THE RED DOOR

Movement steeped with stillness. Elke transports to the village. ā€œNo Pain For Us Hereā€ā€¦is a market of melody. ā€˜The Pink Tip of A Match Turns Blackā€™ is the swan song with a harmony that chimes on that street with the little dive bar. A ceremonious ode with one pink straw and one black. With a mix of brooding and upbeat singles bubbles pop and mist effortlessly flutters. Which way to the fire escape?

 

ā€˜Travelerā€™?

I feel that over time I would make friends, and then weā€™d end up moving to a new place. I learned to adapt by feeling connected to my surroundings, I would always find a place in each town that I lived in and I would sit there and soak in the feeling of being in the present. When I was living in Vegas, I lived by a golf course, and I would sit by the golf course at night, and I would have a cigarette that I would steal from my brother. That song reminds me of that moment, when I was alone, and Iā€™ve learned to cherish the little things like that.

 

Reception?

Itā€™s been good, especially for a new artist. Iā€™ve been thankful that the albumā€™s been playing a lot. Iā€™m personally happy to receive the support that Iā€™ve gotten and Iā€™m super stoked.

 

A favorite single?

I see the album as one song, I almost look at my career that way too. Everything that Iā€™ve made feels like a new realizationā€¦Iā€™m more lyric based now which is how I get really connected to musicā€¦the story and finding new ways to say things that I feel. I donā€™t really have a favorite!

 

Barriers?

I moved to NY at 17 to model, and I felt the pressure to be feminine and to be judgedā€¦I eventually grew out of that. I donā€™t necessarily want to be a masculine figure, but I donā€™t want to chase something because I feel like I have to. I try to embody that. I felt powerful in a suit for a long time.

 

The Lower East Side?

In the East Village thereā€™s a barā€¦Sophieā€™s. I spent three years going there every Monday and made some good friends. You grow fond because you learn your favorite spots, I find that area sentimental. Iā€™ve noticed a lot of changes, but some things have stayed the same, Iā€™m curious what it will be like in twenty years.

 

Your favorite lyric?

ā€œGive the dog a human bowl because it will not know the difference.ā€

 

A favorite story?

I really like Siddhartha, I recently read it again and it meant something so different from when I was young. It blew my mind! I made a new friend in Mexico who said that that was his favorite book, and he made me reread it.

 

 

 

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