Ever seen someone that broke your heart scot-free… ride happily into the sunset? It stings.
Elizabeth Nichols new song coming out on Friday takes that feeling and turns it into a karmic gut-punch. “Daughter” stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it and what has been teased on socials this far has definitely been striking a chord with others (6.8+ million views & 1M+ engagement on TikTok alone). It kind of reminds me of an early Taylor Swift songs like “Mine” that tell a story while also commenting on the cyclical nature of relationships and takes you through several stages. Commenters on TT have been calling it the Country version of Reneé Rapp's “Tummy Hurts."
It's a poignant ballad where the narrator is sharing some of those intrusive thoughts as she is waiting for the day the guy that broke her heart realizes how awful he was to her…but turns into a sad commentary on how unable men are to see how hurtful/damaging they can be until they see it happen to their own daughter.
Elizabeth, only 22 herself, is growing a reputation for her clever, relatable and sometimes quirky lyrics that comment on the societal trends of today— taking aim at things in a fun/funny/approachable way. In “Somebody Cooked Here” she slyly calls out how most 20yo men can barely microwave— so having a fully stocked kitchen means he had some help…or “Bible Belt” the whole song is about hypocritical Christians.
Elizabeth's career has been a wild one and she is only about a year in! She moved to Nashville last August to attend law school. Ended up releasing her first song “I Got A New One” in December and quit law school in January. In June, Kelly Clarkson covered it and catapulted the single to No. 1 on the iTunes charts for weeks. She released her EP Tough Love shortly after and has been working on new music and touring— opening up for acts like Little Big Town, Russell Dickerson and more.
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