VIDEO PREMIERE: Brontë Fall Pushes Back on Female Expectations with Soulful Americana Tune “Woman Like Me”

Published: March 14, 2024

Teri Bracken’s career as Brontë Fall began almost accidentally. The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs had always been a music obsessive, dreaming of forming her own bands and playing on stages. While working as the “door girl” at an indie music venue in Chicago, a chance opportunity allowed her to book her first gig as an artist. She quickly came up with a band name (honoring her favorite writers, the Brontë sisters), compiled all the original songs she had, and never, ever looked back. Bracken’s road to acclaimed songwriter began in childhood, when she picked up piano at age 7. Classical violin lessons soon followed, and eventually, she was tapped as the singer/violinist in a college rock band with a group of nineties rock-loving frat boys. After leaving the guys, she further pursued her passion for violin playing at Berklee, which is where she fell in love with songwriting once and for all. Bracken eventually made her way to Nashville—a dream come true considering it is a songwriter’s mecca. 

Though most of her instrumental focus is on guitar these days for pure convenience sake, Bracken still brings out her violin and even performs on piano during her shows—she never sings a note empty-handed.  

After a family tragedy struck in 2022, Bracken rededicated herself to her craft, emerging with plenty of scar tissue and a batch of new songs that she considers her best yet. That lineup is highlighted by “Woman Like Me,” and today Glide is excited to premiere the song. The track is both a reminder of Fall’s skills as a songwriter and a significant leap forward in both sound and style. It’s a defining statement, the culmination of years grinding for a shot and, at the same time, a new beginning. Marrying dark Americana with soulful, sultry singing and lyrics, the song puts her vocal talents in the spotlight backed by a tight band. There is a pop sensibility to Bracken’s approach here, but there is also something much deeper in play.

Bracken describes the inspiration behind the song:

“Initially I wrote this song from a very vulnerable place of feeling unlovable because of all the ways I don’t meet the traditional female expectations pushed upon me by society. That we must ‘settle down’ at a specific time to start a family, give up our careers and lead a purely domestic existence, that we should be the apologetic, pleasing, peacemakers- my song is a push back on that entire narrative. I am in part owning who I am but also lamenting the unease I feel. Posing the question ‘Am I lovable?’ over minor blues chords and a rock groove makes the song feel edgy, rebellious and intriguing. I have also found, while performing this song, that it touches people regardless of gender because perhaps we all feel pressure to fit a certain box based on where we’re from and through the lens of social media (i.e. – society).”

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