{"id":113723,"date":"2025-11-05T06:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femmusic.com\/?p=113723"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:54:02","slug":"bekah-bossard-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femmusic.com\/2025\/11\/05\/bekah-bossard-american-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Bekah Bossard \u2013 American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bekah-Bossard.jpg\" alt=\"Bekah Bossard\" class=\"wp-image-113724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bekah-Bossard-600x445.jpg 600w, https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bekah-Bossard-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/femmusic.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bekah-Bossard-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indie-rock songstress Bekah Bossard (she\/they) returns with<a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/bekah-bossard-american-dream\"> \u2018American Dream\u2019 <\/a>via APOLLO Distribution, a track that blends poetic musings, gritty undercurrents, and a tongue-in-cheek sense of self-awareness. Anchored by raspy vocals, rocky drums, and bold guitar lines, the single finds Bekah leaning into their kinetic, grungy side while weaving in moments of softness and restraint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Dream\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_uIyMPNiJ8?list=OLAK5uy_mcZsaGhHRqSsMwus8y7iNcqGVDc7q8bG8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At its core, \u2018American Dream\u2019 is about looking back with gratitude, even on the heartbreaks that once stung. It\u2019s a song of acceptance and growth, of realising that not getting what you once wanted can be its own kind of freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI wrote this song about watching your exes fall in love with other people\u201d, <\/em>Bekah shares.<em> \u201cIt\u2019s about growing up and changing, and in all of that, finding peace with knowing that whatever their dream life became isn\u2019t actually mine and their dream person was never meant to be me! And being grateful for the love we found and the time we had, and all of those things sort of coexisting. I wanted to play on the phrase American dream, as the idea of that is something I\u2019ll never aspire for and never want to end up in, so it\u2019s all very tongue in cheek. 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