Stevie Nicks Performs Women’s Rights Anthem ‘The Lighthouse’: Watch
Stevie Nicks delivered a powerful performance of her most recent single, The Lighthouse, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The former Fleetwood Mac frontwoman’s performance was prefaced by the host referring to the track as an “anthem for women’s rights”.
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“It seemed like overnight, people were saying ‘What can we, as a collective force, do about this?’ For me, it was to write a song,” Nicks wrote in a press release when the song was released in September. “It took a while because I was on the road. Then early one morning I was watching the news on TV and a certain newscaster said something that felt like she was talking to me, explaining what the loss of Roe v. Wade would come to mean. I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it that night.
“That was September 6, 2022. I have been working on it ever since. I have often said to myself, ‘This may be the most important thing I ever do. To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters – and the men that love them.’ This is an anthem.”
In a recent appearance on MSNBC’s talk show Morning Joe, Nicks urged musicians to use their platform to write songs that tackle the issues of the day. When host Mika Brzezinski asked which other musicians were writing songs that addressed social problems, Nicks said, “Well you know, if you really think about it, no matter who really wins, it’s not over. Right, I mean the government, whatever, we have to figure out a way to bring back Roe v. Wade.”
Nicks continued: “I mean we all had to pick causes, this the cause I chose but you know what, in the 50s, 60s and going into the 70s, everybody was writing protest songs, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, so I would say to all of my musical poets that write songs, write some songs about what is happening like I did. Yes, it’s scary. I mean there was a point where I was going like ‘I’m pretty terrified to put this song out’ and then I thought to myself ‘You know what? At 76, years old, ‘Really?’ So I’m putting this song out and I’m loving putting it out because I do think people are listening to it.”