March 29, 2024

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Get to know Chelsea Collins and her new Swae Lee-assisted strike “Lodge Room” [Interview]

Modern day pop new music has turn out to be so fraught with look and social media that it looks quite a few pop stars are key illustrations of type about material.  Breaking the mold from an increasingly vapid style, Chelsea Collins was an accomplished musician and songwriter just before she at any time had aspirations on becoming the up coming pop star.  The attention to detail in her songwriting and composition are obvious where ever you begin in her discography and her new collaboration with rap superstar Swae Lee showcases her distinctive blend of 2000s mainstream pop and modern R&B.  EARMILK caught up with Chelsea to converse about her songwriting system, her long run projects and inspirations, and her unabashed really like for Britney Spears.

“Honestly, I have usually been socially awkward” Collins laughs as she describes her introduction to songwriting, “It started when I was all-around 10 yrs outdated and I had my initially crush and required to uncover a way to talk but I was so socially awkward that I couldn’t.  So I mentioned, alright, I’m likely to write a strike song and show this male how I feel.  I was a large Taylor Swift stan and I thought it was dope what she was doing.  I just assumed this is an wonderful outlet to connect some thing devoid of acquiring to basically converse.”  Collins has fashioned and created her like of songwriting in excess of the years and parlayed her talents into a publishing offer with S2 Publishing and a file deal with LA Reid’s HITCO label.  

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If it was not quickly obvious from last May’s breakout solitary “07 Britney“, one particular of Collins’ most important resources of inspiration is Britney Spears.  While most modern day pop singers have Spears to thank for their professions and media notice, Collins’ fascination with the pop culture icon goes further than just the audio.  “At any time I was having a bad working day when I was increasing up I would just go on YouTube and watch Britney Spears.  I do not know if that is odd or not” she laughs, “But she truly just boosted my serotonin, whatsoever it was, and she’s this sort of a charismatic performer.  Irrespective of every thing she has absent via, she’s stayed so sweet and so type, which is really admirable.  She was the 1st particular person I ever stanned for absolutely sure.”  Her Britney fandom led her into an appreciation for Max Martin, a regular Britney collaborator and arguably the most successful songwriter of the 2000s.  “Once I actually studied the songwriting, I began becoming a substantial Max Martin fan. It was super dope since when I initially moved out below I signed a publishing offer with Savan Kotecha (S2 Publishing), who’s a single of Max Martin’s men and so becoming brought into that entire world following finding out it for so several decades was definitely wonderful.”

Collins was raised in a musical loved ones, beginning in musical theater at just 5 many years outdated and soon after discovering classical piano.  “I did piano until eventually I was like 10 and that’s when I recognized I could create pop music.  I picked up guitar around then simply because I wanted to be like Taylor Swift” she laughs, “And then that sooner or later led to me going to L.A. at like 16 to be like I am accomplishing this, I am likely comprehensive pressure, and it was all-around then I also picked up creating for the reason that in some cases if you do not produce the tunes oneself, it could choose up to a yr to get the bounces back.  So I just preferred to make songs and acquired into creating myself.”  Chelsea’s brother is Nico Collins, also an acclaimed singer and songwriter.  When requested about the experience of sharing her increase to popularity with her brother, Collins stated, “It is been dope to share the occur up with him.  Each individual facet of existence, fantastic or terrible, me and Nico have been through it together.  And when individuals truly start to care about the perform you’ve dedicated your life to, its super amazing mainly because you have somebody you can share that with.  Also in this industry, it is so crucial to have anyone you can absolutely belief.  I’m tremendous grateful for him, he’s like my rock and with no him I truly feel like I’d be all about the put.”  

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Collins’ most recent release (co-generated with Simon Says and Tank God) is a steamy R&B sizzler that also incorporates a darkish undercurrent.  Exuding a cloudy nonetheless lively electricity, the track really shines with the savvy songwriting of its two stars.  As it steadily morphs from a boilerplate pop ballad into a sordid exploration of the depths of enjoy and loss, the monitor stays obtainable and catchy.  It can be a distinctive trait to exist in 3 dimensions as a radio-ready pop track, a steamy really like affair ballad, and a deeper dive into primal psychological fears of separation and anxiousness.  

The sultry and emotion-packed accompanying visible (co-directed by Collins with Christian Guiton) is a cautionary tale of enjoy and obsession major to heartbreak and self-damage.  Adhering to Collins and Swae Lee with cuts involving previous and current, the online video serves to remind viewers of the dim aspect of heartbreak and how its effects can be devastating.  Commencing with the narration, ““I know you hardly ever observed it coming, but somehow, you usually knew some thing was improper, and you were being normally there to make it right,” the tone is set early on to be more than just your standard pop track.  The video flashes lots of steamy scenes interplayed with liquor binges and empty capsule bottles.  The most spectacular part of the movie is that it isn’t going to glamorize these facets of relapse and depression and rather paints a actual picture of the risks of prescription drugs and liquor utilised to numb the suffering.

Producing use of what she phone calls her “organized chaos,” Chelsea Collins is promptly becoming the type of buzzing superstar that will be penning Billboard hits for decades to arrive.  Collins is an exceptionally rare mix of industrial charm and genuine, tough-operating expertise that would like to create genuine connections with her supporters.  Gearing up for her debut EP coming this Summer season, “Hotel Bed” is a very good start for any new fans seeking to grow to be familiar with Collins’ tunes in advance of she becomes a family name.  

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