"Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith occasionally sets himself a challenge: write one new song every day for an entire month. He started his most recent songwriting marathon in January, the coldest month of the year in Minnesota, a seemingly perfect time to hunker down and create. Seven days into the new year, an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother who had just dropped off her six-year-old at school."
"His completed song, titled "Fuck This," is part of a growing tidal wave of protest music created in response to the increasingly violent immigration enforcement across the country, which has led to the shocking killings of Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. The songs include traditional protest music in the style of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, somber odes to Good and Pretti, and anthems that celebrate the resilience of Minnesotans."
"Messersmith, a beloved local songwriter who's lived in the city for over 20 years, woke up the next day and felt like he couldn't go on. "I sat down to write and I just had nothing else to say. I had absolutely nothing else to say that day," he tells InsideHook. "Then I was kind of vocalizing and I just went, 'Eff this.'""
Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith sets monthly challenges to write a new song every day and began a January marathon. Seven days into the new year an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother. Messersmith felt unable to continue but channeled his anger into a song titled "Fuck This." The song became part of a growing wave of protest music responding to violent immigration enforcement and the killings of Good and Alex Pretti. Local and national artists have produced traditional protest songs, somber odes, and anthems celebrating Minnesota resilience. The songs aim to shake fear and galvanize action, and Minnesota Public Radio's Current aired Messersmith's track shortly after he posted it.
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