Carolyn Striho wants to help people rise to the occasion.
The Detroit singer-songwriter captures that empowering sentiment on her latest rock single, “I Will Rise.”
“I wrote ‘I Will Rise’ after the 2017 Women’s March to invoke hope, especially after having had breast cancer, but to connect with all people,” Striho said.
“With so much competition and anger among people, it focuses on love and survival. It also shares messages of hope and strength and encourages people to come together.”
Surrounded by determined piano, acoustic guitar, synth, bass, and drums, Striho sings, “I will rise, my friends, and be alive / We will rise through the pain in our disguise / Smiling instead of crying / It’s so hard we’re trying / Every day is counting time.”
“People would hear it and they liked it. You could see it as a political song or a song about breast cancer and women, but I realized it could be for anybody,” she said.
“I start out by singing, ‘I will rise, my sisters,’ and then I change it to more of a universal reference with the lyric, ‘I will rise, my friends.’”
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