This is smooth, this is beautiful, this is true, this is totally in control, you have GOT GOT GOT to see it!
Having weathered the worst and basked in the best, New York City singer/songwriter Jennifer Denali shares a full array of feeling in her songs, bringing her audience along for a powerful and moving ride through intimate emotion, her own personal past and present, and reflections on our very human nature. A heavy, heartfelt lament, Jennifer Denali’s soulful and sultry debut single “Painkiller” wrestles with loss, longing, and addiction as the artist brings her pain and suffering to life in song.
“Painkiller, for me, is about losing a person to addiction and the irony of turning to your own addictions to get through the loss,” Denali says. “It’s about needing more and more…. In a way Painkiller means it’s too painful to feel. What used to numb the pain no longer does. It’s the never-ending cycle and how hard it is to break. I think it’s human nature to want a shortcut to a temporary high, but for a permanent low.”
“There’s also a bit of dark humor because you can picture this person getting so high that they actually lose their Painkiller…” Denali continues, “I wrote it because I’ve seen it and experienced it myself. It’s obviously an epidemic in our world. I wrote it because it’s real and it’s true. I wrote it because that’s my way of getting through.” Denali’s coming out of the gates exposed and swinging, revealing her scars and taking full ownership of her story. This is a special beginning for the artist, who as a teenager signed to a development deal with Mike Mason (Mariah Carey, Tevin Campbell), but whose career was sidetracked and impeded by personal struggles – some of which she’s sharing today.
“When you’re on the wrong path, the universe will tell you. I went through a lot of pain and had to reset. I took a break to heal myself and start over…”
