something i’ve always loved is music. since i was 14 (nearly 6 years now) i’ve been writing music and i think i’m finally ready to start putting it out into the world! lyrics have always been a big part of me and there’s something so satisfying about having lyrics that directly relate to how you feel. i’ve been reflecting on the music that i’ve created over the last few years for a couple of months now, rewriting parts and overall improvements being made too. i think that my music has a space in what is currently mainstream and i can’t wait to start releasing (or trying to release) music over the next year!
one song that i’ve been working on is also directly related to my future short film “You” also being titled the same way. I’ll be posting more about that once it has entered the production stage!
songwriting (lyrics especially) is one of the most personal things that a person can do. for me it’s like putting my diary out into the world and telling people to stab me in the heart thousands of times as they look over everything that’s ever happened in my life. but at the same time, there is something so freeing about sharing lyrics with people as somewhere along the lines everyone likes music (i’ve never met someone who dislikes it!)
you may be asking how my music differs from film making and what i can tell you is that i don’t tend to make films about my personal life “You” being the exception but music has always held my deepest and darkest thoughts and feelings. i’ve seen so many people on social media that feel the exact feelings that i’m feeling at the moment and that i have felt in the past which is why i think my music should come into the world sooner rather than later.
what have i been creating you ask? well a lot of my more recent music has been about how alone i’ve felt over the last six months. since going to university, i feel like i’ve spent more time alone than i ever have before which is extremely terrifying as i get left to my own thoughts (scary i know). moving away from everything and everyone i’ve ever loved is hard and going from having everyone around you to no one is even harder. when i first started at university i felt like i couldn’t trust anyone with anything. as i’ve grown more into university life i’ve found a group of people that i think i can trust which given my past (which you’ll learn about in songs) is quite the achievement.
i’ve never really been very good at telling people things at the time that they’re happening, family, friends, anyone really so a lot of the time music has been a shoulder for me to lean on and help me to be okay. if putting my music out helps even one person then i’ll know that every emotion, feeling and broken relationship hasn’t been for nothing.
i hope that the song i release first will be a song called “Glass” which brought up a lot of feelings about my past which i thought i’d processed but when i look at myself as a person now i didn’t realise at the time how deep of an effect the things i’d been through had on me. the song is a reflection of parts of my childhood as well as how i feel to be in the world as it currently is. i hope that you enjoy the song when it’s finally released! i’ll make sure to announce it on here as well as on my social medias when i know when that’ll be <3