Alexis Lynn feels powerless as a loved one’s life goes up like a House On Fire in her new single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
See a loved one self-destruct through addiction sucks, plain and simple. It’s a helpless feeling, and one that Vancouver-based pop artist Lynn captures in all its complexity in her searing new single. House On Fire is a pop conflagration, packed with infectious beats, cascading vocals, and gorgeous well-timed harmonies — while its lyrics deal with the cold, dank darkness of watching a loved one in a downward spiral.
For Lynn, it was personal. “This song is very close to my heart,” she shares. “I wrote it about watching someone I love struggle with addiction; I’ve seen some of the closest people in my life battle addiction, and this song represents what it’s like to be on the outside looking in.” She wanted to capture the feeling of wanting to do everything in your power to help or save a person, even when they don’t want to be helped or saved. “Because sometimes what you may think is best for someone isn’t what they want nor what they’re ready for,” she says, “and that can be hard to accept in and of itself.”
House On Fire is the latest single in a series the Canadian urban pop dynamo has released since 2019’s breakthrough debut Things Get Good. That seven-track release — and each single thereafter — radiates the First Nations artist’s inimitable, imaginative musical magnetism as her songwriting continues to delve deep into topics of love, lust, vulnerability, self-awareness, and everything between.
Her style runs the gamut from the dance music-inflected Ghosts (a bare, anthemic contemplation of vulnerability and insecurity) to the club-friendly buoyancy of Bubble (a flirtatious trap-pop cut about emotional availability). She has written and recorded prolifically during the pandemic, and is looking forward to going deeper than ever on her next project — a multifaceted exploration of mental health and its effects on our lives and relationships that promises to be her most personal work yet.
Watch House On Fire above, hear more from Alexis Lynn below, and get fired up at her website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
