“Ashe” is the thirteenth and final track (and also the fourth and final single) from Ashe’s third studio album, Willson. It was released just two days before the album, on September 4, 2024. Interestingly, the final singles from Ashe’s first two albums (“Me Without You” from Ashlyn, and “omw” from R...
[Verse 1]
I'm learning to like myself for the first time
Tryna rewrite all the stories that I’ve told
Everyone thought I had it all together, now my fair-weather friends are gone with the cold
[Verse 2]
And I hadn't addressed the shame, I confess, it was eating me alive
If you bury something so deep underneath all the laughter and the lies
Guess nobody will believe you when you finally ask for help
I've been crying wolf еvery day for a while now (Mm-mm)
I’ve been tеlling you I'm okay for a while now
[Chorus]
I'm outrunning the past, but it all has to catch up with the times
If I was faster, then I could pass the finish line
(Ah-ahh, ah-ahh)
And if none of this lasts, then I can't grasp the reasons that we try
Will it matter when we all turn to ash?
Will any of this matter?
Will any of us matter in the end?
[Verse 3]
So, I left California 'cause California was a lot
It was heatstrokes and suntans and pretending I am someone I am not
If I went back, I'd buy a house on a vineyard and sell all of my grapes
And no one would know that I used to be someone so great (Mm-mm)
Oh, no one would know that I used to be someone
[Chorus]
I'm outrunning the past, but it all has to catch up with the times
If I was faster, then I could pass the finish line
(Ah-ahh, ah-ahh)
And if none of this lasts, then I can't grasp the reasons that we try
Will it matter when we all turn to ash?
Will any of this matter?
Will any of us matter in the end?
[Post-Chorus]
(Mm-mm)
Will the rumors and the actors
And the music really matter in the end?
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
(Ahh-ahh)
(Ah-ahh, ahh)
(Ah-ahh, ahh)
(Ahh-ahh)
(Ah-ahh, ahh, ahh)
(Ah-ahh, ahh)
(Ah-ahh, ahh, ahh)
Ashe was written by Ashe & Collin Pastore & Jake Finch.
Ashe was produced by Collin Pastore & Jake Finch.
I never thought [this song] would see the light of day; it was all just me processing. I feel like our best versions of ourselves is when we get to tap back into who we were as little girls… so free, before all the puberty and the insecurity and the pressures from the world.
— Ashe via People
If I...
In a TikTok video addressed to her fans, Ashe said:
It feels so special because you all picked it. Honestly, I feel like this is the kind of song that doesn’t typically become a single. So, like, I would’ve never picked it, not because I don’t love it or because it doesn’t represent the album (it h...