VENTS Magazine 73th issue VENTS 73 | Page 23

C a n y o u t a l k t o u s m o r e a b o u t y o u r l a t e s t s i n g l e " M a n D o w n " ? Man Down is my third single of 201 7. It's the song that's most vulnerable to me and shows a more real side of the relationship process of today's age. D i d a n y e v e n t i n p a r t i c u l a r i n s p i r e y o u t o w r i t e t h i s s o n g ? Yes. One of my relationships actually inspired me to write this song. The song is basically about betrayal. "I loved once, you loved twice." Never feeling like I was the only one or the last one. And we were holding on and reconnecting so temporarily that it became a twisted routine. That's where I wrote, "I'll hold you in my arms tonight cause we'll get lost in debris of tomorrows fight." I got tired of being in the front lines and having everything be a battle, so i wrote a song and titled it Man Down. m a d e y o u w a n t t o s e e k f o r a w h o l e n e w d i r e c t i o n o n t h i s r e c o r d ? Well I have always loved Broadway but my first love was always just that deep soul and gospel music. Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Holiday being my top favorites. I went through a lot of the genre's of music experimenting. I trained classically, tried jazz, sang pop, sang electronic, went through a country phase, did the broadway, did the gospel and r&b, and I feel like I've taken all of those influences and am slowly unraveling each influence into the new music for the rest of the year. W o u l d y o u e v e r g e t b a c k t o y o u r r o o t s o r a r e y o u n o l o n g e r c o m i n g b a c k t h u s m o v i n g f o r w a r d ? I will always be about the laid back soulful classic sound. I post covers a lot on my Facebook and youtube channel. I actually just posted a video of me and my boyfriend A n y p l a n s t o r e l e a s e a v i d e o f o r t h e s i n g l e ? performing "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Yes. A Music Video for Man Down will be and it's definitely got that old classic soul to it. coming out shortly and it's very deep. I produced the video myself and came up with W h a t a s p e c t o f y o u r l i f e d i d y o u g e t t o e x p l o r e the storyline so it'll be ex