An Artist Statement
I’d like to say I make music for people who just want to feel things but I think that's such a weird thing to say, “Oh, my art is important because it’s not like other art. It’s vulnerable and honest.” Then I learned that should be the baseline for all art.
So an ego death had to occur, and for so long I didn’t know what made my art important to anyone but myself. Which was fine, until my friend Sophia explained to me what she got from a song I made. She used the words 'Joy' and 'Appreciation'.
I was so uncomfortable. I couldn’t understand why people would associate something I created with such important aspects of life. That was the point at which I realised that to feel isn’t promised, and in a world that punishes feeling, that’s all I want to offer.
I’m not interested in everything being perfect. I’m interested in it feeling true. At the centre of me as an artist is the relationship with other people: love, friendship, distance, regret, repetition, and all the complicated ways we affect one another.
I want my music to make you think of somebody other than yourself. Sometimes that person will make you smile. Sometimes you’ll miss them. Sometimes you’ll remember exactly why they’re no longer in your life.
There isn’t always a lesson or a happy ending, because that isn't my truth. Sometimes we repeat ourselves. Sometimes we know better and still make the wrong decision.
I’m trying to make honest music about those moments. Music that doesn’t tell you how to feel, but gives you somewhere to feel it.