Where do I begin?
I am overjoyed, petrified, excited, nervous, and emotional to be sharing this song and this video I put my heart and soul into.
I wrote this song with my dear friend Keeley when we started to embark on my concept record “work”.
I was sad, angry, hurt, and feeling broken from carrying my trauma and also being triggered and treated poorly by the “big bad” in the music industry.
A person in power actually said the words to me “no one believes you” knowing as a survivor that would hurt me.
But that’s when something clicked for me. I don’t need someone to believe me or believe in me. I believe in me and I believe me.
I’m open to making friends with all my parts - even the unhealed parts that may never be the same.
I’m open to trying every day and I’m proud of myself for doing the “work”.
We shot this all in one take a few days after the LA fires. It’s not lost on me that we were going through that collective trauma together and I’m so thankful to everyone involved - I couldn’t have done it without you… (life and this video)
“Open For Business”… link in bio
Performed by LACES
Written by Jessica Charlotte Vaughn & Keeley Bumford
Produced by Dresage
Guitars by Devon Eisenbarger
Mixed by Ryan Gilligan
Mastered by Tess Greenham at Clearlight Mastering
Shot by The Carters
Directed by The Carters
Choreography & Movement by Kayla Janssen
Creative Director/Concept by Jessica Charlotte Vaughn
Executive Produced by Head Bitch Music
Hair & Makeup by JennaLee
Styled by Claudia Ávila
#openforbusiness #musicvideo #dance #trauma #cpstd
🔨 I wanted to put all of myself into this project (album coming!!). The bits and pieces you see at the office, being a wife, pursuing art, wrestling with cptsd, and everything in between. I’m working hard to be here, and I’m glad you’re here too. 🍷
📸: @sterlingptaylor
💇♀️💄: @jennaleeartistry
👗: @styledbyclaudia_
To my husband,
I wrote this for you 11 years ago in hopes you felt the same way. I still feel lucky that you did and do.
I was always too afraid to share this one. It felt too vulnerable… but love is something worth sharing.
I’m glad I waited 11 years, because the song has taken on an even deeper meaning and tells a new story.
Thank you for always believing in our love story. 🫶
I love you,
Jessie (aka your wife aka LACES 😉)
“The man don’t want a martyr. He wants a mother of someone’s daughter.”
I wrote “Women’s Work” in a flash of rage after hearing Harrison Butker suggest in a graduation speech that a woman’s highest calling is to be a wife and homemaker. I won’t presume to speak for all women - but I can say this: I’m exhausted by men who continue to define our worth, our purpose, and our potential like we somehow belong to them. As if our meaning is only valid when it’s in service to their vision of us.
The song is a tongue-in-cheek (and tongue-lash) response to Harrison. I imagine how he must pity women like me— women with ambition, women who hustle, create, lead, and build in industries still dominated by men. How baffling it must be for him to see a woman thrive outside the roles he’s decided are sacred.
But the real “women’s work”? It’s navigating men like him. The work is in pushing past the patronizing smiles, the gatekeeping, the condescension, and the centuries-old narratives that try to box us in. And we do it all while building something bigger, bolder, and far more meaningful - on our own terms.
Tell me why you want to quit for the summer... I’ll go first — living for the weekend ain’t living at all 🤷🏻♀️😎☀️
#iquit #quitforsummer #corporatelife #popmusic #ihatemyjob
Little throwback to my 2012 Rolling Stone interview where I opened up about my jaw disease (ICR) and how it’s shaped my voice and songwriting. Since then, I’ve had 3 surgeries, but thankfully things have been stable for years now—no further disintegration.
I still deal with pain and inflammation, and singing can feel like performing on a wonky stage built from foreign parts. It works… just not always how it used to.
Doctors have told me I shouldn’t sing—one even said it to me recently 😂 But honestly? I’ve never been great at doing what I’m told.
Singing is who I am. I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to.
Just a little Wednesday reminder: hard doesn’t mean impossible. And different doesn’t mean less worthy. To my fellow rare disease survivors—you’re not alone. I see you. I love you. ✨🫶
#laces #charlottesometimes #rollingstonemagazine #interview #icr #rarediseaseawareness #raredisease #idiopathiccondylarresorption
Still paying for the first 15 minutes but I’ll be your number one wannabe if you’ll have me again 😉💕🫶✨ #laces #15minutes #popmusic #charlottesometimes #work
