These days, we're all struggling. Struggling to make ends meet. Feeling like we’re drowning in helplessness. Trying our best and that somehow ending up still not being enough. I reflected how we're all stuck in situations we don't want to be in, with seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel. Then I wrote my Darkest Hours EP during a merciless polar vortex. When the power went out for hours, and I was grappling with hardships in the freezing dark, I still found the strength to find hope in hard times. Here are the three songs that I'll be detailing in this post: I'm Lonely Darkest Hours Temptation My production for this EP is more organic than previous releases, with bittersweet piano being the focal point. I wanted everything to sound like you were sitting with me in my room with a bleak flashlight, squinting through the dark and leaning in to hear my words. The lyrics for Darkest Hours are motivated by struggle, both personal and societal. As I was writing, I r...
A collection of in-the-moment photos and heartfelt writings that share my songwriting and music production process.