{"id":119097,"date":"2025-01-14T21:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/14\/myles-smith-shares-really-freaking-painful-song-that-brings-up-a-lot-of-trauma\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T21:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:01:37","slug":"myles-smith-shares-really-freaking-painful-song-that-brings-up-a-lot-of-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/14\/myles-smith-shares-really-freaking-painful-song-that-brings-up-a-lot-of-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Smith shares &#8216;really freaking painful&#8217; song that &#8216;brings up a lot of trauma&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-14\/M_MylesSmith_JenniferMcCord_091624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Jennifer McCord<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of <strong>Myles Smith<\/strong>&#8216;s songs are romantic, but\u00a0the &#8220;Stargazing&#8221; singer has\u00a0now shared one that he says is so &#8220;painful&#8221; that just posting a little bit of it has sent his &#8220;anxiety through the roof.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEyB1w3t9Ri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>On Instagram, he wrote<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of the song, called &#8220;My First Heartbreak,&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;This one\u2019s super close to my heart and my anxiety is through the roof. &#8230; Still don\u2019t know if I\u2019m ready to give it to the world. But here\u2019s just a little insight into who I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to write in the comments, &#8220;<span class=\"_ap3a _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\">I\u2019ve played this at some of my shows for the last 18 months. &#8230; Someone close told me recently it might be time to share it outside those walls. So here\u2019s what I\u2019m comfy with so far.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_ap3a _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It\u2019s not a happy song. It\u2019s really freaking painful and brings up a lot of trauma,&#8221; he adds. &#8220;This is just me trying to get a little bit more real with you all &#8211; and trying to become like the artists who have helped me in life. Baby steps but I\u2019m trying.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_ap3a _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\">The song sounds like it may have been inspired by Myles&#8217; relationship with a close relative, from whom he appears to be estranged:\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;They say blood is thicker than water\/ but I&#8217;m closer to the ocean than I am to you\/\u00a0 and I wish when I was younger\/ I hadn&#8217;t put all my faith into you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to sing, &#8220;&#8216;Cause my first heartbreak looks a little bit like me\/ He&#8217;s got my eyes and a freckle on his cheek\/ and I can&#8217;t hide it, it&#8217;s bitter and it&#8217;s sweet\/ &#8216;Cause my first heartbreak looks a little bit like me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Myles&#8217; 2025 tour begins Jan. 22 in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer McCord Many of Myles Smith&#8216;s songs are romantic, but\u00a0the &#8220;Stargazing&#8221; singer has\u00a0now shared one that he says is so &#8220;painful&#8221; that just posting a little bit of it has sent his &#8220;anxiety through the roof.&#8221; On Instagram, he wrote\u00a0of the song, called &#8220;My First Heartbreak,&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;This one\u2019s super close to<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/14\/myles-smith-shares-really-freaking-painful-song-that-brings-up-a-lot-of-trauma\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,454,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}