Weyes Blood opens up about “survivors guilt” following LA wildfires and shares charity shirt for American Red Cross

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Weyes Blood has opened up about “survivors guilt” following LA wildfires, and has launched a charity shirt with the American Red Cross to raise funds for those affected.The singer – real name Natalie Mering – took to Instagram yesterday (February 8) to share her experience of the devasting fires that began on January 7, destroying more than 12,000 structures destroyed and requiring the evacuation of more than 150,000 residents.Addressing her followers, she said that she was “emerging” from a period of hibernation to pay tribute to her “beautiful house” in Altadena, California. “I was displaced by the Eaton Fire and it’s taken a minute to fully absorb the emotional impact of it all, and share my little story,” she wrote.“Altadena was a dream town, and this was a little dream house.

I’ve written many songs there, I’ve played piano with squawking peacocks, layed on the roof and howled at the moon, had badminton tournaments, sang YouTube karaoke in my living room… It was my spot, and my imagination ran wild.”A post shared by @weyesbloodThe ‘Andromeda’ artist said that although her rented house didn’t burn down, some of her neighbours’ homes had. “I am left saddled with this feeling of gratitude to have my stuff (albeit smoke damaged) but also I am saddled with survivors guilt and a whole lot of uncertainty about the habitability of the structures left behind.”After posting an Instagram carousel of photos showing the damage, she also shared a link to a limited edition Weyes Blood shirt made for the American Red Cross, which you can find here.