{"id":1303722,"date":"2019-02-14T17:20:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T00:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803030"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T00:20:37","slug":"liddy-clarks-hopeful-message-for-parkland-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/liddy-clarks-hopeful-message-for-parkland-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Liddy Clark\u2019s Hopeful Message for Parkland Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:667975?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">31m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Any new artist who has the courage to write about subjects that are difficult to express in music will stand out in any genre.<\/p>\n<p>Rising artist Liddy Clark has that bravery and the storytelling acumen to address subjects that are difficult to express with an honest perspective that\u2019s needed in today\u2019s country music.<\/p>\n<p>In a time when society moves on from mass casualty too quickly, Clark gives a message of hope to survivors of the school shooting at Parkland, Fla.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2019\/02\/14\/parkland-shooting-valentines-day-john-dingell-william-barr-border-security\/2858434002\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School<\/a> in her new video \u201cShot Down (Stand Up).\u201d Today (Feb. 14) marks the first anniversary a gunman opened fire in one of the freshman buildings, killing 17 students and staff and wounding 17 others.<\/p>\n<p>Rife with symbolism, the piece was filmed at Los Angeles\u2019 Alhambra High School by directors Brad Wong and Laura Malatos. The 17 missed messages represent the lives lost in the shooting. At the end of the video, there are 18 missed messages representing the cycle of violence that continues without meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>The date on the cellphone is Nov. 9 to honor the birthday of Peter Wang, the heroic 15-year-old and junior ROTC cadet who was last seen alive holding the door for fellow students on the day of the shooting. His brave actions saved 10 to 20 lives that day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:3e57a190-caa9-4f22-9c67-8d009f87f445\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI knew I was going to write a song about it immediately after it happened,\u201d Clark, a Parkland native, tells CMT.com. \u201cBut I just couldn\u2019t quite get my emotions out of the way from overwhelming me. The day I wrote this was in late May because I had recently been asked to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/wearorange.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wear Orange<\/a> event. I knew I needed to write something to feel a sense of understanding, and I wanted to do it for that event specifically knowing that it would be the next time I would be performing back in Parkland since the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: When you were writing it, did you think about the future of the song; that it could be part of a bigger conversation to bring on meaningful change?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clark: For this song, I wanted to make sure that it was positively looking forward and being hopeful for change in supporting the whole movement that had come out of this. People are more willing to talk about it now, and I think that\u2019s a great thing. The first step to solving a problem is admitting there\u2019s a problem, and the next step is to talk about it and get everybody\u2019s opinions out in the open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survivor Aalayah Eastmond was at Bonnaroo last year with another victim from the Santa Fe school shooting. They both thought that society and their classmates move on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1796074\/bonnaroo-2018-13-best-things-we-saw\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">too quickly<\/a> from these traumatic experiences. Do you think that\u2019s the case in today\u2019s culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Definitely. There was media all over Parkland in the weeks following the shooting. Now it\u2019s just eerie and creepy driving by the school and talking to people who still go there. Honestly, the whole thing kind of bothers me, which would bother anybody. But it\u2019s sad because these kids have to go through this, be bombarded by media and then get completely abandoned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope this song does for Parkland survivors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel like this song is a hopeful message for survivors that all their efforts to get the word out, to get people to start talking about this, to make real change in our country, it\u2019s not wasted. It\u2019s really doing something, and it\u2019s become a movement. I\u2019m really proud of everything that\u2019s been happening since then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a courageous statement to be making. How do you tap into that courageous creativity? Is that a challenge for you as a songwriter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that courageous. This is everything I\u2019ve been keeping inside of me since it happened. Honestly, when I started writing this song, I knew I had to put it out on paper. I just wrote pages and pages for about 30 minutes straight in my notebook, and you can look back and see the tears I was crying on these pages because it was so heartbreaking to have to get into it again and relive in that mindset. But I just really hope this brings peace for people who have gone through something like this or it brings some kind of hope. I just want to spread positivity throughout this movement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Clark has an upcoming EP in the works that\u2019s slated for a summer release.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803030\/liddy-clarks-hopeful-message-for-parkland-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 31m ago Any new artist who has the courage to write about subjects that are difficult to express in music will stand out in any genre. 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