Ravyn Lenae

I think they can because even with putting out my song One Wish, which is like my best performing song to date, that's such a deeply personal song that I never thought would really resonate in the way it has. So that to me was a reminder of like, okay, like these things that live in me is the reason why people come to shows and they got attached to the music in the first place.

I think they can because even with putting out my song One Wish, which is like my best performing song to date, that's such a deeply personal song that I never thought would really resonate in the way it has. So that to me was a reminder of like, okay, like these things that live in me is the reason why people come to shows and they got attached to the music in the first place.

So it's okay to, you know, think as like a business woman or think about my future, but also trying to figure out that balance of like making sure the music still feels like me.

So it's okay to, you know, think as like a business woman or think about my future, but also trying to figure out that balance of like making sure the music still feels like me.

True to you. Yeah. And what you want to put out, not necessarily what you know will chart.

True to you. Yeah. And what you want to put out, not necessarily what you know will chart.

which i feel like most artists know yeah like you know what will chart like immediately and then artists also know yeah what they really want to put out and what makes them feel good so that's why i was curious how that balance has been i know all my artist friends that have come on the show have talked about like struggling with it in the beginning and then learning how to marry the two because unfortunately you can't have one without the other if you want to make money off your art right you have to be willing to play the game to a certain extent yeah

which i feel like most artists know yeah like you know what will chart like immediately and then artists also know yeah what they really want to put out and what makes them feel good so that's why i was curious how that balance has been i know all my artist friends that have come on the show have talked about like struggling with it in the beginning and then learning how to marry the two because unfortunately you can't have one without the other if you want to make money off your art right you have to be willing to play the game to a certain extent yeah

Which is frustrating, but how has it been navigating just as a young woman in the industry?

Which is frustrating, but how has it been navigating just as a young woman in the industry?

Ew. I think with any industry, we just got to put in a little more work than our male counterparts. That's just what it is. We can't show up with our hair undone or our makeup off. But I also think... That's a question I've been asking myself a lot and what that means for me and what collaborating with women and reaching out to women, like what that does for us and the industry we exist in.

Ew. I think with any industry, we just got to put in a little more work than our male counterparts. That's just what it is. We can't show up with our hair undone or our makeup off. But I also think... That's a question I've been asking myself a lot and what that means for me and what collaborating with women and reaching out to women, like what that does for us and the industry we exist in.

Like I'm sure even with you, you know, I think just across all industries, that's something that I don't think is going to change, but it's something that we just learn to cope with and figure out.

Like I'm sure even with you, you know, I think just across all industries, that's something that I don't think is going to change, but it's something that we just learn to cope with and figure out.

Yeah. And finding other women, too, that you admire or you can kind of bounce things off of. Like, sometimes, and obviously, like, again, I'm just a dickhead influencer. So, like, I've told people whenever they're like, do you have any advice?

Yeah. And finding other women, too, that you admire or you can kind of bounce things off of. Like, sometimes, and obviously, like, again, I'm just a dickhead influencer. So, like, I've told people whenever they're like, do you have any advice?

If they're, like, new and up and coming. Sometimes I tell them, like, you need to make friends.

If they're, like, new and up and coming. Sometimes I tell them, like, you need to make friends.

make friends in this industry that have the same job, that have the same kind of goals in mind, because it can be very lonely and isolating when you have no community in the job that you currently have. Because obviously you have your community, hopefully, from before recognition happens. But then a lot of those dynamics shift to once you enter this world.

make friends in this industry that have the same job, that have the same kind of goals in mind, because it can be very lonely and isolating when you have no community in the job that you currently have. Because obviously you have your community, hopefully, from before recognition happens. But then a lot of those dynamics shift to once you enter this world.