Country-rock singer Arlene Bailey has told how she’s “never felt more creative in my life” — and how she plans to continue to “speak out about my story, so that other people may be inspired to seek help from that”.
Arlene told Star Chic how music has always been a big part of her life — and how she loves “to get lost in anything that I’m listening to”. “There’s a lot of creativity in the family, I guess — it’s nice for it to come from both sides. Two of my uncles were world champion Irish dancers and my great aunt, she taught Irish dancing all over the world.Over the course of 20 years, Arlene’s career has taken her all around the globe — and she opened up about some of her favourite moments from her career so far.
“I thought, ‘this is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter next to me in a car, critiquing my stuff — and also, you know, complimenting my voice and stuff’. It’s those things you’re unlikely to forget. And the singer told how she has known that she’s wanted to record the song “for years” — but it now felt like the right time to do it.
“All money raised from the downloads of the song will go directly to Aware, the mental health charity. Hopefully it generates a bit of interest.”She recalled, “I thought I suffered from depression from the age of about 14 or 15. It came apparent first, when I would fall asleep in class. I would feel so deflated, low and I would experience bouts of low mood — I struggled with that for years, right into my 20s.
She said, “A couple years back, I started to speak out — I did a few podcasts, specifically ones that were to do with mental health. And I kind of got into the knitty gritty with a few of them.