{"id":66061,"date":"2023-12-04T12:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=66061"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:10:22","slug":"local-musician-heals-trauma-with-open-and-honest-song-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2023\/12\/04\/local-musician-heals-trauma-with-open-and-honest-song-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Local musician heals trauma with open and honest song-writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Singer-songwriter Ffion Wren is healing her past by writing about topics people usually don\u2019t talk about <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured walking down Womanby street is Ffion Wren, the local musician healing trauma through honest song-writing\" class=\"wp-image-66063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured walking down Womanby street is Ffion Wren, the local musician healing trauma through honest song-writing\" class=\"wp-image-66063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenFeatureImage-Edit.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ffion Wren walking to The Moon on Womanby Street for a gig where she supported music artist Spencer Flay<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No one prepared me for life in my 20s&#8221;, sings acoustic pop <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2018\/10\/29\/voxpop-popular-musicians-in-cardiff\/\">singer-songwriter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ffionwren.com\">Ffion Wren<\/a>. The 22-year-old artist from Caerphilly writes about topics people typically don&#8217;t like talking about, setting her apart from other up-and-coming artists. She independently released her first single, Life In My 20s, in October which draws on hardships she has faced such as loss and failure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her guitar case firmly by her side, Wren is aware that her approach to songwriting is far from mainstream. \u201cIn the charts it\u2019s kind of just writing about sex and breakups\u201d, she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her first single discusses struggling to stay on your feet, feeling left behind, and your parents growing old before your eyes. \u201cI wanted to write about stuff that people actually cared about because there\u2019s things that everyone goes through at some point,&#8221; she says. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grieving relationships<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Grief is a theme that plays a big role in her songwriting inspiration. Discussing the song books she has filled that have become part of her own form of therapy, she said: \u201cI guess losing people is inevitable.\u201d\u00a0She lost both of her grandfathers, and has channeled this grief into art, writing songs about them and their life stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Losing one grandparent very suddenly and the other to dementia, she said: \u201cI wrote a song about the experience of him being physically there, but not mentally knowing who I am.\u201d She is willing to bare some of the most personal details of her life with the listeners.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen to Ffion Wren discuss how music has become an outlet for her feelings here: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"The local musician healing trauma with open and honest song-writing by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1658026110&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1200\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The local musician healing trauma with open and honest song-writing by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1658026110&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1200\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grieving relationships also manifests in her lyrics. \u201cMy parents went through a divorce and from that, I started writing songs about it and that really helped me cope with what was happening when I was younger,&#8221; she said. Wren has been writing songs since the age of 12, revealing: \u201cSome of them aren\u2019t half-bad either, so maybe I will release them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Music for me has always been like a release<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Musical inspirations<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, music has always been like a form of release\u201d, says the singer-songwriter. Taking inspiration from the likes of Birdie and Adele, for Wren, \u201cIt\u2019s always been my kind of therapy, if something\u2019s happened at home, I write about it.\u201d Her focus is to connect with her audience. She added, \u201cEveryone has their traumas and things they have to go over, but no one talks about it through the form of music, or not mainstream music anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music has been a lifelong passion for her, but the ability to pursue it was more of a recent epiphany. Playing instruments from the violin to drums since primary school, she entered a singer-songwriter competition in 2022 at the University of West England, where she studied business entrepreneurship, and won.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1020\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Ffion Wren against a colourful backdrop, the local musician healing trauma with honest songwriting\" class=\"wp-image-66064\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-580x768.jpg 580w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-370x490.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-585x775.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-293x388.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Ffion Wren against a colourful backdrop, the local musician healing trauma with honest songwriting\" class=\"wp-image-66064\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-580x768.jpg 580w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-370x490.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-585x775.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/FfionWrenPortrait-Edit-293x388.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ffion Wren smiles at the camera after the interview where she happily shared her personal insights on songwriting \u00a0<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This experience helped Wren to realise how accessible the industry is. She is now an independent artist, putting her music on all major streaming platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning as an independent artist<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Wren\u2019s first single, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0nLHcDWmomVXSoAdACI7IY?si=6aaaebed31484de7\">Life In My 20s<\/a>, came out on 27 October 2023. It is the perfect example of how she uses first-hand experiences to connect with listeners. She takes inspiration from her parents ageing and trying to figure her way through the world. She said: \u201cIt\u2019s not just me going through this, but hundreds of thousands of people doing exactly the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reception to her first release has been \u201cincredible\u201d, she says. So how does she celebrate? &#8220;By moving to Latvia for three months,&#8221; she laughs, where she will work with another singer-songwriter and experiment with genres and styles of writing. So look out for more new releases in 2024, she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-66094\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 49%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 49%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1400x700.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-66094\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 49%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 49%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/11\/box-out-image-Edit-1-1400x700.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/noscript><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-8aa11873a5bc851db4f36d68114c941b\">Introducing the new single: Life In My 20s<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-02b3d9f8f56dee7ccb19cc98ab93fd53\">It is hard to believe this is the first release from Ffion Wren.\u00a0The self-produced, folk style track is perfect for fans of the stylings of Birdie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66b369857f9a67e28c29b707bf35b3a3\">The three-minute track is perfectly formed using a catchy drum beat and soothing acoustic guitar tones. The complementary backing vocals also bolden the thought-provoking lyrics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6f6bf626517f4e526935b98fe65cbd90\">The whimsical sounds and lyrics take you on a journey, following her through the struggle of finding her place in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f66eb8dc084effe7b62dd01229ae72f\">It is a relatable song that invites you into her personal life, while staying up-beat and fun. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Life In My 20s\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" 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