So I think the mix of the orchestra background with all sorts of different genres and artists has really influenced me.” Listening closely to their discography, it’s easy to recognize that this creator has spent time immersed in a variety of genres, as they seamlessly blend the flavors of hyperpop and R&B instrumentation with the lyrics and intensity of emo and hip hop. “My parents always played hip hop and R&B, and I went through an emo phase in middle school where I would listen to Pierce the Veil and My Chemical Romance and now I’m all into hyperpop and EDM. Their current knowledge and inspiration comes from a wide variety of places. Wsteaway continued to write music all throughout high school and began studying the music industry and cinematic arts at University of Southern California, delving deeper into the world of music and examining it from all angles. “I remember in middle school, my friends and I made this composition using the rain as inspiration, with these cute little triplet and staccato bits and we would tap on our violas and violins to add sound effects.” Their earliest memory of making music was in orchestra. While they may have only started releasing music recently, they’re certainly not new to creating music. “I really wanted to drop on 2/22/22 because my birthday is on April 22nd and I had this spiritual reading that 2022 was going to be my year, and that 22 was my number, and I was like ‘Oh my God, angel numbers!’ I was like, you know what, I might as well just do this.” “I’m really grateful, because ever since I started putting out music I’ve had so much more opportunity to work with other artists and meet more creatives - and it’s been super fun.”Ī fun fact about the artist: they’re a bit spiritual, another factor that contributed to their first release. “I was taking a ‘Streaming Economy and the Music Industry’ class, and the project was either to release a song or find an artist that was releasing a song and show the progress of it - and so I was like ‘Ok, I’ll just release one of my own songs!’” The assignment gave them the final push they needed to share their music publicly. The catalyst for this sudden success? A class project. Wsteaway’s music has clearly caught on, as the artist has already amassed 70K monthly listeners, with their most recent single “Losing Sleep” being streamed over 800,000 times on Spotify.
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It’s Whatever Now” - plus the collaboration with Krishnu on “ HAN SOLO ” that crackles with energy - wsteaway has flexed their songwriting chops and shown that they can’t be put in a box. From the lofi, soothing feel of “ Losing Sleep” to the gritty, angsty “ Tired, done, over it. Wsteaway has only begun releasing music this past year and so far, their tracks could not be more different from each other. I sat down with 21-year-old singer-songwriter and producer Tea Wise, otherwise known as wsteaway, to dig into their inspiration for creating music and latest endeavors to grow their blossoming career. How can one artist’s work seep into so many different categories? Wsteaway is somewhat of a chameleon, working around the constructs of genre to continually surprise listeners while also developing an unmistakable, unique sound.
“Cyberpunk sadness.” “Golden hour.” “Sad hardstyle lifting.” These are just a few of the titles of an eclectic group of playlists that feature the artist wsteaway’s music.
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