Interview by Charlotte Biancardi<\/p>\n
How are you feeling? What are you thinking about before the show?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u2019m excited, it\u2019s kind of one of our bigger rooms on this tour so I\u2019m stoked to play it. The lights look really amazing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Do you usually have a song you look forward to playing live?<\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been having a lot of fun playing the new songs cause they\u2019re what I\u2019m less familiar with and so they kind of keep me present.\u00a0 I do have to think about it a little bit more and they\u2019re really really fun.\u00a0 So, I think the two new ones are really cool. We just played Firefly, so it was our first time playing outdoors and it was also the first time on the tour playing to a lot of people that didn\u2019t know the music.\u00a0 It\u2019s really nice to kind of convert people to the music.<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s the difference between playing at a bigger festival versus your intimate tour?<\/b><\/p>\n I think it’s a bit of a whole different situation ’cause what\u2019s nice about the festival, especially at Firefly, they treat artists sooo good!\u00a0 There were puppies backstage, free catering, food\u2019s bomb, free drinks throughout the whole festival.\u00a0 It feels like you play for 45 to an hour but you are attending a festival after so it adds a little spice to it.<\/span> I know you\u2019ve worked in management a little bit before, how has that influenced how you\u2019re approaching music?<\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019d like to say the best artists out there are business heads, you know what I mean, but I don\u2019t really know every good artist.\u00a0 But I feel like it does help, I feel very invested in the business side of stuff.\u00a0 It is running like a company in some sense.\u00a0 Making sure you\u2019re not overbuying merch, or overspending here, like making sure everything is balanced and you\u2019re making smart decisions with the money that you do have.\u00a0 You know, making sure you are paying everyone on your team what they deserve to be paid, but also if you don\u2019t have money, how do you gauge?\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot of sacrifices and making mistakes, also, and just being okay that you made a mistake and being okay to hear out the people around you and what they have to say.\u00a0 I want to be involved in that side of stuff because you don\u2019t ever wanna be that artist that screws someone over because you just weren\u2019t aware of what was going on, and that does happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A lot of times it\u2019s not their fault, it\u2019s just a management team or their label will make a decision without them involved because they\u2019re not the type of artist to be involved.\u00a0 Just, in general, wanting to be portrayed and known as an artist that really wants to be involved in that side of stuff so you\u2019re always represented in an honest way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Do you think that gave you a little bit of a heads up or an advantage?<\/b><\/p>\n Yea, definitely.\u00a0 It gave me the confidence to say \u2018no, put me in those conversations, I wanna be there\u2019.\u00a0 I feel like it\u2019s also easy to be afraid.\u00a0 It gave me a bit of a base to be a part of those conversations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How did it feel working with huge brands like Saint Laurent, Herm\u00e8s, American Eagle?<\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s sick, it\u2019s honestly so crazy.\u00a0 Mostly it\u2019s insane, and I\u2019m like, \u2018cool, but also why, what\u2019s good?\u2019\u00a0 But definitely some adjacent imposter syndrome.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s fun because it kind of opens up the kind of possibilities for the future, being in music.\u00a0 It\u2019s the first kind of few glimpses of, \u2018that\u2019s really cool.\u00a0 I can work with fashion houses, or I can do stuff that\u2019s not just music only.\u2019\u00a0 And those are really cool collaborations and also it\u2019s just really fun to be like, \u2018yup, I did something with YSL.\u2019\u00a0 But yeah, it\u2019s been a lot of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n Has that changed anything at all for you: how you market yourself or the music you make, having fashion involved in it?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It makes me, I guess, a little bit more aware that fashion is a part of music now.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a part of the brand, is like the way you are dressing and presenting and stuff.\u00a0 \u00a0 But, I try to think of it more of just a way to have fun as well.\u00a0 Definitely not any time soon am I spending five grand on a YSL outfit, you know what I mean.\u00a0 I\u2019m definitely not at the designer level, for sure.\u00a0 I\u2019m still thrifting, and DIY, and reaching out to local designers and stuff like that.\u00a0 Cause it\u2019s also just cool to put people on and find people that are just starting out and doing cool things.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Do you think having a platform is giving you a new voice to approach different projects that you\u2019re interested in, like fashion or anything other than music?<\/b><\/p>\n TBH, what\u2019s really really cool is that people will reach out and ask if they can send a pair of sunglasses.\u00a0 I\u2019m definitely sort of someone that is wary of spending a lot of money on clothes, so it\u2019s been really fun to have these cool one-off pieces that I can add to my wardrobe and play around with and it\u2019s made me feel a bit more creative.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Looking back to 2019, when you started releasing music, what was one of the most memorable or shocking things that\u2019s happened since you started releasing music?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Honestly, just being able to do a headline tour has been really crazy.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t think that I\u2019d be able to do it this soon.\u00a0 I think it was definitely in a mindset of, if I was gonna do anything this year it would be a one off in LA, Chicago maybe situation.\u00a0 Even when my agent proposed the routing I thought there was no way these tickets are gonna sell, it\u2019s not gonna work.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m super grateful people actually come to the shows in places that I\u2019m not at all from.\u00a0 That\u2019s been really surprising, pleasantly, to be like, oh there\u2019s really people here that do listen to music, so that\u2019s really cool and special.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Was there a moment where you realized, \u2018wow, this is literally happening?\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n Honestly, it\u2019s an everyday thing.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to get caught up in the details and logistics and the scheduling and when to wake up and how long we have to drive today.\u00a0 So, I think being in the room and playing the shows and kind of nudging myself to be present: it\u2019s a huge way to feel grateful and remember that this is truly insane.\u00a0 A year of many firsts, definitely this year has been.\u00a0 So, just reminding myself to be present and practice gratefulness and mindfulness.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s really important.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Your last EP, <\/b>Splinter<\/i><\/b>, is much darker and dramatic than the rest of your discography.\u00a0 Is this marking a turning point?<\/b><\/p>\n I wanted to have a more cohesive roll-out situation originally, so I hired the homies Angela and Jeremy to Silkan and we did a shoot together to put together photos and visualiser.\u00a0 It was definitely more of an abstract, darker tone to it, which I really like.\u00a0 Which kind of goes, a little bit, with the music for this EP.\u00a0 I just wanted to create a bit more of a world and experiment doing something that\u2019s just one shoot, one day to encapsulate a whole EP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That is so sick.\u00a0 Well, thank you for taking the time to chat with me, this was great!<\/b><\/p>\n Of course, thank you!\u00a0 Have fun tonight!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interview by Charlotte Biancardi How are you feeling? What are you thinking about before the show?\u00a0 I\u2019m excited, it\u2019s kind of one of our bigger rooms on this tour so I\u2019m stoked to play it. The lights look really amazing.\u00a0 Do you usually have a song you look forward to playing live? 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