Alyssa Bonagura has released her flawless new single ‘New Wings’ – out everywhere now, as her first new solo music in almost five years.
Nashville singer-songwriter Alyssa Bonagura has shared her first new solo music in almost five years, the long-awaited single ‘New Wings.’ The track is an immensely powerful new song about the realisation that the hard times in life are the most strengthening. The track was inspired by a poem by Paolo Coelho, as Bonagura describes, “After losing a lot of things I thought were concrete in my life, I dove into writing solo music again to help me cope… Throughout my healing journey I found a poem by Paulo Cohelo called The Lesson Of The Butterfly that speaks on how the struggle to fly out of the cocoon is one of the most important processes that can’t be skipped. As difficult as it may feel when it’s happening, those “cocoon moments” throughout our lives are the ones that strengthen our wings so that we are able to fly. That realization really hit home for me & became my mantra of 2020. ‘New Wings’ is about having faith that on the other side of it all, the best is yet to come.”
The single was also one of her first remote co-writes; written over Zoom with producer and songwriter Tawgs Salter, Alyssa describes the process: “He came in with this beautiful musical track, and after sharing our similar feelings on transformation, the song was virtually written and recorded in a couple hours.” The result is a touching and emotional track that places Bonagura’s vocal front and centre, heralding a new era for her music.
Celebrating her links with the UK’s creative community, Alyssa returned to Liverpool last summer as travel restrictions began to lift, to reconnect with a group of musicians and bring them together to film a twelve-song live set. Filmed and produced by leading event company Adlib, who built a full-scale live production in their Liverpool studio, the shoot was the closest that everyone involved could come to getting back out on the road, a sentiment expressed by Bonagura in the introduction to the project, ‘What Live Music Means To Me’. The next of these videos, a performance of the single ‘New Wings’, will be released on Alyssa’s YouTube channel on July 21st.
Additionally, Alyssa is asking for fans and followers everywhere to share their own experiences through her #MyButterflyStory campaign on Instagram: “Music to me is all about connection, and throughout the pandemic I got to hear a lot of people telling me why a certain song was helping them get through quarantine and that’s really the reason I do this. I’m hoping that New Wings reaches out and uplifts people who have felt a similar transformation and rebirth – and that’s why I’d love to hear from fans about what struggles they went through to get their #NewWings & share it on that page in hopes to show a sense of unity among people all over the world.” Get involved here: https://www.instagram.com/mybutterflystory/.
Upcoming UK live dates:
Aug 5th – JBL Back To Stage at Between The Bridges, South Bank
Aug 31st – NML Presents at Pizza Express Live, Holborn – tickets (w/ Julia Cole)
(More dates TBA)
