Kristen Ford - Whiplash (single)

Kristen Ford returns with the bubbly and bittersweet indie rock cut “Whiplash”. Delivered as a swift followup to the defiant trans-rights anthem “Wild Heart” (released June 9th), “Whiplash” similarly showcases Ford’s penchant for serving up accessible allegories that speak to deeper, and darker, realities. On the face of it, “Whiplash” is a frustrated tale of negotiating love bombs and emotional landmines in doomed romantic relationships. In Ford’s hands though, “Whiplash” is also an expression of the conditionality and broken promises that underpin the American dream that was proffered in her youth. She explains, “How about being told if you play nice, go to college and get a degree, you get a career, a life, and a home only to be saddled with debt? Have those debts promised to be forgiven and then, whiplash, forget it. How about losing our rights to decide what we do with our own bodies? What’s next, our marriages? Our ability to travel? The American dream of my 20s is leaving me wit