“I was inspired by the phrase: ‘The English can’t remember history, while the Irish can’t forget it'”
"My intention is to honour her voice and continue to spread her message.
"Having debuted the cover at a recent Roundhouse show in London, Nash has today (Monday April 13) shared the track as a single, featuring a new original verse and her first-ever turn on the tin whistle.
It comes accompanied by a video co-directed by Nash and shot by Jude Harrison. The video sees Nash once again collaborate with artist and activist Tia O’Donnell, who embroidered the phrase “The English Don’t Know Their History” onto a duvet.
Singer-songwriter Nash holds dual nationality, and has spent time exploring her Irish heritage. After O’Connor’s death in 2023, she began to revisit her catalogue and became fixated on ‘Famine’, in which O’Connor charts the horror of the Great Hunger with a bruising fusion of hip-hop and spoken word.
