NEW YORK — One day Alessia Cara got a request from a friend: Write a song about my breakup. But she said it was easy to pull from her own experiences — and pain — to relate to the song. You’ll be able to hear about her pain — or “pains” — on her new album, from her own breakup to learning how to be happy alone to — simply put — growing up. But she rose above the hate and returned to social media to celebrate the release of “The Pains of Growing,” out on Friday. “The second I wrote ‘Growing Pains,”‘ she said of the album’s opening track, “I knew what the premise of the entire album was going to be.

Source: National Post November 30, 2018 17:36 UTC