Prefuse 73 provides a remix of 'Be Brave' that escorts the song into something like a parade or a dance through labyrinthian caves, expanding the song's foundation into a direction of something scattered and dark. Blige, The National, and many others, engineered and mixed the song in New York City. Pat Dillett, producer and engineer for David Bryne, Laurie Anderson, They Might be Giants, Mary J. Like the entirety of All Things Will Unwind, “Be Brave” features celebrated New York City chamber ensemble yMusic. This was the context in which I started writing. 3, the lament of a mother who has lost her son in war.

“In November,” says Worden, “the great composer Gorecki died and I remember that weekend clearly, listening to the work and reading the lyrics in his beautiful Symphony No. But it’s also an inner dialogue, Shara to Shara, a blistering plea/lecture/pep talk to get her gameface on and do something tangible and real about injustice - including singing and dancing.

It is her rain dance, her attempt to influence and change things seemingly outside her control. “Be Brave,” the first video from My Brightest Diamond’s third and forthcoming album All Things Will Unwind, is frontwoman Shara Worden’s response to a world unwinding.

Alarming increases in human trafficking and sexual slavery. The house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. The impending demise of the Adélie penguins.

My brightest diamond be brave