Written by Ashley Paskill
Canadian musician, Joseph of Mercury releases his latest single, “Pretty Blonde Boy,” today.
The song is about Joseph of Mercury losing two of his closest friends to drugs within years of each other.
“If there is a word beyond ‘brother’ then that’s what they were,” he says in a press release. “Love just wasn’t enough to balance out all that they carried on their shoulders. Their losses were devastating, breaking me in a way that I’m not sure will ever heal.”
The song talks about his journey towards finding acceptance and even joy in the midst of such hardship and grief. The song was written and recorded in the middle of intense feelings and tears.
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