Fans Vote Stevie Nicks’ ‘The Lighthouse’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Stevie Nicknames“The Lighthouse” tops this week’s new music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published on Friday, September 27. Open billboardThey chose the rock icon’s new song as their favorite new music release of the past week.

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There was tight competition in the poll, but Nicks’ new song received almost 72% of the votes. Voters chose “The Lighthouse” this week over popular new music including Lady Gaga, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, as well as Rosalía featuring Ralphie Choo and more.

“The Lighthouse,” Nicks said. release the piece On September 27, “it might be the most important thing I’ve ever done.”

“I’ve got scars, you’ve got yours/Don’t let them take your strength,” she sings expertly, leading the verses into a dynamic chorus that encourages listeners to “see and see the future.” go crazy.”

“I wrote this song a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned,” Nicks wrote. In a post on Instagram. “It seemed like it happened overnight, people said, ‘What can we do about this as a collective force…’ “For me, it was writing a song.”

He continued: “It took a while because I was on the road. Then early one morning I was watching the news on TV and a news anchor said something as if he was talking to me and explained what the loss of Roe v. Wade would mean. I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it that night. It was September 6, 2022. I’ve been working on it ever since. I often said to myself: ‘This may be the most important thing I’ve ever done.’ “To stand up for the women of the United States, their daughters and grandchildren, and the men who love them.”

“It’s an anthem,” Nicks said.

Lady Gaga’s is among the new music coming after “The Lighthouse” in this week’s poll. Clown The project received nearly 18% of the votes, and The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s new collaboration “Timeless” received 3% of the votes.

See the final results of this week’s survey below.

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