Drake Bell at Teen Vogue’s 2019 Young Hollywood Party in Los Angeles in February 2019.Photo:Presley Ann/FilmMagic
Presley Ann/FilmMagic
Drake Bellis opening up about how he turned his pain into music, years before he publicly came forward as a survivor of sexual assault.
Ina TikTokposted on Saturday, he revealed that his song “In the End,” off his 2005 debut albumTelegraph, was “about what had happened.”
The clip theDrake and Joshalum posted featured footage of himself listening to the first several verses of the song and a caption that said, “Wrote this song when I was 15 about what happened before I said anything to anyone.”
The audio that plays includes the lines, “Wake up / It’s time to get your things together and drive away / Breathe out, future days will treat you better / That’s what they say / Another day gone without a say / But it’s OK if you turn [around].”
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The pop-rock song begins as a ballad, but later evokes an uplifting tone. Throughout the track, the “I Found a Way” singer repeats the chorus: “And in the end, are you stronger? (Are you stronger?) / Do you no longer need to recover? / And where have you been since it’s been over? (Since it’s been over) / Over my shoulder, under my skin, will you ever return again?”
He also sings the compelling verses: “Wake up / The monsters in your head have left you / All to yourself, it’s alright / If ugly little things remind you of how it felt / Another day, no one tells you what it means / What’s in your way and poisonin' your dreams / The darkest place that you’ve ever been.”
Shortly after a trailer forQuiet on Setwas released and revealed that Bell was coming forward about his experience in the four-part series, he alsoreleased a single about facing his trauma.
Drake Bell in Hollywood in 2005.Mathew Imaging/FilmMagic
Mathew Imaging/FilmMagic
On a recent episode of theThe Sarah Fraser Showpodcast, Bell explainedwhy he felt ready to tell his storyinQuiet on Set. Since one of the project’s directors, Emma Schwartz, made him feel “really comfortable,” he ended up speaking about how entering himself into rehab forced him to reckon with things he “hadn’t faced head on” in the past.
“Once I got out, I thought to myself, ‘You know, maybe this is a good time to reach out to them, and say I’m not 100% yet, let’s talk some more but I’m getting closer to feeling comfortable with finally sharing my story,'” he said. “Even though I was battling with, ‘Oh my gosh, what am I doing telling my story? Should I be doing this?’ [But I was getting this feeling of] ‘Wow it’s all out there now. I can get it off my chest.’”
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
source: people.com
