We had an opportunity to speak with Natasha Bianca about her newest single Flex
Hey Natasha, congratulations on the discharge of your new single Flex! “Flex” is a daring monitor calling out the superficial on-line life and the obsession with validation. What impressed you to jot down this track?
Thanks a lot! The inspiration got here from private observations of how social media can typically promote superficiality and a relentless want for validation, which may be damaging to psychological well being. I felt like calling everybody out on this track from the boys membership, to web trolls, on-line appearances, to anybody operating my title attempting to tear me down. It’s my anthem to state IM HERE! Im THAT bitch, nothing or NO ONE goes to cease me. It’s very sassy however empowering.
In “Flex,” you deal with web trolls and the boys membership. How necessary is it so that you can use your music as a platform to problem these societal points?
For me, it’s extremely necessary to make the most of my platform to talk on these matters, as I’ve skilled them firsthand. Whereas I’ve discovered to establish and handle conditions involving web trolls and the boys membership mentality, not everybody has the instruments or resilience to take action. For a lot of within the trade or anybody on-line going through related challenges, it may be tough to navigate these conditions, which might considerably impression shallowness and psychological well being. Via my music, I’m hoping to offer a voice for individuals who could really feel silenced or marginalized. I need to empower listeners, serving to them to acknowledge their very own energy and resilience, and encourage others to face up in opposition to negativity and discrimination.
Your newest releases carry robust messages of empowerment and resilience. How do your private experiences form the music you create?
I consider I used to be coming into a brand new period of Natasha Bianca the place I didn’t need to sing anymore heartbreak unhappy songs. Don’t get me fallacious I nonetheless love a great Rnb unhappy track and I would sooner or later launch an entire unhappy woman album, however at my present level in my life I wished to give attention to up-tempo hype music that makes you need to dance, transfer and really feel good. Once I’m feeling down I like to hearken to music that hypes me up and jogs my memory I AM that bitch!! For instance Megan the Stallion, Doja Cat and BIA are all icons I hearken to on repeat who give that vitality. I wished FLEX to offer my viewers that very same empowering vitality, reminding them of their price and resilience.
What recommendation would you give to younger, aspiring feminine artists who look as much as you and need to make their mark within the music trade?
To maintain going!! It’s a marathon and never a dash. There may be so many disheartening moments on this trade that make you need to surrender, however you simply must maintain striving for the tip purpose – it doesn’t matter what that could be. Hearken to your self and your instinct, converse up and be assured along with your voice. It must be heard!
Being included within the Pay attention Out 23 lineup alongside massive names like Ice Spice and Lil Uzi Vert is a big accomplishment. What was the expertise like?
It was probably the most unimaginable expertise of my life up to now. I nonetheless watch again at movies and assume “that’s me?”. It was the most important crowd I’ve carried out in entrance of and so they gave me a lot vitality. The most important spotlight was educating the group the lyrics to one among my unreleased singles so once I began performing all of them have been all screaming my lyrics and its perpetually embedded into my reminiscence.
Trying forward, what are a few of your targets and aspirations for the following section of your profession? Are there any new collaborations or tasks on the horizon?
I’ve my debut EP centered round feminine empowerment that’s set to be launched later this 12 months that I’m extraordinarily enthusiastic about. I’ve been performing all of the songs on the undertaking in my reside exhibits and the group response thus far has been superb so I’m very excited to introduce it to the remainder of the world. Hoping we’ll have the ability to embody a tour in quickly additionally.
Reflecting in your profession thus far, what has been probably the most rewarding side of your journey as an artist?
Regardless of how a lot I really like the stage and performing connecting with folks, probably the most rewarding side as an artist is once I obtain a dm from a fan expressing their love of my music, or how a lot they linked with one among my songs. It’s actually probably the most heartwarming feeling to know somebody can really feel their very own experiences and feelings by means of my music. One other tremendous rewarding side in my profession is trying again from once I began and figuring out I’ve achieved all the pieces in my profession up to now by myself independently. The music trade is a scary world, and navigating by means of it’s much more terrifying. However with the ability to collaborate with some superb creatives in Australia and constructing a crew from the bottom up might be one of the vital self-rewarding moments as an impartial artist.
Is there any message or closing thought you’d prefer to share along with your followers and the listeners who’ve supported you alongside the way in which?
All my supporters have performed such a major function in my profession and I really like they’re alongside for the journey. Preserve being YOU and keep in mind, you’re THAT bitch!! New music quickly…