It is mesmerising, to find out the myriad of reasons people have for creating art.
In this section, you’ll encounter clarity and purpose, perhaps offering some inspiration for your own artistic journey.
"It’s kinda wild to imagine a life where I wouldn’t be doing music now, because I think I’ve finally found myself through it, and I’m just grateful that I have."
"Releasing music takes a ton of time, effort, and funds, so I never fault artists for taking a break when they need to!"
"At 17, everything feels huge. Friendships feel huge, relationships feel huge, school feels huge, and future decisions feel huge. So naturally, that ends up in my songs. I think I usually write more about how I feel in relation to things happening around me because emotions are what make songs interesting."
"For ‘Lemon’, I wanted to recapture the atmosphere of the 2000s, so I dove quite deeply into nostalgia, MSN Messenger, Windows XP, the sounds of that era..."
"The EP doesn’t offer easy answers to the uncertainties of adulthood. It sits alongside us in those moments of doubt, reminding us that becoming who we are is a process still unfolding."
"I was just making music I wanted to hear. The fact that people around the world connected to it wasn't something I planned. I'm really happy with where things are now. Knowing that people can discover my music and actually listen to it means a lot."
As we long for a meaningful life, Zoe Konez helps us find a more authentic path forward, unveiling ‘Everything’s Fine’ as an introspective and cathartic body of work.
As debut records go, ‘Electric Eel’ is a surprisingly good effort, the strongest evidence of Takabanda’s heightened artistry and purposeful songwriting.
