photo by Ebru Yildiz, with make up by cassandra lee and styling by emma wendroff
ROREY “Nobody’s Fault But My Own”
Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of ROREY’s song “Nobody’s Fault But My Own,” from her forthcoming EP Dysphoria, due for release on June 20th via Killphonic Records. Dysphoria was produced by ROREY and Scott Effman; mixed by Nathan Philips; and mastered by Brian Callhoon.
We had a chance to have a brief chat with ROREY about the video and the song. The premiere appears just beneath the interview.
Americana Highways: Your lyrics often draw from everyday moments – even something as simple as a text message. Was there a particular moment or line that sparked a song on Dysphoria?
ROREY: Yes! I’d actually written a song-blurb (that’s what I call my unfinished song ideas) months before my session, at 3 a.m. It went: “It’s nobody’s fault but my own, my own, my own.” Flash forward five months later — I walked into that session and said, this is what I want to finish today. Looking back, it feels like a premonition, because I had no idea just how much I was resisting help, or how deeply I’d come to realize that my healing was solely up to me to see through. That line ended up becoming the hook.
AH: “Nobody’s Fault But My Own” is such a powerful message of accountability – was there a specific moment or turning point that inspired this track?
R: I’d been running away from my bipolar diagnosis for six months. At the time, I was in the middle of my third major episode in that span. The night before my session, I was sobbing — I couldn’t sleep, and I was going insane (literally). In that moment, something shifted because I really had to ask myself: what is so scary about choosing not to suffer? I knew I deserved to live a better life, and nobody could do that for me except myself.
AH: You’ve described Dysphoria as unnerving yet comforting — how do you hope listeners will feel after hearing the full project?
R: Less alone in their experiences. There’s so much self-imposed shame around mental health, especially when your struggles go unnoticed. I want people to feel empowered to own what they’re going through — to know they don’t have to disappear when they’re at their lowest. It’s okay to let people in.
Thanks very much for sharing with us, ROREY. You can find more information here on her website: https://itsrorey.com
“Nobody’s Fault But My Own” is ROREY on guitar and Scott Effman on guitar. The video was colored and edited by ROREY and jimmy, with videography by jimmy, and make up and styling by Emma Wendroff. ROREY manages to draw us directly into her struggles like they are our very own. “I let myself down, I can’t hide, make believe it’s different every time it isn’t it’s the same story… it’s nobody’s fault but my own.”