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The group, made up of siblings Manny, Bethany
and Joshua, have been in Britain for a week, performing in
London and Liverpool and spreading a message of good mental
health along the way.
"It still feels kind of like a dream to come to a different
country and play a show of all your original music," lead singer
Manny said. "It still just kind of blows my mind."
The Oregon-based trio grew up in a musical family, performing in
their father's band and forming their own group in their teens.
But it wasn’t until Manny, initially deemed “not cool enough to
join” by the older siblings, began writing original music that
they found their direction, said bassist Bethany.
That led to an appearance on America's Got Talent, where they
wowed judges with "Heaven's Not Too Far", a tribute to their
mother who passed away from cancer, and advanced to the season
13 semi-finals.
Since appearing on the show in 2018 We Three have released two
full-length albums and an EP and toured extensively.
"It all happened very quick. So, this last year has actually
been really good for us to kind of have time to breathe for a
second and really figure out what we want to do," said Bethany.
"It has been a really cool journey since then in some rebranding
and figuring out who we want to be as a band," added Manny, who
writes their songs, using the lyrics to express his emotions and
observations.
"My goal any time I show someone a song is to feel uncomfortable
with what they're hearing about me. I feel like if I don't feel
uncomfortable, then I wasn't honest enough in the song."
That candour manifests itself in "Half Hearted" a track from
their 2020 album "Dear Paranoia, Sincerely, Me" which Manny
wrote while going through a divorce and mourning the end of the
relationship.
“Sara”, another one of their songs, became a social media hit
after they performed it at a livestream concert for the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
"In terms of mental health, we always say it wasn't intentional
for us to talk so much about it,” said Bethany. “I think we're,
maybe to a fault sometimes, honest people, which I think is
scary, but it can be obviously beneficial.”
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala, Editing by Mark Porter)
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