Stevie Nicks, our beloved witchy rock queen, has a confession: she’s a newbie voter. At a fresh-faced 76 years young, the Fleetwood Mac icon just revealed that she didn’t check a single ballot box until she hit 70! Yes, you read that right – the woman who could hypnotize us with her voice waited until retirement age to vote. “I never voted until I was 70, but I regret that,” she told MSNBC, casually turning ‘voter’s remorse’ into a personal genre.
Now, Stevie’s feeling that FOMO hard and has even been announcing it onstage – “I regret that, and I don’t have very many regrets.” That’s right; her life may be Edge of Seventeen, but she’s on the Edge of Remorse over this one.
So, why didn’t she vote for all those years? Oh, she had excuses, alright – so many, she practically had a Greatest Hits album of them. “You can say, ‘Oh, I didn’t have time. I was this and that.’” Yeah, Stevie, you didn’t have an hour? But really, can we blame her? Between twirling in capes, casting spells, and hypnotizing audiences, finding an hour to vote could slip anyone’s mind.
But Stevie’s got her groove now and is rocking her civic duty. In fact, she’s going all in, recently endorsing Kamala Harris in an interview with Rolling Stone. “We have to find a way to bring back Roe v. Wade,” she declared, with all the power of a rock goddess. She pointed out that the protest spirit of the ‘60s was alive in her day, with the likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell writing songs to shake the system. Stevie’s ready to pass the protest torch to a new generation of songwriters – the modern-day bards, if you will – encouraging them to channel their rage into chart-topping activism.
In true rock star fashion, she’s walking the walk (and the talk) with a new single, “The Lighthouse,” inspired by the ongoing fight for reproductive rights. Stevie’s concept? Well, it’s about keeping the light on in dark times, like a moody lighthouse safeguarding ships from crashing into rocks. Stevie’s lighthouse is the ultimate protector, shining its light for all of us — boats, ships, and probably a few broomsticks, too.
So next time you feel too busy to vote, remember: if Stevie Nicks can put on her witch hat and make it to the ballot, we all can.