On The Record

This track was born from a real headline: The cultural shift toward normalizing therapy — celebrities, athletes, and public figures openly discussing mental health treatment, the rise of therapy apps, and the destigmatization movement gaining mainstream acceptance 2023-2026. Muckraker's pop production gives the story the weight of a front-page exclusive — journalism you can feel in your chest. Lines like "Therapy on Thursdays, park around the side," anchor the track in specifics that generic coverage misses. The mood — empowering, bright, honest — reflects the emotional reality behind the numbers. Every Majik's Studio news track exists to make you feel the story, not just read it.

[verse 1] Used to whisper it like something you should hide, Therapy on Thursdays, park around the side, Like healing was a secret and the cure was made of shame, Like the bravest thing you'd ever do should never have a name, But then the point guard for the Lakers said it on the air, Said I see somebody weekly and I'm better for the care, And the singer at the Grammys with the statue in her hand, Said I almost didn't make it here, my therapist helped me stand, Now the waiting rooms are crowded and the stigma's getting thin, People posting their appointments like the gym they're walking in, Forty-two million Americans in therapy this year, And the number keeps on climbing — let me make this very clear, This is not a trend, this is not a phase, this is not a fad, This is people finally saying what they always should have had, A conversation with a person who will listen and not judge, A safe place to unpack the heavy things that will not budge. [chorus] I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I said it out loud and the sky didn't change, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm putting my healing on record by name, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, The bravest thing I did was walk through that door, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not who I was anymore. [verse 2] Little kid in Oakland asked his teacher for a talk, Said the feelings in my stomach make it hard for me to walk, Teacher didn't say be tough, didn't say you'll be okay, She said let me call the counselor, that's exactly what they're for today, And the kid sat in the office with a crayon and a page, And drew the thing he couldn't say at only seven years of age, Drew a monster in his bedroom and a cloud above his head, And the counselor said, "I see him too. Let's shrink him down instead," Now every state is pushing mental health days into law, Kids can stay home for their minds the way they stay home with the flu, Because we finally understand what we should have always saw, A broken arm and broken spirit both need tending to, Therapy's not weakness, it's the opposite of that, It's looking at the darkest room and turning on the light, It's sitting with the uncomfortable until it folds flat, And learning how to carry what you used to try to fight. [chorus] I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I said it out loud and the sky didn't change, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm putting my healing on record by name, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, The bravest thing I did was walk through that door, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not who I was anymore. [bridge] My grandmother would never say the word out loud, My mother whispered it behind a closed door and a cloud, But I say it in the daylight, I say it to my friends, I say it on the internet where everybody trends, Because every generation gets to break a wall that stood, And the one we're breaking open says that healing's understood, So if you're thinking about calling but the number feels too real, Just know that every person in that waiting room can feel. [chorus] I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I said it out loud and the sky didn't change, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm putting my healing on record by name, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, The bravest thing I did was walk through that door, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not who I was anymore. [outro] I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, I'm not ashamed, Walk through that door, I'm not who I was anymore.