Hey Cameron! How has this year been for you so far?
It's been such a long journey of wanting to be able to put out music and finding the songs to do so, and it's been going really well so far. I'm super happy with how people are receiving my first single and I'm excited that "Perfume" is coming out now.
What was it like releasing your first single, “I Thought You Were Lonely”, during COVID?
It was interesting. A lot of the creative was being pushed back due to COVID precautions, so there were so many obstacles to getting a lot of people on set to shoot a video. That was tough, but at the end of the day I think we did it the best that we could and I'm really happy with how everything turned out.
How did you first get into music?
I just loved music so much growing up and knew that it was something that I wanted to do. I started out doing musical theatre, that was one of the main reasons that I decided to pursue music because I just fell in love with performing, and then I started writing. Once I started writing it just opened up a whole new world for me.
Who are your biggest musical influences?
I love artists that are versatile and can do pop/R&B - Justin Timberlake and Charlie Puth are my favourites.
You can really hear that pop/R&B influence in “Perfume”. Tell us about the track.
“Perfume” feels very authentic to me. I love how deep and emotional it is, and I feel like it's definitely going to pull on people's hearts more. I do think it's cohesive with my first release, “I Thought You Were Lonely”, though. That's my goal, to make my music as cohesive as possible but at the same time to be able to experiment with a different vibe and give people something new to listen to.
The lyrics are really evocative, talk us through your songwriting process.
We actually started with the concept of perfume. Usually when I'm writing we'll start with a vibe and build a song around that, but in this case, we really wanted to write a song called “Perfume” because we just thought that was so dope and very sexy and cool. So, we started with that and it kind of tied into my personal life at the time, and that's how it came to be.