「She don't stop」—Laura Mvula She
她累了，但她不曾放棄，即便總是倒退了十步才前進一步。
"She"收錄於Laura Mvula的第一張專輯Sing to the Moon，整首歌由顫音琴簡單空靈的主旋律搭配Laura Mvula獨特的嗓音開始，隨著淡入的節奏與伴唱越發強烈，副歌"She don't stop, she don't stop, she don't stop."迴盪在MV中每個人生的重要起伏，最後歸於寧靜，完成一次循環。適合閉上眼睛跟著節奏一起唱。
MV中的小女孩不斷穿越各個場景，經歷一件件人生的里程碑，關於親人離世、成長、戀愛、生育等等。透過MV首尾呼應的表現方式，闡述一段生命的循環，並藉由鏡頭旁觀的視角，讓觀者跟著主角穿梭其中，一同感受。
"I'm fascinated by the idea that as human beings, even in that ultimate sort of desperation - loneliness or isolation or coming to the end of yourself - there could be something as small as hope, as small as a mustard seed. It could be minute, but it's enough to sustain you for however much longer. When it feels like you have nothing left, there's always something. For some people it's God, for others it's relationships, or whatever."—Laura Mvula
寫下"She"這首歌的基石，來自Laura Mvula人生中絕望與失落的各種想法、情緒與感受。創作這首歌是一個過程，去喚起並縫合這些絕望與失落的種種，然後發覺人類美麗的地方——只要有一點點的希望，哪怕像種子一樣小，就足以支持一個人走得更遠一些。
在過去的訪談中，Laura Mvula談及不希望自己的音樂被貼上乖乖牌的靈魂樂標籤，為了掙脫被媒體輕易且強制冠上的刻板印象，她從2013 Sing to the Moon 開始，做了許多大膽的嘗試，然而並非一帆風順，甚至因為作品銷量不佳，遭到Sony放冷拋棄(與Sony子公司RCA解除合約關係)。儘管如此，她於2021年，在新公司Atlantic下發布了最新的專輯，證明自己在創作路上仍未放棄。
此外，Laura Mvula長期受到焦慮症和經常性的恐慌突襲所困擾，於是與BBC一同合作，拍攝了《世代焦慮》的短片，探討現今社會35歲以下，尤其女性族群身為焦慮症高風險族群的原因，並藉由Laura Mvula的個人經驗，分享如何與其調適並共存。「試著對自己寬容一些，然後讚嘆自己日常裡那些微小的成就。」持續練習，那便是一種力量，溫柔而堅定。
"This is something that doesn't have to be a prison for me, for other people. Because the more is spoken about, the more we can figure out how to move through it together rather than on your own. I've started noted to pat myself on the back for smallest achievement you know, like my walk to the shop."—Laura Mvula
同場加映另一首讚的"Phenomenal Woman"。
文獻來源： - Laura Mvula: Generation Anxiety. BBC Radio 4.
- DREW MILLER. (2017). "A Few Words on “She” by Laura Mvula".THE RABBIT ROOM.
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