SINGLE REVIEW: DARRIAN GERARD “I’M NOT SORRY”

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Back in 2015, after a confusing heartbreak with someone who could not reciprocate the same way, Darrian Gerard wrote down “I’m Not Sorry” in her basement with two guitars, a bass, and a mini keyboard while the wounds were still raw. As if a letter of youth and hurts stamped from five years ago, “I’m Not Sorry” had preserved the magic power of a turning point in the artist’s life when Gerard took back her power and stood up for herself.  

“21 times I apologized for being made about the way that you hurt me, you never ever said you were sorry.” The shivering raw emotions can still be heard behind a distorted, roaring guitar riff. The greatest change often happens destructively. Through Gerard’s raw, unapologetic lyricism, we could feel the tenderness and pain of growth. 

Inspired by some of her favorite pop-punk artists such as Avril Lavigne, blink-182, and Angels & Airwaves from an early age, Darrian Gerard has the courageous, angst-ridden yet optimistic energy imprinted in her sound.  

Looking back today, “I’m Not Sorry” has matured into a heavy-hitting empowering earworm that you could easily lose yourself in yet stills staying true and young. Something we could all absorb from a rebellious, daring teenage/young-adult attitude.  

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