In another “near miss,” I almost made the mistake of sleeping on STORRY. Hailing from Toronto, this self-produced songstress and JUNO award nominee putting out eclectic R&B and pop. “Intimate Abuse” is her latest offering, celebrating real love thriving in the shadow of abuse. STORRY’s voice simmers with impassioned thriving. She is a soul child picking apples from the tree planted long ago by Mary J. Blige.
Front and center is resilience learned from being coerced into the sex industry. It’s a bravely unpopular position to take. It is an uphill battle against big-moneyed interest that has been successfully marketing itself as empowering rather than endangering. “Even well-meaning family members would tell me not to share my experiences,” she writes, “because there’s a lot of shame and victim-blaming when it comes to abuse and the sex industry.” STORRY’s biggest asset is her willingness to tell her story – despite a world that silences people like her. Brava.
Check out the video for “Intimate Abuse” below, and a dozen more on her YouTube.
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