Up and coming radiant artist Ashlyn Mylander drops new single “Mutual Thing” The new record is about coming to terms with not only a relationship coming to an end, but also the pain of each person crafting a separate story going forward. 

The song is an important marker in Ashlyn’s life, where she took charge of her own story. The song will be available for listening on all major streaming platforms. 

“Music is literally how I found my voice. I didn’t speak at all until I was four, and even then, my parents and sister couldn’t understand me. They say it was like I was speaking my own language. 

But I could sing along with songs, and when I did people could understand my words. Only then did I feel like a normal kid. My love for music comes from that. When I would sing, people could understand me.

I could connect with people. These days music is still the way I work through things, express myself, and connect with people.”

She reveals to Mundane

Growing up, Ashlyn had a hard time expressing herself due to a speech delay. She went to speech therapy throughout childhood, and has always been anxious about the way she talks. She fears sounding dumb. 

Her parents played a lot of music when she was young, like The Black Keys and Amy Winehouse. She loves the confident growl of rock n roll and the raw honesty of Winehouse’s voice.

“I wrote “Mutual Thing” when I was 15, dealing with my first heartbreak. It’s about coming to grips with not only a relationship coming to an end, but also the pain of each person crafting a separate story going forward. Supposedly a “mutual ending” wasn’t mutual at all”

 In music she found a means to express herself without worrying about her speech. In her mind, she knows what she wants to say, and in a song she can craft the words until she’s confident it sounds right. She then puts those words to music that expresses her feelings and emotions in a way that words alone never could. Ashlyn notes that “‘Mutual Thing’ expresses all the emotions I felt when a breakup that was supposed to be ‘mutual’ turned out to be anything but.”