✿ VENUS ✿
About the project:
Venus is a 3-TRACK EP about regaining a lust for life and having less fear and more faith in the face of challenges. It’s inspired by the lush synths of bedroom pop and the hard-hitting lyrical prowess of 90s female MCs and poets like THE Fugees Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu.
These songs were written and produced in quarantine; then, there was a lot of hopelessness. I’d run out of my mother’s home and was living on my own. There was this huge fear of landing on my ass but with power and definitely a stumble here and there, I did land on my feet.
I was also in and then suddenly out of love. At the time, I was learning more about myself in months than I felt like I had in years.
Venus is learning more about who you are, feeling shame, being afraid to fail, and finding love while reaching for redemption.
It’s about finding peace of mind in this mad world. In a mad life.
A lil blub on each track:
OTW // less fear more faith; is a simple ode to the one you love. I’m on my way to you, so don’t worry, it’s all gonna be good and it’s all gonna be okay. He once said to me; “have less fear and more faith” and I could never forget it, those words give me hope, I could never forget them.
14.25 is about work. That 9-5 type work. All I could think is that there’s no way in hell I could do this forever and I’m afraid; music has to get me out of here… but still, working and hustling lights a fire in me. I don’t want to make minimum wage, just wanna be on the cover pages….
Sisyphus takes inspiration from The Myth of Sisyphus. It’s him and I, and we’re both pushing rocks up a mountain, side by side. Every day we do somewhat of the same thing; push, achieve and start back at the beginning of a new task (or during the workweek, clock in and await the weekend just to do it all again on Monday). It’s just one thing after the next and life never let up, but every day is a new day and we choose what to make of it. We’re happy, we’re thriving even though this shit ain’t easy, and we’re thankful…