You’re studying ‘singer-songwriter’ at PXL Music in your final year. How would you describe this study? Does it help you to work on your artistic vision?
It’s a school that teaches you on different levels. We have lessons about music management, studio technique, and courses, especially for musicians. You get an all-around skill set that helps you to get far in the current music industry. You can partly do your own management, and you know exactly what to do in the studio. It’s very interesting.
You released your debut EP Poetry in Motion last year. How did you approach your first project?
I wrote and made this project during the winter of the first lockdown. I was sitting at home with my girlfriend Marie and reminded myself of what I had in mind. I had the concept and name Poetry in Motion already in my head since I was 17 years old. I already made one song in the Spring of 2020 and knew immediately that the song would be part of my EP. I worked on a lot of concepts, and unlike my other songs, these were all produced by me. I had the feeling that doing everything myself would be the best way to bring across my message. I’m a perfectionist and can spend an hour on a little detail.
It was definitely more pressure to produce everything myself because you’re very self-critical as a musician—or at least, I am. That was sometimes a struggle, so I asked my friends or teachers for a lot of feedback. At a specific point, you just have to make peace with what you made but finding that point is difficult.
