“‘The Point Of No Return’ was a song I wrote right before moving to another city,” BONZIE shares on the new single. “It’s a song about letting go, and relinquishing care about the little things, but also holding onto the people most essential. Producing it was fun because I always envisioned handclaps and little texturized percussion instead of traditional drums. Creating the feedback swells and recording the electric guitar in my apartment was satisfying.”

Produced and written solely by BONZIE and mixed with the help of multi-GRAMMY winning Michael Brauer (Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan), When I Found The Trap Door stands as a testament to BONZIE’s unwavering artistry and marks a significant milestone in her career, which began with her debut album at the age of 15.

“This album feels like a culmination of all the knowledge I’ve gained through years, and the tools I’ve developed through observing all the incredible people I’ve worked with,” shares BONZIE. “It was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done, but it was so satisfying to be in a constant state of learning and growing and getting better.”

When I Found The Trap Door:

1. Do You Know Who I Am
2. The Point of No Return
3. Hollywood
4. lavalamp
5. Sanctioned Gold Buoy
6. This Is Not Real
7. The Simplest Choice
8. Thin Illusions
9. The Only Thing Left
10. Isn’t It Funny

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The R&B-infused track, written, produced and engineered by BONZIE, is a haunting tale of personal trauma and evolution, representing the shattering and dismantling of a certain intangible violence. Utilizing the unique voice of Chicago rapper Teo The Artist on his crushing verse, ‘Spiritual Violence’ is a balance of two perspectives that resonate with the song’s universal message.

“There is suffering that exists on a deep, fundamental ‘living thing’ level, where our spirits recognize that what’s happening isn’t right or just,” shares BONZIE aka Nina Ferraro. “I really wanted to pay attention to the energy in and of itself because everyone, even bigoted people, have experienced their own personal kind of spiritual violence. It’s sort of a spiral on itself – that trauma begets trauma – and the song is trying to squash that spiral; that’s how I wanted to feel when I wrote it. When I sing the lyrics ‘spiritual violence ends now,’ that’s the sensation that I want the song to elicit.”

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