pressure has crept in. i’m human, so i can’t help but wonder what people think, i compare myself to other artists all the time (even though i know it’s like drinking literal poison), i wonder why certain accolades haven’t appeared - the humanness shows up no matter how much work i’ve done around these specific things, because well … human.
i find myself wondering if 36 was a weird age to pivot - maybe i already hit my peak at 24 - maybe no one wants to hear the “coming of age” story of a woman in her mid thirties. but then - i respond to these thoughts with actual answers - well bethany, you do. you want to hear that story. you want to tell that story. you know why you’re here.
the industry has changed so much since i first got here at 22 - but more importantly - i have changed so much since i was 22 and THAT is why i’m still doing this. music is how i explore myself and the world around me - it is how i make sense of the mess and learn how to cherish the good parts. there is a real freedom that comes with starting over, but *Carrie Bradshaw voice* i have absolutely wondered in the last few weeks if i did the right thing. but really - what is the “right” thing? is that even real? or is it more - i did the thing i wanted to do and the results are not up to me? yes. THAT is the correct answer. and no matter what “outside pressure” tries to convince me of - it’s fine. anyway, i’m just getting started!!! so much more to come.
thank you for the support ❤️ xo, BC
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it's me, bethany cosentino, here to tell you - rise and shine, it's fine! :)
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