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I Mean Business. Eccentric Is My Aesthetic. 👽
Music Producer • Songwriter • Digital Creator
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why say “whatever” to content creation…

OH first 🎧 OCT 23rd [push my luck] new single 🦢

now you can read my diary 📔

i haven’t posted in months, i’m self aware.

i’m aware that nobody actually cares more than me.

it’s ALWAYS going to be that deep because my art represents who i am and i’m a person who cares a little too much for my own good.

BUT what i’ve learned while offline and hustling in lucrative lanes, well, honestly it’s whatever…

Artists deserve a life. WE CAN POST WHENEVER. it really is just the matter of showing up when you can and that you are trying and NEVER. GIVING. UP.

also my lights broke two days after recording this.

THE UNIVERSE WAS LAUGHING WITH ME. 😂

i bought new lights, i’ll find time to put them up and keep creating. WHATEVER!

maybe that was my lesson: am i doing this for attention or just because i LOOOOVE music — MY MUSIC.

clearly @joywalkmusic made the best song for how i want you to see me and most importantly FEEL ME.

“Mountains” is out now and what you hear is literally me crying about how i much i love music (his music especially) over an audio message. 🩵🏔️

music. means. everything.

the rest is whatever. TRUTHFULLY, i’m having fun this time, for real, i deeply feel like it is therapy while i’ve been creating vids.

IT’S BEEN HARD, but the process has felt healing the more i just jump on camera.

im leaning on my humor and what inspires me in life and online this time.

i might disappear, but WE should as an artist…don’t slave for this machine.

i hope that you can connect to my mind, struggles and all of my passions.

SHARING THE MUNDANE.

if you made it this far, you’re my star. 🌟

but maybe nobody reads this and that’s okay.

why? my life’s been good and at the end of the day i’ll be making music until my body can’t.

so…whatever.

#musicislife by @riverhooks.wav

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22 days ago

back to me (freestyle) @kanyewest ✨
this year i have been feelin highly blessed
imma keep workin hard and living like a sunset
so my full vid on youtube
sparked up some mad views
well for me, as im hella new
and my subs really grew!!
i am supa proud of myself, morphing a new shell
im completely out of my head, posting is now freein’
yea, again, maybe it’s all about delusional livin
and F those who love saying you only like
ye because you love yourself, um please.
why the heck would you not love yourself
look, a lot people want to see you losing…
so be your biggest fan, no one else is gonna hold
your hand and walk through fire when times get bad
at least not the way that YOU can
we all live in our own world and it’s okay
to find comfort in art (anything) even if it’s one that
you made from your own beating heart
just spread love, reality is people love to hate
but never let that stop YOU from being great
“you are worthy, keep pushin, your time is comin”
a daily affirmation - forever manifestin 🕯️
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#backtome #ye #kanye #kanyewest #vultures #freestyle #manifestation #hiphop #yeezy #beyou by @riverhooks.wav

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3 years ago

LOCAL TRAIN is on film! 🎥✨

‘Who Invited Charlie?’ out feb 3

it’s not only in the official trailer, film credits, but it will be playing for 2 minutes in a groundhog day montage. 👽 attention, this alien has now reached one side of the moon & will be exploring its paths to find its home. the work is not done yet, but we’re moving. 🚀

i am so humbled by this opportunity. this track is a self produced, mixed, written and arranged song off of my debut project 11:11, which came out in 2020. how fitting? made in a pandemic, this movie is about the pandemic! the universe is dancing with me and i hope it holds me close. i am so grateful for my incredibly cosmic crew @internet.and.weed @bankrobbermusic for their support of my music and helping confirm this golden ticket to more fantasies 🪄

thank uu to everyone believing in my not so crazy dreams because everything is possible if uu believe!! I think being delusional is the key to opening doors, go ahead, try it! tehe

i hope uu can go watch the film and spread the news! i send BIG love today and to tell uu to KEEP PUSHING! nothing ever happens when the tanks on E, let that drive keep you going, even when life feels like its going against uu. trust yourself and keep manifesting. YOU are worth everything.🕯️

DM “songwriting” if you’d like to work with my at any extent. 🛸 Looking forward to chatting!!
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#whoinvitedcharlie #filmscore #music #musicproducer #groundhogday #synths #localtrain #movietrailer #nycmusician #newyorkcity #dreambig #manifestation #keepgoing #2023 #flymetothemoon taken in Outer Space Chilling On Mars by @riverhooks.wav

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4 years ago

six months later, i finally get it.

sometimes i don't fully understand the music i create until weeks, months, or even years later.

eh, i kinda do, but not really. 🤷🏽‍♀️ where does the music even come from? THAT is my biggest question.

six months after producing [push my luck], i realized it was about the unfinished parts of our experiences.   the things we can let go of, but can never completely erase.

because letting go doesn't mean forgetting.

you can move on from a person and still remember the conversations, the little things you learned to love together, or the way a moment changed you.

some experiences become a part of who we are. and even when the story ends, pieces of it find their way into everything that comes after.

i think that's what makes this song mean so many different things to me. it's not just about holding on to someone. it's about learning to live with everything that stays.

i like to think of it as music for swans. 🦢

swans are known for their devotion to their mates, and i wonder if there's something about recognizing a feeling that makes you choose someone over and over again.

i mean, they all look the same to me! i'm just guessing here… someone tell me if i'm onto something. lol.

but maybe that's what i'm doing when i call back for someone. looking for a feeling i've known before, taking a chance on finding it again, and allowing myself to be surprised by where it takes me.

i've experienced my fair share of unfinished endings, but i've also found the spark again when i least expected it.

maybe not every story gives us the ending we imagined. but as an artist, i get to take everything i've lived through and turn it into something new.

sometimes, we don't get to rewrite what happened. we just get to decide what we create from it.

music for the unfinished.

[push my luck] is yours. 🤍

produced, mixed and mastered by me. by @riverhooks.wav

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2 days ago

dying an artist n always trying.

IM TRYING to reach a bigger audience.

IM TRYING to post more.

IM TRYING to care less.

IM TRYING to care more.

IM TRYING to love the whole process.

IM TRYING to film myself and life more.

i don’t have to try with art.

social media…IM TRYING.🫠

everyone we look up to…i know they tried.

dear artist — we can do the same.

YOU. ARE. ALWAYS. AN. ARTIST. FIRST.

the rest is whatever.

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7 days ago

is love worth the pain?

[push my luck] captures the pull of someone who still feels stitched into your identity.

beneath the heartache is a quiet surrender — the realization that some connections don’t disappear just because they hurt.

it’s about returning to the same person, the same memories, the same cycle, hoping that taking one more chance on the feeling might still be worth the risk.

after watching this interview with Maria Zardoya, I remember thinking… wait, this is exactly how I felt after producing this song.

i want swan love. 🦢✨

the kind of love that feels like choosing each other, over and over again. And even when I’m with someone, I sometimes wonder… does that kind of love really exist?

i’m a hopeful romantic, so this song is for all of you who still believe in love enough to push your luck.

made this one last spring and can’t wait to get it out!

presave in bio 🎧 october 23

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11 days ago

[pick it up] out now ✨

hiii meet my muse 🐛🎧

mhmm. this glowworm? caterpillar? later became an idea about catching the love bug and why i started writing and producing this track 👩🏽‍💻

* it’s also now living in my cover art that i created, as i took it out of this video and did some compositing 🤓

artists — inspiration is living everywhere and we are constantly being surrounded by art! sometimes you just need to get back to what you love, what makes you even consider yourself an artist and the rest will come naturally…

i love every medium of art. i have too many passions, but at my core it’s music, writing and illustrations.

i’ve been drawing a lot more and teaching primary kids daily, which has gotten me back to a part of me that wasn’t being fed and reasons for releasing my music productions again this year. 🥲💗

thank you for listening. thank you @internet.and.weed for releasing my music and for @applemusic adding my track onto New in Alt & Indie!

[empty] was also added to their alt playlist, but forgot to make a real post about it…still a dope mention.

more music coming.

i’m living life and will post when i find time in my insane schedule, so here i am…for now.

[pick it up] is available everywhere!

made all by me…what do you think? 👀

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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4 months ago

fergie was right. the love bug, i’m back!

i had “clumsy” playing in my headphones
felt a feeling everyone knows
a song was brewing inside of my throat
you can’t shut me up…good luck!
even if you scratch up my heart
a moment eventually turns into art
so whenever cupid hits me with his truck
and i’m staring at my emotions
like a muscle flowing out like guts
i’ll remember a voice that said…
“i’m just gonna pick it up” 🐛💗🎢🎡🎠

[pick it up] june 12 out on @internet.and.weed

made entirely by me 🎧

#newmusic #altmusic #indiealternative #musicproducer by @riverhooks.wav

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4 months ago

love feels like a train
it comes fast, stays and maybe goes away
and like a memory it may stain
childishly we run towards these feelings
forgetting how hearts can break
immune to the love bug?
i think we’re all f**ked
once you’ve been bit…it’s too late! 🐛

June 12 [pick it up] 🎧

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4 months ago

oh my gosh…MY NEW SINGLE! 🎧

[pick it up] June 12! 🎡✨

produced, written, mixed and mastered by me 👩🏽‍💻

My life is pretty much KIDS at this point, as my full time gig is working with primary school students.

I LOVE what I do because I can still make music and kids inspire me daily.

I discovered a video that I took of a glow worm that we found one day…I took the audio from the video and sampled it, which ultimately inspired this song.

real kids. real voices. nothing AI.

You’ll see the actual glow bug when the song drops and it’s now living in my artwork, as I cut it out of the video!

pre-save to find the lil “love bug”. 🐛

#newmusic #alternativemusic #altindie #lovebug by @riverhooks.wav

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4 months ago

soft voice, corruptive signal…

digital angel with pixelated prod @yeule

they fuel my love for cyber glitched music.

i support artists pushing the boundaries. 🖤🗡️

follow here for updates, spotify and wherever else you can find me. 💌 NEW MUSIC COMING!!!

comment or DM “Hooked” if you’d like to work in some way. 🤗

@hooks.wav 🎬

filmed/edited by me 👩🏽‍💻
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6 months ago

sounds of bucharest that i miss…

my two weeks in romania, te pup 💋🇷🇴

if it weren’t for @v.stands.for.villain i wouldn’t have found another country that feels like a home filled with the dopest music and friends.

he’s a brother i never knew i’d find…from ig. 🤣

this is your sign to meet that person you met online!!!

i met so many new faces and made dope connections through my first love — music.

i don’t know what music will come out of this trip, but i had fun creating and writing with skilled songwriters.

music has given me a purpose, but it’s also given me beautiful experiences, friendships and every other emotion that you can imagine.

i’m nothing without it and can’t wait to be back in the summer.

thank you for the memories. 🙏🏽
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