Despite the immense pressure to conform, there remain select musicians who choose to put their artistry above their industry-framed success. In their complete disregard for the approval of the masses, these musicians have experimented with their craft and ventured into sounds unknown, and in doing so, have managed to elevate their musical abilities while preserving their artistic integrity.

There was a time for the epic, the monumental, and the larger than life that is Drake, and surely his streaming numbers suggest that parts of that time still linger. However, in an industry where new material is just a click away and where new becomes old in a matter of seconds, the power over the masses lies in the minimal.

Interviewing myself for the first time was intimidating at first because I was faced with asking myself “What kind of questions do I actually want to answer right now?” I enjoyed getting to explore both deep and shallow waters of my mind with interviewing myself.