52. A Friend Paid Her to Go to Therapy, and it Changed Everything, with Kat Yvonne

Ep.52: Kat Yvonne turned pandemic grief and pregnancy loss into one of the most emotionally raw albums you'll hear this year.She's an independent singer-songwriter from Toronto who built both of her projects by reaching out to strangers online and asking if anyone wanted to make something sad and beautiful together. Her debut Hiding in Leaves came from a place of survival. Her upcoming second album was that one surprised her, because she wrote it happy.In this conversation, we get into:How a pregnancy loss during the pandemic sparked a debut album born out of pure emotional needThe song so stripped-down it was almost acapella, and why it was the hardest to recordGrowing up with a critical mother and a father who lost his own dad to suicide at eight, and how that shaped decades of undiagnosed depressionThe moment a friend literally paid for her therapy, and how a few sessions changed her lifeWhy she doesn't do second takes, and what Jeff Buckley has to do with any of thisAbout Kat Yvonne:Kat Yvonne is an independent singer-songwriter from Canada who turns deeply personal poetry into alternative folk songs with operatic undertones. Her debut album Hiding in Leaves emerged from processing a pregnancy loss during the pandemic, and her second album — exploring intergenerational trauma and finding presence — is due later this spring.Connect with Kat Yvonne:Instagram: instagram.com/locolanaloveLinkTree: linktr.ee/katyvonneMusic Mentioned in this Episode:Songs:Space Time Continuum" — Kat Yvonne"Rivers to the Moon" — Kat Yvonne"Benz" — Kat Yvonne"Paper Plane" — Kat Yvonne"Commune" — Kat YvonneAlbums & Projects:Hiding in Leaves — Kat YvonnePop Stars Revenge — Peter CurtisArtists & Bands:Kat YvonneEssence MartinsPeter CurtisHayley WilliamsLana Del ReyJeff BuckleyGordon LightfootNeil YoungGuns N' RosesJoni MitchellLeonard Cohen---------------Follow the OFFICIAL “loves music” playlist on Apple Music: ​​https://music.apple.com/library/playlist/p.4Y0J406i03DQrX“loves music” playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qE3kq89oyg3tFNbmRfHEO?si=vopaKQnNS8OHn0r2fFTVBgCheck out the “loves music” podcast website: https://www.podpage.com/loves-music/Julian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianjones417/Julian on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@julianjones417Check out Julian’s book: https://a.co/d/0hzWNkiDThis podcast is managed by Wildwave Podcasting: https://www.wildwavepodcasting.com