Ashley Tisdale gets personal about her turbulent struggle with anxiety in her new single, “Love Me & Let Me Go,” but her new video for the song proves that confronting mental health issues in song doesn’t always have to be negative.
Tisdale used symbolism to represent the different stages of anxiety in the video, which opens with the singer writhing in a dimly lit room, showing signs of pain as she sings, “I been chained up to my mind.” The scenery gradually becomes brighter and tinted pink as Tisdale grabs hold of her anxiety, staring into the camera as she declares “When feelings control me, they ain’t gonna hold me back.”
“’Love Me & Let Me Go’ is a song where I’m talking to my anxiety,” Tisdale explains in a statement about the moody pop track with a skittering beat. “The music video represents the feelings of being trapped and needing to let go.”
Watch the video here.
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