Fed up with being told to “just shut up and sing,” Bonnie Whitmore has taken the offensive and turned some of today’s major talking points into songs with a message. “I thought, fine, I’m just going to sing what I want to talk about,” she says about her new release, Last Will & Testament (Aviatrix Records). While many artists have stayed far away from taking any position on controversial topics, Whitmore tackles such serious issues as rape culture, suicide, loss, and the widening divide in American society in a genre-bending collection of songs that showcase her incredible voice. Bonnie has never been shy about dealing directly with serious matters in a conversational manner. Her previous release, Fuck With Sad Girls, is full of social commentary and Whitmore considers Last Will & Testament to be a sequel of sorts to that 2016 breakthrough album. Her earlier records were more Americana in feeling, but with her more recent releases she has focused more on personal topics including her depression and feelings of vulnerability.