“Taylor Contarino, The Female American Powerhouse Making Waves In Hollywood By Turning Her Pain Into a Superpower” - Artist Spotlight & Single Reviews - By The Fans Magazine

Words & Review: Grace Wearn

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Taylor Contarino, the female American powerhouse making waves in Hollywood by turning her pain into a superpower. Through her art of music & songwriting and advocation of addiction, amongst modelling and being an actress.

Her stripped down R&B, dreamlike sound solidifies beauty into the raw emotion of lyrics that theme her melodies.

Alongside this she has built a strong community in healing as a result of her vulnerability and honesty in her work for advocation for addiction. In her vulnerability, she is a role model - consistently and rightfully stating that grief and healing is never linear, and encouraging those conversations more-so; when many had experienced unspoken conversations about grief, when they were younger.

“Only Halfway” has that dreamy, soulful nod to classic R & B - and very much reminds me of Rihanna’s early discography such as ‘Willing to Wait’. The pain but equal forgiveness of the raw lyrics fuel the angelic harmonies throughout the track. All of the stages of grief are very much explored in this song, but yet they are exposed in a beautifully angelic vulnerable composition. Again, grief and healing is never linear so I feel this was a great representation of that message, in this song.

Her latest single “Survivors Guilt” I perceive as struggles from mental health, especially her growing up with someone close that had struggled with addiction. It’s very much stripped back R & B and the themes are sung around embracing the past version of you, but not letting it destroy the current you - “I am more than just the mistakes that made me”. With Taylor being that young female influence, I feel a lot of people (including myself) can relate too - “A product of pain”; regardless of your circumstance, situation or relationship with those closest to you.

I think it also solidifies the message of turning your pain into power and not letting it define who you are truly.