Kirrah Amosa

Allow me to set the scene: it’s the thick of the pandemic, I’d been forced to put years of hard work on hold and leave Los Angeles to come back to a bitter Canberra winter, live in my parents basement with no work or income or purpose, and my relationship was completely falling apart. Many people looking in were convinced this was the best time for me to turn my heartbreak into music but if you’re a human that’s ever experienced any level of emotional pain, you’ll know how impossible it can feel to be productive in this mental state. After a couple of months of rapidly-building anxiety, and my first ever anxiety attack, this track was created in it’s entirety in one 2-hour sitting. Sharing deeply personal emotional strain on a public platform is a first for me but after sitting with this song for 9 months, having many nights alone with my own mind, taking my mental health for romantic dinners and runs around the lake, and having countless healthy conversations with personal and professional support, I’ve come to the wild realisation that it was okay to hit rockbottom. Now, from the comfort of my daily meditation routine, steady and thriving live-performance job, and a loving new relationship with myself and someone that loves all of my personalities, I’m proud to introduce Don’t Want To Start Again to sunlight. I pray this track can be someone’s loving reminder that diamonds are made from intense pressure, and you can’t have a rainbow without a lil rain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.