US: Lindsay Ell releases new single ‘make you’, launches Make You Movement

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Behind the release of her latest single, ‘make you’, chart-topping musician, vocalist, songwriter, and BBR Music Group recording artist, Lindsay Ell has announced the launch of her new initiative, Make You Movement, a charitable fund whose mission is to help organizations that support at-risk youth, domestic abuse and sexual assault survivors.

On Global Forgiveness Day, Ell is opening up like never before with her new song ‘make you’, featured on her forthcoming sophomore album heart theory, which arrives August 14.

Co-written by Ell and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brandy Clark, ‘make you’ is the first time Ell publicly addresses being a survivor of sexual violence. The song finds Ell intimately exploring the deeply personal effects on her life after being raped at 13 years old. On her upcoming new album, heart theory – which takes listeners through Ell’s personal experience of the seven stages of grief – ‘make you’ appears as the first song in the acceptance stage, a reflection of Ell’s determination to use her platform to help other sexual trauma survivors.

Ell explains how meeting young survivors made her realize she couldn’t keep her own experience hidden any longer. “Three years ago at a visit to help launch the music program at Youth For Tomorrow, I sat down in a conference room with a few girls aged 12-18 who had all been victims of rape or sex trafficking. I shared my story, they shared their stories, and I was so inspired. Walking out of that room that day I knew the time had come to share my story more widely, otherwise I would be denying myself an opportunity to connect and help other girls or boys, like those in that room. It’s a very difficult thing to do, but an incredibly necessary thing to talk about. We don’t realize how much this stuff is happening in our own community, and that is partly due to not discussing it.”

Ell has committed to donating all her proceeds from ‘make you’ to the Make You Movement. The first partner organization receiving funds from Make You Movement will be The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) which is the United States’ largest anti-sexual violence organization.

“I believe music has the power to heal. The reason I decided to share my story at this point in my life is that I want it to be able to help a lot of people; and the best way to help people is to not only raise my voice, but to raise money in an effort to raise awareness and understanding. I want to support programs that help girls and boys who may have been victims and support safety and prevention programs that aim to keep potential victims safe. Finally writing ‘make you’ has given me the courage to not let my past decide my future, so I am taking action in order to do just that. My hope is that my actions and song will inspire the same in others.”

“I wanted to release it [‘make you’] on Global Forgiveness Day. Forgiving people in our past is a huge thing for whatever reason, but forgiving yourself is so important. There's an incredible amount of healing that can happen, and it can't happen until you can truly open up that forgiveness for your own heart."

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July 7, 2020 3:45pm ET by Pressparty  

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