"All I Ever Asked" by Rachel Chinouriri // Song Review
Initially inspired by a friend's breakup, "All I Ever Asked" by Rachel Chinouriri later became a reflection of her own experiences as well. The song captures the quiet devastation of realizing that the simplest forms of commitment in a relationship was never truly there. "When I've gone through a lot emotionally, it's easier to get a song out for me," Rachel said in an interview with Apple Music. "Friends tell me their heartbreak and stories, and I guess I just feel a lot when things happen, in proportions which I don't really understand sometimes. I'm a heavy feeler." In another interview with DORK , she explained, "'All I Ever Asked' was inspired by a breakup my friend was going through, and it made me reflect on a similar situation I was going through too. The feeling of asking someone you love to respect you in the simplest form and realizing it's the bare minimum. It's also about realizing your own worth and n...