Christian Artist Exposes Social Media Exhaustion in New Single
By Movieguide® Contributor
As young people constantly scroll social media, Christian artist Grace Graber released a new song called, “Superficiality,” discussing the issue of social media exhaustion.
“I’m someone who constantly has social media fatigue,” Graber confessed to The Christian Beat. “Social media consumes so much of my time. It makes me feel so much less than my life, like I’m not doing enough. Social media points out the inadequacies of being a normal human, like if there is nothing to post about today, then you failed.”
“It’s wonderful to share my life with people who are far away, but the risk and what I lose from that is, essentially, my love of real life,” she continued. “Unfortunately, I’ve fallen in love with social media and not what will truly satisfy me, which is real life—life with Jesus. And so I think this just pokes at how ridiculous that is. I want to grow, and I want to learn from that.”
CCM Magazine reports that, while Graber wholeheartedly believes in the song’s message, “Superficiality” was actually pitched to her by songwriters Joelle Einerson and James Stevens.
“I think we were all just in a place where we wanted to say how done we are with the upkeep of portraying perfection,” Stevens expressed. “This song kind of allowed us to say that in a self-reflective way that hopefully everyone can relate to.”
“The best part of this write for me is that while Grace has the talent to deliver this song, like the rockstar that she is, in the short time I’ve gotten to know her, I’ve learned that she’s truly authentic, personable, fun and real,” he continued. “So I truly think that Grace is someone who can represent this message just as well as she rocks it with her voice.”
“It’s easy to point out the phony in others, but actually realizing the phony inside of yourself? That’s a whole different thing,” Einerson added. “Change starts with self-awareness. I think everybody has a chance every decade of their lives to shed a whole new level of artificial. But I think that if the youth could recognize that early on, they could save a lot of heartache in the long run. They could be inspired to live a more authentic life that’s more true to themselves and true to God.”
Graber shared her gratitude for all the help she received from her team. The artist wrote on Instagram, “‘HON-EST-LY’… I’m really grateful for everyone who worked on this song. Im thriving because a team of people believe in what I’m doing & it makes doing this even more of a dream.”
“Superficiality” can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and Amazon Music.
