Friday, 14 May 2021, 10:23 am
A new campaign launching today is aiming to highlight
significant mental health issues faced within the music
industry. The campaign Music Holds Hope involves a series of
video interviews featuring local artists: Rei, Foley (Ash
& Gabe), Michael Murphy (Written by Wolves), Abby Lee
Harder and Denel speaking candidly about the challenges they
have faced with their mental health as well as how music
helped them through their wellbeing journey.
A survey
conducted by MusicHelps in 2018 found more than a third
(35%) of musical creatives in New Zealand rated their mental
and emotional well-being as ‘fair’ or ‘poor’ and