Ravyn Lenae

it's kind of a blur like when I look back on it yeah so I signed and then I put out my moon shoes EP and from there is when I started it just kind of started snowballing from there and how has that adjustment been like that's one one thing I love to ask my artist friends is like how it's been adjusting to being seen by so many people and your art being consumed by so many people like how has that adjustment been for you and how do you feel now versus how you felt when you first started

it's kind of a blur like when I look back on it yeah so I signed and then I put out my moon shoes EP and from there is when I started it just kind of started snowballing from there and how has that adjustment been like that's one one thing I love to ask my artist friends is like how it's been adjusting to being seen by so many people and your art being consumed by so many people like how has that adjustment been for you and how do you feel now versus how you felt when you first started

I think it's a very different thing when you're releasing music at 15 with no other opinions. You're not even thinking about making money from something like this. Totally. So then you put on almost like a business hat after you're signed and things become very...

I think it's a very different thing when you're releasing music at 15 with no other opinions. You're not even thinking about making money from something like this. Totally. So then you put on almost like a business hat after you're signed and things become very...

logistical and numerical and I think with that sometimes you can get caught up in what all those things mean and still being young and wanting to put out things that feel good for you without the thought of okay wait now I have rent now I'm 18 yeah like it has to do well yeah absolutely so I think that was the major shift for me of like this pressure of performance yeah and that translates also through persona and

logistical and numerical and I think with that sometimes you can get caught up in what all those things mean and still being young and wanting to put out things that feel good for you without the thought of okay wait now I have rent now I'm 18 yeah like it has to do well yeah absolutely so I think that was the major shift for me of like this pressure of performance yeah and that translates also through persona and

Online, engagement, all of that.

Online, engagement, all of that.

It all plays a role now, especially. Exactly. But not so much when you first came into the world.

It all plays a role now, especially. Exactly. But not so much when you first came into the world.

This wasn't even that long ago. But when I dropped, I dropped it on SoundCloud. I don't even remember...

This wasn't even that long ago. But when I dropped, I dropped it on SoundCloud. I don't even remember...

having like a posting schedule or people posting really on instagram about music or yeah totally like it was just a completely different landscape so things are just changing quick and we just gotta like i know i know that's true that's actually such a good point i feel like to be in that honestly you sound like a true artist like it's like the whole reason is to make the art it's not

having like a posting schedule or people posting really on instagram about music or yeah totally like it was just a completely different landscape so things are just changing quick and we just gotta like i know i know that's true that's actually such a good point i feel like to be in that honestly you sound like a true artist like it's like the whole reason is to make the art it's not

it wasn't for anything. And now it's like, you have to have both. Like you have to still be in that place where you can feel inspired and create your art, but also keep in the back of your mind that, you know, numbers.

it wasn't for anything. And now it's like, you have to have both. Like you have to still be in that place where you can feel inspired and create your art, but also keep in the back of your mind that, you know, numbers.

I was going to say, how has that been kind of blending those two or like kind of keeping a good balance? Cause obviously you want to do well, but at the same time, you don't want to compromise the art either for the sake of doing well. So how has that been?

I was going to say, how has that been kind of blending those two or like kind of keeping a good balance? Cause obviously you want to do well, but at the same time, you don't want to compromise the art either for the sake of doing well. So how has that been?

I think, especially with this album, I was reminded of, like the more the logistical part of my brain comes into play, the more I kind of get away from like the reason I make music in the first place. And I think people can feel that.

I think, especially with this album, I was reminded of, like the more the logistical part of my brain comes into play, the more I kind of get away from like the reason I make music in the first place. And I think people can feel that.