Rhonette Smith Releases “Exhale” for World Mental Health Day
Sayreville songstress Rhonette Smith is releasing her first single in five years today—“Exhale”—in honor of World Mental Health Day. The pop-rock tune was recorded with producer Stephen Keller at The Burn Room in Oak Ridge. Smith tells The Jersey Sound that “it explores the physical sensations that come when experiencing anxiety and then relief.”
She’s been baring her soul by exploring the dark sides of depression, anxiety, shame, guilt and fear since she was 15 years old. In 2013, she formed Centennials, with which she toured and recorded for nine years before going solo for her 2019 Phantasmic debut. “I’ve wanted to have a career as a musician since I was a kid,” she says. “After a long and winding path, I finally understood that nothing would really fulfill me like the dream I had all along. And the only way to find out if I could do it is to continue to try.”
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