Review Fix Exclusive: Brooklyn Doran Talks ‘The Villain’

Review Fix chats with Singer/songwriter Brooklyn Doran who discusses her second single, “The Villain,” off her upcoming album “These Paper Wings.” Breaking down the inspiration for the track as well as her goals for the future, Doran gives us plenty of reasons to give her music a try.

Review Fix: How was this song written? What inspired it?

Brooklyn Doran: The song “The Villain” was written as a song of strength. I was writing in response to a situation I found myself in where I felt pressured and trapped, and I was frustrated at how many similar stories I’d heard my female friends tell of how we are often put in uncomfortable situations, and then later asked to take full responsibility, when on many occasions what is happening to us is out of our agency and control.

Review Fix: What are your goals for it?

Doran: “The Villain” is the second single from my upcoming album “These Paper Wings” and my goal for this single is for at least one person to listen to it and be able to relate to the stories I am telling, and to come away from listening to the song feeling stronger and more empowered.

Review Fix: How does it differentiate itself from your first single?

Doran: The first single is very calm and lighthearted, and a little more folk oriented whereas this single has a bit more edge to it. Sonically, I think it lives in a darker place and lyrically I feel like it lives in a more complicated place as well.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Doran: I am releasing my album on September 9 and throwing a SICK album release party at The Drake Hotel on September 10th with two amazing Toronto folk acts UKAE and A Fellow Ship.

RSVP HERE: https://www.facebook.com/events/288016261552008/

Then, I am heading out on the String and Paper Wings Tour with singer-songwriter Rory Taillon across Canada. We will be on the road for a little over a month and will be hitting over 22 dates spanning across Canada! We hope to see you in your city very soon.

More information is available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/307343479621560/

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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