Tell us about:

Your latest single you have released:

My most recent release is “Women Always Know,” the single off my debut EP, Slightly Out Of Reach. “Women Always Know” is one of my favorite songs I’ve written because it discusses such a universally felt feeling among women and femme people – a gut feeling, an intuition of knowing something. It’s also just a super fun song to sing, scream, and jump around to. Since recording this project, it is the song I was most excited for people to hear.

Your first single and how you felt when it was released:

My first single was a song called “Bass Line.” It’s a pop/rock breakup song and I released it in July of 2022. When I released “Bass Line,” I experienced a very wide range of emotions. I had been writing songs for 16 years, so to finally release one publicly while announcing my music career was a big and scary moment for me, but it was also very exciting. I was really nervous no one would listen but almost immediately, texts started rolling in from friends, family, and even high school acquaintances. That validation was important because it gave me the confidence to continue on. 

Your favourite song that you have created that is an album track:

My favorite song from my EP is the final track titled, “Summer In Love.” It’s a slower americana/folk song about feeling stuck in life and getting through it with a partner. This song is most special to me because it was written while I was recording the other four tracks for the EP. My producer and I built the song around the main acoustic guitar and melody. Creating this record almost felt like painting a landscape. Separately, sometimes I’ll write a great catchy song like “Women Always Know” and then won’t write another song I like for months. “Summer In Love” was me proving to myself that I can continue to write great music and that the best is still yet to come.

Your favourite song to play live:

My favorite song to play live is definitely “Women Always Know.” There are claps built into the song in the bridge which creates a natural place for audience interaction. It’s fun, it’s catchy, and it’s easy to pick up the lyrics. I have the band playing in the music video and you can really see how much fun we have performing it together. 

The song that was the longest to write and why?

This is going to sound crazy, but every track on the EP was written in 20-40 minutes. These are some of my favorite songs I’ve written and when I’m writing a great song, it just pours out of me. I think the song that took the longest to produce was track 2, “Wish I Believed You.” It’s such a beautiful and cinematic song that it was hard to do it justice in a recording. The first time I listened back, it was too dark, then it was too empty, then it was too loud… you get the point. We played around with the production for a very long time to get it just right, but once we had it, the song was perfect and I’m really proud of the final result. 

Your most emotional track:

My most emotional track is track 4, “Doing Life With Me.” This is the sister song to “Women Always Know” in that they were written back-to-back in the same night, 20 minutes apart and produced in the same country style. While “Women Always Know” is about fear and anxiety, “Doing Life With Me” is a plea to my partner to hold on a little longer. Remembering how I felt writing it, I still sometimes tear up when I listen to it. I’ve heard people say ‘sometimes, love isn’t enough to keep two people together’ and this song is me begging for it to be.

The best lyric you have ever written:

That’s a tough one. Two of my most poetic songs, “Wish I Believed You” and “Summer in Love” are on this EP and my bestlyric probably lies within those two songs, but my favorite is a lyric from a previous single, “Ecstasy.” The lyric goes, “I feel so high/and I don’t wanna live lackluster life.” It’s a simple rhyme but I love the word lackluster so every time I hear it, that lyric really scratches an itch for me.

Describe the feeling you get when you walk on stage to do a show:

Excited! I actually get more nervous practicing when I know people can hear me rather than when I’m actually performing. Once I walk on stage, I’m just happy to be there and play some music so the feelings are just happy and excited.

The hardest track to play live:

The hardest track to play live is “Wish I Believed You.” The production on this song is pretty complicated and it was produced in New York. Now that I live in LA, trying to recreate that sound with less instruments and technology is considerably harder. I tend to strip it down to two guitars when I play it live because of this.

A song by another artist or band you wish you had written:

“Stick Season” by Noah Kahan. I think that song is absolutely brilliant. The lyrics are perfectly placed and feel obvious while beautifully portraying the complexity of his lyricism and writing style. It’s just ear candy for me.

What we can look forward to from your band this year:

It’s crazy to think this year is halfway over, but you can look forward to more live performances and hopefully another music video or two!