Melodies of Healing: Why KIRBY’s Miss Black America Speaks to Our Journey
Music has always been medicine for our people. It carries the weight of memory, the rhythm of survival, and the sweetness of joy. When I first listened to KIRBY’s Miss Black America, I felt like she had taken pieces of my own story: childhood storms, tender becoming, ancestral whispers, and present-day healing and set them to music.
This soundtrack isn’t just about sound; it’s about soul. It honors the fullness of Black womanhood and all the grit and the grace, the tenderness and the tenacity. As a full-spectrum doula and healer, I hear in these songs the echoes of birth, rebirth, and everything in between.
Resilience woven into rhythm. Like so many of us, I grew up navigating storms that could have broken me. The music doesn’t shy away from pain, but it transforms it into beauty, reminding us that resilience is not just survival but also creation.
Honoring the ancestral line. Each track feels like a call-and-response with those who came before us. Just as I walk with my ancestors in my healing work, this album roots us in their sacrifices and their joy.
Softness as revolution. There’s a softness in the melodies that feels radical because for Black women, rest, vulnerability, and tenderness are often denied. KIRBY reminds us that claiming softness is its own kind of strength.
Legacy in motion. Whether we are birthing children, birthing art, or birthing new ways of being, our stories are always bigger than us. This soundtrack feels like a lullaby for the future: a reminder that what we create now ripples forward for generations.
At Melamend Mama, I see birthwork, healing, and community care in the same way I hear this album: as an offering. A reminder that our lives are not just about surviving, but about thriving, singing, creating, and loving loudly.
So, if you’ve never listened to Miss Black America, I invite you to sit with it. Let the music hold you. Let it remind you that your story—like mine, like ours—is worthy of song.
