Overview
- In recent interviews Etheridge described how she copes with the loss of her son by staying busy with simple tasks like gardening and driving when she can’t call him.
- She says the song 'Call You' was the first she wrote for her album Rise and that the track grew directly from moments when she missed everyday contact with her son.
- Etheridge has not performed 'Call You' live and says she is unsure when or if she can do so because the song remains emotionally raw.
- She plans to address her family’s experience with addiction in a forthcoming memoir titled Talking to My Angels and has used public appearances to urge other parents not to be consumed by guilt or shame.
- Her account reiterates that her son Beckett died in 2020 from complications tied to opioid addiction and places the story in the wider context of rising fentanyl and synthetic‑opioid deaths for young adults; one outlet also reported that Beckett was fathered by David Crosby with limited sourcing.