Hero - Heather Mae (Live Solo Version)Heather Mae2017-08-10 | This is a solo one-take live video of Hero", written by Heather Mae. This is the first song off her EP "I AM ENOUGH".
Copyright and all rights reserved by Heather Mae.Heather Mae - all i wanna do (official music video)Heather Mae2024-10-01 | Official music video for "all i wanna do” by Heather Mae.
Dir. of Photography: Laura Schneider Editor: Heather Mae
Songwriter: Heather Mae Producer: ZDAN Studio Engineer: Kate Haldrup Asst. Studio Engineer: Kylie Sager Mixing: Kate Haldrup Mastering: Shelley Anderson
Lead Vox & BGV: Heather Mae Acoustic Guitar: Heather Mae Electric Guitar: Megan McCormick Drums + Percussion: Megan Jane Bass: Ryan Madora Strings: SistaStrings Cello: Monique Ross Violin: Chauntee Ross
Choir: Crys Matthews Danni Nicholls Mary Bragg Melody Walker Nikki Morgan Laura Schneider Telisha Williams Grace PettisHeather Mae - At The End Of The World (LIVE @ band rehearsal)Heather Mae2024-08-29 | When your first rehearsal with your new backing band sounds this good, you capture it. Live take of my new single AT THE END OF THE WORLD, dropping 9/13.Heather Mae - kissing girls (official music video)Heather Mae2024-05-24 | Official music video for "kissing girls” by Heather Mae. Queer joy as a form of resistance. Happy Pride 2024!
Videography: Lindsey Torres Patkos Editing: Heather Mae Color Correction: Heather Mae Makeup: Seth Overton
Directed by Tabitha Turner and Heather Mae Starring Liv Lombardi and Heather Mae Cinematography by Tabitha Turner Editing & Color Correction by Heather Mae
Producer: Heather Mae Written by: Crys Matthews and Heather Mae Engineer and Mixed by: Mark Williams Strings: Andrew Scott Bell
Creative Director: Heather Mae Editor 1: Rah Foard Editor 2: Heather Mae
LYRICS VERSE 1 So much fear So much chaos You've been asking "Who's gonna save us?" Turn off the TV And turn off your phone Yeah, we're safe If we stay at home
VERSE 2 We can sing If we want to We can still dance The whole night through We can lock eyes From across the room We don't need to touch I can feel you
CHORUS Six feet apart Won't stop us Don't need to hold you in my arms I still know you in the dark Just 'cause I can't kiss you underneath the moonlight Doesn't mean you have to feel alone tonight Let's get closer From six feet apart
I can't remember the last time I slowed down long enough to memorize The lines on your face And the way your laugh lights up our place. So tell me something That you haven't told me yet And I'll put on that dress From the night we met 'Cause there's nowhere else I'd rather be Than right here, right now Just you and me.
CHORUS Six feet apart Won't stop us Don't need to hold you in my arms I still know you in the dark Just 'cause I can't kiss you underneath the moonlight Doesn't mean you have to feel alone tonight Let's get closer From six feet apart
BRIDGE We can light up the dark If we don't let this change us. Let love undo All that fear (and hate) does. Six feet apart Won't stop us Don't need to hold you in my arms I still know you in the dark Just 'cause I can't kiss you underneath the moonlight Doesn't mean you have to feel alone tonight You're not alone. You're not alone. You're not alone.
CHORUS Six feet apart Won't stop us Don't need to hold you in my arms I still know you in the dark Just 'cause I can't kiss you underneath the moonlight Doesn't mean you have to feel alone tonight Let's get closer From six feet apart Ooh...
Music video by Heather Mae and Crys Matthews performing Six Feet Apart. (C) 2020 Heather Mae Music and Crys Matthews.Heather Mae Live StreamHeather Mae2020-04-17 | ...The Singing OUT Tour 2020!Heather Mae2020-02-29 | Award-winning singer-songwriters Heather Mae and Crys Matthews are joining forces once again to spread their message of social-justice, hope and love from coast to coast as The Singing OUT Tour, a celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride. Mae, whose evocative vocals and rhythmic piano style call to mind artists like Stevie Nicks and Sara Bareilles, creates intoxicating and unforgettable music inspired by her own personal experiences as a queer, plus-size woman living with Bipolar Disorder. Matthews, a powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent reflect her lived experience as what she, a black, lesbian, butch-identified woman, lightheartedly calls "the poster-child for intersectionality," has been called "the Woody Guthrie of our generation." Mae and Matthews will again be joined by JJ Jones (formerly of Girlyman) and her "kinetically charged" percussion. "Soul-feeding" and "amazing" is the way fans described last year's tour and, with both artists celebrating new releases (Glimmer from Heather Mae and These Old Hands from Crys Matthews), the 2020 edition of The Singing OUT Tour promises to be even more impressive.
heathermae.net HEATHER MAE In 2016, after an eight-month period of silence to recover from vocal nodules, singer-songwriter Heather Mae made a vow: she would dedicate her career solely to writing music that made the world a better place. Her independently-released debut EP I AM ENOUGH, which reached #58 on iTunes Pop Album charts, was her announcement to the world. “When people listen to my new music, my mission is that they feel they’re not alone and that they’re moved to rediscover the best versions of themselves,” Mae said. With her September 2019 release Glimmer, it seems that she has discovered the best version of herself.
Although L-Mag dubbed her "the new queer Adele," Mae has remained unfazed by what a typical pop artist today is 'supposed' to look like or how the typical pop artist is 'supposed' to sound. Instead, Mae sees her music as a platform for change, "pop music with a mission," she calls it. With each of the nine tracks on Glimmer, from her #MeToo-inspired feminist anthem “Warrior,” which features a choir of more than 100 female vocalists, to “You Are My Favorite,” a love song inspired by her own wedding vows and written for her wife, Mae shows that she is nothing less than a powerhouse. From LGBTQ+ discrimination, gender stereotypes and women's rights to body image and mental health issues, Mae "seeks to write music for those that need an anthem" says Eden Arielle Gordon of Popdust. "Heather Mae's Glimmer spins pain into exquisite alt-pop," Gordon says. "This album is a work of empathy and raw honesty, a candid confessional and a rallying cry for everyone looking for a reason to go on."
crysmatthews.com CRYS MATTHEWS Ask about the new generation of social justice music-makers and Crys Matthews will be mentioned. A prolific lyricist, Matthews blends Americana, folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and funk into a bold, complex performance steeped in traditional melodies punctuated by honest, original lyrics. “While each and every day, on each and every media platform, we’re reminded of the division, alienation, marginalization, and divisiveness rampant in our country (and our world), we’re not often enough met with people like Matthews," said Justin Hiltner of Bluegrass Situation, "who exist as reminders of what beauty can occur when we bridge those divides.” Her two 2017 releases, a full-length album called The Imagineers, a selection of thoughtful songs about love and life, and an EP called Battle Hymn for an Army of Lovers, which tackles social justice themes helped earn Matthews high praise like that from Hiltner as well as the title of 2017 NewSong Music and Performance Competition grand prize winner.
On the title track of her newest EP, Matthews says, “Must be 10,000 miles between here and forgiveness.” These Old Hands is about that journey. Her eighth studio release, this album is a sharp departure from her pre-2016 saccharine love songs and her post-2016 social justice songs. “It is the most vulnerable I’ve ever been in my music,” Matthews says. From the title track, written about picking up where a love leaves off, to the final track, written about familial complexities, Matthews is letting her listeners see behind what she calls her “titanium wall.” These Old Hands is already garnering acclaim from Folk DJs and finished out 2019 in Folk Alley's Top Ten of 2019. Matthews already has her sights on a pre-election release of a full-length social-justice album called Changemakers.GLIMMER - Heather Mae (Live in Philadelphia)Heather Mae2020-02-11 | Heather Mae live at Locks at Sona in Philadelphia, PA during the Official GLIMMER Album Release Tour (October 9th 2019).
Download GLIMMER: smarturl.com/glimmerlpWarrior - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2020-01-18 | ‘Warrior’ by Heather Mae from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 2019)
Creative Producer: Heather Mae Director of Photography: Rah Foard Editor: Rah Foard Wardrobe: Karen Foard Production Manager: Autumn Wallin Production Assistants: JJ Jones, Desirae Zentz
Very special thanks to Rockville United Church and LGBTQ Outreach Group of RUC
Written and performed by Heather Mae Produced by Mark Williams
LYRICS Women gonna rise like the water Gonna shut oppression down I hear the voice of my great granddaughter Saying “fight for me, fight for me now”
You knocked her down But now she’s back up This war is far from won You underestimated Now she’s liberated Look look at what she’s done She got hit but she ain’t had She got tears but they won’t last She’s a daughter of the new revolution She’s a-coming, seeking retribution
Ooo she’s a warrior Ooo and she don’t take any prisoners Ooo you shoulda thought twice before messin’ with the woman Ooo cause she’s a warrior
Her mama told her Her mama warned her Honey there’s a kind of man He’ll steal your magic Make you average Try to pin you down and chain your hands But bowing down ain’t a woman’s place We worked too hard to be erased Keep your head up, show ‘em what you’re made of And when in doubt, remember who you came from
Ooo she’s a warrior Ooo and she don’t take any prisoners Ooo you shoulda thought twice before messin’ with the woman Ooo she’s a warrior (Aww yeah she is)
Women gonna rise like the water Gonna shut oppression down I hear the voice of my great granddaughter Saying “fight for me, fight for me now”
(Women gonna rise like the water) Ooo she’s a warrior (Women gonna rise like the water) Ooo and she don’t take any prisoners (Women gonna rise like the water) Ooo you shoulda thought twice before messin’ with the woman Women gonna rise, oh women gonna rise Ooo she’s a warrior
Music video by Heather Mae performing Warrior. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicIn My Head - Heather Mae (LIVE w/ Crys Matthews)Heather Mae2019-10-31 | ‘In My Head’ written and performed by Heather Mae and Crys Matthews.
Lyrics Gonna keep you a secret Gonna keep you to myself Cause no one needs to know No no one needs to know Gonna put you over ice Drink you like I like It feels so good How can it not be right? Gonna keep you a secret Gonna keep you to myself
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
I tried to resist you I tried but I can’t But we don’t need to tell em Cause they won’t understand Gonna open up your bottle Put you in my hand Place you on my tongue Feeling you again I tried to resist you I tried but I can’t
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
I got a love that loves me she treats me real good (She treats you real good yeah) But then you come around and I don’t love her like I should (Like you should yeah) Its the way you taste The way you feel The way you say my name I’m calling for another hit And I’m the one to blame
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head X2
I want so badly to be good That’s its killing me inside And everybody tells me I can make it if I try Oh but mother mother help me Put me in your hand I’m trying to last another day And I don’t think I can
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head x4
#HeatherMae #Glimmer #InMyHead
Music video by Heather Mae performing In My Head. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicIn My Head - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2019-10-31 | ‘In My Head’ by Heather Mae from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 2019)
All The Way Around Production Directed by Chandler Wild
Written and performed by Heather Mae Produced by Mark Williams
Lyrics: Gonna keep you a secret Gonna keep you to myself Cause no one needs to know No no one needs to know Gonna put you over ice Drink you like I like It feels so good How can it not be right? Gonna keep you a secret Gonna keep you to myself
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
I tried to resist you I tried but I can’t But we don’t need to tell them Cause they won’t understand Gonna open up your bottle Put you in my hand Place you on my tongue Feeling you again I tried to resist you I tried but I can’t
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
I got a love that loves me she treats me real good (She treats you real good yeah) But then you come around and I don’t love her like I should (Like you should yeah) Its the way you taste The way you feel The way you say my name I’m calling for another hit And I’m the one to blame
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
I want so badly to be good That’s its killing me inside And everybody tells me I can make it if I try Oh but mother mother help me Put me in your hand I’m trying to last another day And I don’t think I can
Cause you’re in my head Head ohhhh You’re in my head
#HeatherMae #Glimmer #InMyHead
Music video by Heather Mae performing In My Head. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicIm Still Here/Shaking Hands - Heather Mae (Live in Philadelphia)Heather Mae2019-10-29 | Heather Mae performs the closing number of the GLIMMER album release tour (October 9th 2019) by singing her mental health positive songs, "I'm Still Here" and (a cappella) "Shaking Hands".
"This album takes listeners to that place. You know that place? Where you’re aware of every one of your weaknesses and vulnerabilities all at once, and it’s overwhelming, but it’s also incredible and transformative and empowering because you’ve never actually seen yourself so clearly, and you’ve survived — even thrived — despite/because of the struggle you’ve been through and you just, love yourself, so much, and you’re crying not because you’re sad necessarily but because you’re really, really alive? Um, yeah. This album kinda took me to that place." - Autostraddle, Oct 2019
Download GLIMMER: smarturl.com/glimmerlpSmoke Signals - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2019-10-18 | 'Smoke Signals’ by Heather Mae from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 2019)
For artist, cast and crew, behind the scenes photos and mental health information, visit: smokesignals-musicvideo.com
CAST & CREW Ella Lozier Kiley Pearson Jennifer Bisgard Delaney Smith
CREATED BY: Morgan Gullett DIRECTOR: Nicole Ludowese PRODUCER: Rachel Svatos CREATIVE PRODUCER: Morgan Gullett DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Umit Gulsen 1st ASSISTANT CAMERA: Chris Mariles EDITOR: Kenny Letelier CASTING DIRECTOR: Morgan Gullett LEAD STYLIST, HAIR, MAKE UP, WARDROBE: Leah Moon SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP: Megan Deputy ASSISTANT STYLIST: Taylor Burke GAFFER: Tyler Montanino GAFFER: Bill Montgomery KEY GRIP: Joey Diaz ART DEPARTMENT PA: Maclaren “Mac” Remy CREATIVE ADVISOR: Chris Gullett GRAPHIC DESIGN: Celeste Tammariello LOCATION MANAGER: James Gullett PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Gabriella Dubois PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Ali Januzzi
SPECIAL THANKS TO: The Powhatan School Saratoga Farm National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) MG Entertainment Shenandoah University
** For information about this music video production, contact: mge.film@gmail.com
Music and Lyrics by Heather Mae performing Smoke Signals. (C) 2019 Heather Mae Music Video by Heather Mae performing Smoke Signals. (C) 2019 MG Entertainment, LLCYou Are My Favorite - Heather Mae (LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCE)Heather Mae2019-08-07 | ‘You Are My Favorite’ written and performed by Heather Mae, at American University, from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 2019)
Lyrics: You are my favorite word You are my favorite face You are my favorite moment Of every single day
You are my favorite person You are my favorite smile You are my favorite heartbeat To fall asleep to every night
And if you would take my name If you would be mine I promise to cherish every hour, every minute That you are my wife
Cause we have my favorite story We have my favorite home We have my favorite front door Where you kiss me and say “don’t go”
We have my favorite memories We have my favorite glances We have my favorite hard times Cause I’ve got your hand in mine
And if you would take my name If you would be mine I promise to cherish every hour, every minute That you are my wife
Yes I will Yes I will
You have my favorite hands You have my favorite eyes You have my favorite kisses Cause they make me feel alive
And out of all of the things I’ve seen In this great big world By far the most magnificent Is that of my girl Cause you are my favorite
#HeatherMae #Glimmer #YouAreMyFavorite
Music video by Heather Mae performing You Are My Favorite. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicBe Not Afraid - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2019-06-22 | ‘Be Not Afraid’ by Heather Mae from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 20, 2019)
Director: Jeremiah Murphy Dir. of Photography: Kristin Murphy Associate Producer: Stephanie Haring Gaffer: Peter Steusloff Production Asst: Rah Foard Wardrobe: Karen Foard Cast: J Harrison Ghee, Charlii Clark, Janet Huey, Courtney Murray, and Ben Watts
Lyrics: I can feel you I can’t stop you And I don’t want to So I won’t
They can’t see us They can’t stop us And even if they could We’d keep going, going, going
I'm not afraid I'm not afraid of them I'm not scared of what they'll say Holding you is worth the pain Of what’s coming
So I whisper your name And I look at your face Never thought I'd get this close Never let myself hope
I turn on the light And I pull back the shade Let them find us I’m not ashamed, ashamed, ashamed
I'm not afraid I'm not afraid of them I'm not scared of what they'll say Holding you is worth the pain Of what’s coming
Because it’s not wrong No it’s not wrong Our love is not wrong Our love’s not wrong
I'm not afraid I'm not afraid of them I'm not scared of what they'll say Holding you is worth the pain Of what’s coming
I’m not afraid I’m not afraid
#HeatherMae #Glimmer #BeNotAfraid
Music video by Heather Mae performing Be Not Afraid. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicYou Are My Favorite - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2019-05-14 | ‘You Are My Favorite’ by Heather Mae from her new album 'GLIMMER' (Sept 2019)
Written and performed by Heather Mae Produced by Mark Williams Strings by Andrew Scott Bell
Lyrics: You are my favorite word You are my favorite face You are my favorite moment Of every single day
You are my favorite person You are my favorite smile You are my favorite heartbeat To fall asleep to every night
And if you would take my name If you would be mine I promise to cherish every hour, every minute That you are my wife
Cause we have my favorite story We have my favorite home We have my favorite front door Where you kiss me and say “don’t go”
We have my favorite memories We have my favorite glances We have my favorite hard times Cause I’ve got your hand in mine
And if you would take my name If you would be mine I promise to cherish every hour, every minute That you are my wife
Yes I will Yes I will
You have my favorite hands You have my favorite eyes You have my favorite kisses Cause they make me feel alive
And out of all of the things I’ve seen In this great big world By far the most magnificent Is that of my girl Cause you are my favorite
#HeatherMae #Glimmer #YouAreMyFavorite
Music video by Heather Mae performing You Are My Favorite. (C) 2019 Heather Mae MusicWanderer - Heather Mae (Live @ Iota Club)Heather Mae2016-09-05 | "Wanderer" written by Heather Mae, is the fifth track on her EP "I AM ENOUGH". Performed at IOTA Club & Cafe in Arlington, VA (Aug 2016).
"My body is not wrong / My body is not shameful / If you don't like what you see / Turn around"
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Lyrics: I’ve spent too many decades Hiding ‘neath the covers Covering up my curves Clothed myself in black But this body wants some glitter This body wants some light Gonna put my hands up Cause I am enough I am enough I am enough
My body is not wrong My body is not shameful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Cause I’m dancing just for me For this body I am grateful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Turn around
I’ve got scars to prove That I’ve been through the battle Of believing that there is beauty in flaws But its time to mute the voices That keep telling me to change I’m through apologizing for looking this way So I’m lifting up my skirt And I’m showing off a little leg Let me tell you who I love Gonna put my hands up Cause I am enough I am enough I am enough
My body is not wrong My body is not shameful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Cause I’m dancing just for me For this body I am grateful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Turn around
My body is not wrong (Beautiful broken) My body is not shameful (Perfectly imperfect) If you don’t like what you see (I am enough) Turn around, turn around (I am enough) My body is not wrong (Beautiful broken) My body is not shameful (Perfectly imperfect) If you don’t like what you see (I am enough) Turn around, turn around (I am enough)
My body is not wrong My body is not shameful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Cause I’m dancing just for me For this body I am grateful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Turn around
My body is not wrong My body is not shameful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Cause I’m dancing just for me For this body I am grateful If you don’t like what you see Turn around Turn around Turn aroundListen - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2014-04-15 | "Adoring words from my love will wear thin / If not first spoken from within / Listen"
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LYRICS: My, my, my, your hands like fire On my skin how they leave their mark My, my, my, you're my desire But you turn me to ash and smoke With just a spark
I may get burned But these scars are mine to bear Theres a chance I could get hurt I can take it I swear You could break me into a thousand pieces With those lies of yours But I won't walk away I won't walk away
My, my, my, I'll shoulder the blame And take the heat as your flames get higher My, my, my, please don't say her name Cause its just you and me tonight
I may get burned But these scars are mine to bear Theres a chance I could get hurt I can take it I swear You could break me into a thousand pieces With those lies of yours But I won't walk away I won't walk away
If the walls start crumbling, the floor gives away And this house is burning with you I would stay And if you decide to leave my side again I will stand my ground and go down with the flames The flamesOne Of These Days - Heather Mae (Official Music Video)Heather Mae2013-07-03 | "It's scary to leap. What if I fail? What if theres no net to catch me? I will look like a fool."
True. You might. Looking like a fool while you work passionately towards a goal is inevitable. There is a high chance you will fall and it will hurt - but that's not how the story ends, is it? What matters most is the getting back up, brushing yourself off, and trying again. Like a warrior, sweat streaming down your face, bruised and battered from naysayers dragging you back down to your average, run-of-the-mill, don't-stand-out lifestyle, your gaze set on something higher, you will rise and try again. Living your life in the moment, day in and day out, with passion and without waiting for "one of these days" - that's nothing foolish at all.
We all have dreams. We are all scared to leap. We all have nothing to lose. LIVE LIFE NOW. ______________________________
Special thanks to EVERYONE who contributed to the "One Of These Days" music video. There were so many entries I couldn't fit them all! I was overwhelmed and humbled by all the creative ideas, dreams, and aspirations that were sent in. Thank you for making my dream of making a living making music possible. It's because of you guys I know I can achieve my "one of these days" dreams. It's because of you, I keep going. KEEP INSPIRING. KEEP DREAMING. KEEP ACHIEVING. ______________________________
Written by: Heather Mae, http://www.heathermae.net Directed by: Dave Farah, http://davefarah.com Produced by: Andrew Eade, http://andreweade.comIngrid Michaelson - Everybody Video Contest - THIRD PLACEHeather Mae2010-03-13 | THIRD PLACE WINNER! Thank you for all the love and encouragement shown throughout this process. You have no idea how much it meant to me. Thanks for making it possible.