It’s quite telling that one of spill tab’s most-streamed tracks on Spotify is called “Velcro.” And it’s even more telling that her song “Cotton Candy” has five times those streams. After all, her music is undeniably sticky, and when you listen to it as much as we have, its sweetness is even harder to refute.
Maksim Rachana
Taking the time afforded to her by the pandemic, last year, spill tab (virtually) reached out to a team of her favourite artists including Tommy Genesis and Jawny to help her put together her second extended release (the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Oatmilk’ EP), which melds an everything-goes approach to pop and alt-R&B with stories about entering young adulthood. Much like early singles ‘PISTOLWHIP’ and ‘Cotton Candy’, the EP wields a colourful, pitch-shifted landscape defined by a sense of adventure.
“I feel there’s always ups and downs when it comes to creating a body of work, and that represents the experiences you went through while making it,” she says. “I’ve always said that I love collaboration, no matter how difficult the process.”
Listen to Velcro
Maksim Rachana
Before these new tracks begin to enter the world over the coming months, NME caught up with the boundary-trancing singer-songwriter to talk about her globetrotting childhood, adapting to life as a young musician in LA, and why she thinks that virtual collabs are the way forward.
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