Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Morgan Nagler unveils her debut single, "Cradle The Pain"

“I originally wrote this song as sort of a letter to one of my dear friends. It’s funny how it’s often easier to cut to the core of truth when the message is disguised as being for somebody else. It has since taken on many new and personal meanings to me, currently serving as more of a mantra,” Nagler explains. “I think we inherently know it’s all in our own hands, but the allure of not being accountable allows us to romanticize falling victim to the whims of fate. I am constantly needing the reminder that perspective truly is the key to life, and only we contain our own salvations. We have to just keep getting back on the saddle again and again. Cradle the pain, it’s all the same, it’s what you make of it.”

“This song is the first of a body of work I consider closest to home,” she says. “After spending my childhood as an actor taking on alternate personalities, my young adult days writing and touring in various indie projects, and the last several years writing with and for other artists, I’ve compiled a personal collection of songs alongside Kyle [Thomas]. They will be released under my name for the first time, which is appropriate as I feel pretty raw and more like myself than ever. So in many ways, regardless of a lifetime spent in the trenches of creativity, this feels like a debut.”

Morgan Nagler received a Grammy nomination for her contribution to Phoebe Bridgers' "Kyoto", and has previously written songs and collaborated with Haim, The Breeders, Madi Diaz and others.