Born and raised on the coast of New Jersey, Lucy Isabel embarked on a three–month road trip after college and ultimately decided to relocate to Nashville. Upon making the move in January 2015, she jumped right in and released two EPs in two years, ‘Along The Way’ and ‘KANE’. She spent the following two years touring and working diligently toward her debut album, Rambling Stranger. However after its release Isabel felt both limitless and lost – “I felt like people were aware of and interested in my career in a way they hadn’t been previously, and I froze.”
Unsure of what else to do, she began to tour extensively. Isabel embarked on an ambitious “31 Shows in 31 Days” tour in October 2019, and she found her footing along the way. Her confidence was short-lived, however, when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived and left everyone in fearful uncertainty. Not one to waste time, Isabel took the opportunity to grow her family, giving birth to her first child in April 2021. Isabel credits her daughter in large part for her return to the touring scene. She says that “Once my daughter turned a year old, she was able to travel more easily with me. It reinvigorated my love for music, and I wanted to share that love with her, so I started bringing her out on tour.”
‘My Memory‘ was born out of thinking about parental dynamics, as Lucy Isabel explained to Americana UK: “I was thinking about parenting dynamics, and what right we have to our children’s memories of us. I came to the conclusion that, ultimately, we have no right to them. We can’t control the things our children will remember about us, so the best we can do is offer them our love and hope that whatever they remember it’s based around warmth.” It’s not just a song for people with children – we have, after all, all been children ourselves at some point, a thought that she elaborated on: “I hope that listeners are able to reflect on their own parental relationships after listening to this song. And it isn’t just for people who have children; it was borne out of my reflection on my relationship with my own parents. Anyone who has ever been a child or ever had a relationship with a parent figure can find themselves in this song.”
