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Catherine Popper Overcomes Burnout to Release “Maybe It’s All Right” After years of high-profile performances with artists like Jack White, Willie Nelson, and Norah Jones, Catherine Popper found herself burnt out at the start of the pandemic. Taking a much-needed break from music, she returned to songwriting unexpectedly—and the result was “Maybe It’s All Right,” a lo-fi, emotionally layered single originally recorded at home in GarageBand. Though Popper didn’t plan to release it, longtime collaborator Jesse Malin heard the track and encouraged her to share it through Velvet Elk Records. The song explores emotional complexity and resilience, themes echoed in its NYC-rooted video, directed by Vivian Wang. True to Popper’s love of history, proceeds from her merch benefit New York’s Tenement Museum. “Maybe It’s All Right” marks her evolution not just as a musician, but as a slow and deliberate songwriter finally embracing her own voice.