Kina Grannis
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New Video: When The Smoke Clears
🕑 Added 2020-07-23 17:54:31 +0000 UTCvery belatedly, here's the video for "when the smoke clears" <3
the outpouring of love and support since i posted about my infertility journey last week has been incredible and overwhelming. thank you all so much for your understanding and compassion <3
our new song “when the smoke clears” attempts to encapsulate some of the pain as well as some of the lessons jesse and i have experienced these past years. the constant grappling with time (and the perceived loss of it), the feelings of helplessness and the grasping at trying to control outcomes in a picture that is so much bigger than us, the struggle to keep trusting and finding meaning and beauty in things when part of you just wants to give up, watching your friends enter into a new phase of life you'd hoped to enter with them and seeing your paths begin to diverge.
it's about thinking that we have control, yet knowing we have none. thinking we could have done things differently, that there was some better, alternate timeline we could have lived if we had made a different choice along the way. but at the end of the day, this timeline, this is the only one that’s real. and in this one, we are still alive, our families and friends are still safe. we still have each other. so we try not to reject this timeline or wish it away.
time and time again we have learned that the hardest things we’ve gone through have been the things that shaped us, gave us depth, and taught us how precious the things that matter really are. i am grateful for every hardship i have had so far, and deep down i know that someday, somehow, i will be grateful for this one, too.
"when the smoke clears" is out in all the places. thank you all so much for being the absolute best and supporting my music <3 <3 <3
xo
kina
p.s. song download!
Comments
Just gorgeous. The production mirroring the video with the contrast between the blurred/focused pieces just floored me. Thank you for your courage in sharing your personal journey with us through this incredible art.
This song has been on repeat since it came out. I can not stop crying. Thank you 🤍
Speechless. Just beautiful. Thank you.
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Beautiful song. (Wiping the tears from my eyes 🥺) ❤
I just lost the love of my life last Friday at 38 years old so this hit me very hard. It’s all I can do right now to just keep breathing. Thank you for sharing your heart and soul with us so that we can push through our pain to be the last ones standing.
What a beautiful, beautiful song. Thank you guys. 🙏
Skip Stromenger
WOW!!! Beautiful lyrics, fantastic song presentation. great harmony. This is the first time I've ever really experienced Jesse's talent up close. The love and communication between you two is very evident. I'm so glad I found you and Patreon several years ago. I now support another couple of aspiring artists on Patreon because I found you first. My great friend Marianne (you the saw 6-minute iMovie I made of our first 33 years together) told me "Hooray for you! Everyone has to start somewhere, and you supporting these young artists now is crucial to their ultimate success!
Your music, specifically the Kina Grannis Playlist on Spotify has been great to listen to during work but as you've shared the story behind each song, it's been healing for me as well. I've been more reflective and having a spirit of gratitude lately and it starts with what you allow to come into your soul via sounds, conversations, sights, and experiences. Thanks for sharing this with us, Kina (and Jesse).
Eric Hofmann
as high as you set the bar lyrically, you still somehow keep raising it. "a star upon a rock against the tide" is 😙👌 (or perhaps 😭👌)
Kina. This song and video moves me. I have been a huge fan of you for almost half of my life now. Your songs have new meaning for me with each passing year, with each passing experience. I wish for you both so much love and happiness, in all the forms that you crave. Thank you for manifesting your life into beautiful art that makes me feel so many things. Mainly they make me feel connected and allow me to understand my own life and thoughts better. You talented human I love you and am grateful for you. ❤️
