Kara Connolly asks as a very simple question in her latest track: what is your dream? Not the kind that people expect of you, of course, but rather one that allows you to live the life you\u2019ve always wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finding herself succumbing to the hopes and expectations of others, Connolly penned \u201cBuild A Dream\u201d to urge her listeners worldwide to lift the veil of the American Dream and to look inwards to forge a new path. Recounted over a fairy-tale-esque melody, \u201cBuild A Dream\u201d lulls us into an idyllic soundscape where the artist\u2019s angelic vocals slowly disillusion us from the restraints of society \u2014 allowing us to finally think for ourselves despite the ideals of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the artist herself, she explains, \u201cIn our society, there is a standard progression of things: go to school, get into a good college, land a 9 to 5, date around, settle down, get married, etc. I\u2019ve noticed that when I tell people I\u2019ve been with my boyfriend for 7+ years, the first thing they do is look down at my ringless finger and say, \u2018So when\u2019s he going to pop the question? Do I need to have a little sit down with him?\u2019 You know, as though I must just be dying inside waiting for his proposal. But what if I don\u2019t want the white-picket-fenced American Dream that everyone says I should? What if that\u2019s not my dream? It\u2019s vulnerable for me to be this real with myself, let alone with strangers on the internet and all of my family and friends, but I think the fact that it scares me to put this song out means that I should. Because maybe someone out there feels the same way and needs to see this message in their sea of pregnancy posts, \u2018You know when you know\u2019 platitudes, and wedding videos, as beautiful as those are. Ultimately, this is a song about staying true to ourselves first and foremost; a track about sifting through the outside voices, however loud, to ask ourselves the hard-hitting questions and find our own inner voice and knowing. For some, that may be a deep desire to get married, which is incredible. For me? I\u2019ve never followed the formula or been one for convention, so why would I start now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Potentially marking one of her most personal works to date, Connolly\u2019s latest single sets the tone of an honest artist who isn\u2019t afraid to look her fans in the face, playing them not what they want to hear, necessarily, but certainly, what they didn\u2019t know they needed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stream \u201cBuild A Dream\u201d now, head below\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n