july 20, 2020

this is just an appetizer :-)

‘minztape’ is composed of 3 songs that only existed on soundcloud before this release! the energies of each song are all pretty different, but they are in this order intentionally. (i feel like it tells the story of me hopping out my feelings and into my bag.)

1. ‘cocoa butter shawty’ (produced by cam, the chef) was recorded in september 2016. i was 16 years old! it’s also the last song i uploaded before ‘pine & ginger’ did what it did. it’s very special to me, and i’m glad i get to use this moment to give it some shine. this song is lowkey my baby.

2. ‘mercury retrograde’ (produced by sunny kale + jonny shorr) was recorded in february 2020, during the year’s first retrograde. my favorite situations to write about are always the ones that are true and specific to my real life because that honesty and vulnerability is what makes listeners relate.

3. ‘focus’ (produced by walt mansa) was recorded in november 2019. out of all the songs i’ve written, this is definitely my current favorite. a message for whoever needs to hear it: don’t let anyone distract you or hold you back from your full potential.

this is just an appetizer, though. i’ve received a lot of requests for these songs to be put on all platforms, so this release is simply me fulfilling a promise! best believe there is more music on the way.

huge, gigantic, enormous fucking shoutout to rae & zach for shooting all 3 of these videos in one day. ONE DAY. three videos!!! legends. thank you to alondra & jay will for the BTS shots. shout out to allius for being my fake boyfriend. shoutout to natasha for driving everyone around. shoutout to you for reading all of this. i hope you enjoy.

watch videos below: