There is a certain energy in New York that flattens pretense. Firerose’s “Shining Armor (Rise Again)” benefits from it. She directs herself across the city and strips the frame down to clean shots and a centered performance. No excessive gloss. Just a singer occupying her own space.
There is a long backstory behind these four minutes. Childhood confusion and isolation in Sydney. A stretch of addiction that nearly closed the book. A night in jail that she describes as an encounter with God, quiet and decisive. Years later, charting songs and big platform appearances while feeling muted offstage. The new single threads through all of it without slipping into autobiography for sport.
If you care about artist-led storytelling, start with this single and video. Then keep your ears open for No One Asked Her, the podcast she is launching to extend these conversations into longer forms.
