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New Music from Train Inspires Teens Everywhere

Grammy award-winning band Train has partnered with SoulPancake for the release of their new music video “Give It All.” In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the video draws attention to teen suicide and is serving as a call-to-action for viewers to help prevent more lives from ending too soon. This video may cause tears to fall, but that’s okay. If you know someone who needs help, please reach out to them right now. Your voice can help save their life! 511f06e7-d59e-4a61-93ac-416cb7fa27fd
“‘Give It All’ is an important song to me,” says Train frontman Pat Monahan. “The song is about the deep losses in my life, as most of us have also experienced.” He continues, “When we approached SoulPancake about producing this project, they instantly got what we were trying to do. We all want to make this not just another music video, but one that can inspire and empower people. The dancers, Izzy and Ashleigh, are two teenagers who endure the struggles as millions of others their age.  It’s heartbreaking to think that so many will view their situation as hopeless with no faith that life can change and shine bright again. With the help of SoulPancake, we want to be a voice for those who are struggling, to those who have pressed through and those who are healing.”

Directed by SoulPancake’s Bayan Joonam, and Chris Koser serving as Director of Photography and shot in Seattle, Wash., the video features two teenage dancers Israel “Izzy” Harris (16) and Ashleigh Mitchell (17) and together they merge the beauty of dance and art together to deliver a powerful message about loss, healing and letting go. The lotus flower represents the idea of something beautiful and pure rising from murky waters. Bringing attention to the fact that suicide is the third leading cause of deaths for 15-24 year olds according to HealthyChildren.org, the dancers perform a captivating contemporary dance number choreographed by Tani Ohashi and Kelly Bahr.

For more information on Train and to purchase “Give It All” please go to http://savemesanfrancisco.com/. To keep up with the latest on SoulPancake, visit www.soulpancake.com.

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