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assidy, who has been involved in music from
Ca young age (her dad taught her to play the
guitar at the age of seven), had already announced
that her sophomore full-length release is her stepping
‘even more into who she is as an artist’, telling the
world, ‘This is the most honest and raw I’ve ever been
with songs. This record feels like it’s a part of me. Like
reading a diary of my life over the past couple of years’.
With 'Butterfly’ in mind, Black Velvet begins by asking
Cassidy in what way does she feel 'Bittersweet' is her
becoming a butterfly.
Cassidy explains, “I think, for a long time, I was in
a situation where I was very much silenced and made
to be a certain way on stage, in terms of the songs I
write, connecting with people and developing friend-
ships with people on the scene.
"More recently, I went through an obvious dynamic
change in my personal life as well and this whole
record is very much a reflection of me becoming who I
am and who I am supposed to be. I'm a big believer
that everything happens for a reason, so I think this
record is very much bittersweet, but also, me becoming
that butterfly and becoming that person I am supposed
to be."

assidy makes several comments on the
Cchanges and situations she has gone through
in recent times with remarkable comfort, but also with
a confidence, as if the world is completely familiar with
these events. The experience she refers to came ear-
lier in 2025 when, shortly after arriving with her father
and bassist Stevie Janevski into the UK for their sec-
ond headline tour of our cities, the eagerness to build
on the popularity of their debut tour in 2024 came to a
crashing and crushing halt when Cassidy went through
a sudden, unexpected and ugly breakup with the re-
mainder of her band, which also represented a per-
sonal relationship breakdown, as well. It was a double
whammy and one which could have easily derailed her
promising career, but she was able to harness this into
positivity for the new songs. And it speaks volumes that
someone, especially as young as Cassidy, is able to
speak at ease and so openly about the subject and
how she has turned such a negative experience into
something positive, as many would struggle to do so.
Her comments echo the opening lyrics of the song
which read, ‘I laid down but I stood my ground, like you
wanted, like you wanted and I shut up, but I screamed
out loud. Like you wanted, like you wanted. You don’t

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