• Independent music artist 

• R&B, Soul, & Alternative

• Influences:

  • most 2000s, & 2010s female r&b/soul singers

  • some popular 2000s alt rock bands

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Tuesday - September 24, 2024 - 1:24PM

Fall is Here: A New Chapter for My EP

As the new season rolls in, I felt it was the perfect time to give you all a little taste of what’s to come. This past Sunday, I uploaded "Movies 4 Free(Remastered)" on SoundCloud and YouTube, and you might notice it sounds a bit different than the original. There’s a good reason for that.

On the day of my delayed EP release, I decided this was the right moment to re-master some of the tracks. Back then, I only had the .wav versions, which limited what I could do. Two songs in, I got frustrated. They sounded over-processed, but I knew the originals could use work on their clarity and levels. I wasn’t sure what outcome I was hoping for, but I dove into my old emails and searched for any trace of the EP.

That’s when I found an unsent draft—every vocal track and instrumental preserved, sitting in my email since 2016. My heart raced as I forwarded the files to myself, unsure if they'd still be usable. But when I opened them, every single file was intact. I was overwhelmed, crying like a baby. I had assumed these files were lost forever on my ex's broken PC, but here they were, waiting for me.

Suddenly, a new opportunity opened up. I realized I could not only mix and master these tracks, but I could even create new instrumentals for some (while keeping anything my brother worked on untouched). Truthfully, I had stayed away from this EP for more than just grief over my brother’s passing. It had also been mixed and mastered by my ex, a toxic relationship that brought years of trauma and self-doubt. To now be able to take full control of this project feels like I’m reclaiming a piece of myself.

This has allowed me to explore and experiment with what I truly want the world to hear—something ambient, melodic, and ethereal. Something that feels like me at my core.

So, enjoy this sneak peek with "Movies 4 Free (Remastered)" and know that what’s coming next is worth the wait.

-KJ