American Songwriter - Josh Shilling Pens A Frank Song Full Of Hope With “(Go To Hell) 2020”

“Every once in a while, songs do write themselves,” Josh Shilling told American Songwriter. 

As many songwriters know, it’s a special moment when that magical type of song that Shilling is talking about comes along. For many writers, following inspiration when it strikes often leads to their most enduring and well-loved numbers. There’s something special about the spontaneity of writing in that setting that merits such organic and genuine results. For Shilling, his lucky “it wrote itself” moment came for his new single, “(Go to Hell) 2020,” which dropped on October 7.

“I was in my studio one morning back in the early part of the summer, waiting to start a writing session via Skype,” he said. “The write was at 10 a.m. and I sat down to gather ideas around 9 a.m. I had just gotten word that we were going to lose all of our summer tour dates and possibly the fall and winter as well. Basically, I’d suddenly lost all of my income with no end in sight. There were bills stacked high on the kitchen table, we had just postponed my uncle’s funeral due to COVID-19, we were all afraid and watching our phones and the news for updates and I said to myself out loud: ‘Wow, you can go to hell, 2020.’”  …….

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