Francesca Fuentes has taken life by the horns and has no intention of letting go anytime quickly. An artist who writes about her actual life experiences and relationships in her music, she’s a really fascinating and sophisticated character, so naturally we’re over the moon that she took outing to talk with us.
You have got been taking part in guitar and writing since 12—discuss to us a bit bit about your creative journey so far.
I first bought began with music in center college at age 10, singing within the expertise reveals and refrain, after which taking guitar classes outdoors of faculty. By age 12, I used to be writing songs. In ninth grade, they picked me because the first-place winner of the expertise present and I gained a Bubbakoos reward card! All through the remainder of highschool although, I began to expertise the primary indicators of “artist angst.” I might suppose to myself “nicely that is by no means going to grow to be a profession or something so I’ll simply cease,” which is so ridiculous to me as a result of I used to be solely a youngster. A few of my friends at school advised me to start out a music YouTube channel and I didn’t do it as a result of I didn’t consider in myself. If I may return and inform my youthful self to only consider, I might have been able to much more. It wasn’t till I began school at Monmouth College, that my songwriting began to flourish and I took issues severely. I recorded a demo EP known as “For You,” with Matt Dubrow and Gabriel Sanderson. Then after I met my school accomplice, Max Wolf, we labored on turning that EP right into a full-length debut album and retitled it “Diary of Desires.” Sadly, it by no means got here to fruition as a result of we parted methods earlier than ending it, however each of us took measures to protect what we made on onerous drives and such, so it’s certainly one of my targets to launch it sooner or later!
What motivates you to discover relationships and romance in your music? What’s your artistic course of like when crafting a brand new track?
I’ve at all times actually liked romance. From the time I used to be a toddler, I romanticized every little thing. Some tales I liked at a younger age have been Sleeping Magnificence and The Little Mermaid and as a teen, Twilight! My real-life relationships have at all times been a muse as a result of I really feel very deeply and writing is the way in which I specific myself. The artistic course of can by no means be the identical each time, however I like beginning with a essential thought or title and the remaining will construct itself up from there.
How does “I Simply Wanna Be Your Lover Once more” match into the narrative of your EP and upcoming album?
The album is about dropping my creative identification, which the “Can’t Conceal – EP,” cowl tells the story of (Insert Cowl Artwork when you’d like). Regardless of the EP and the full-length having totally different sounds, each nonetheless really feel like Francesca Fuentes and that’s what’s vital. If I needed to choose a set and play one track from every of my initiatives stay, they’d all nonetheless move collectively as a result of all of them are simply consultant of various variations of me at totally different instances in my life.
What motivated you to embrace a pop fashion for this monitor? Do you propose to proceed on this musical route sooner or later?
Whereas a lot of my songs previously have had pop parts, this one, together with the opposite songs on the Can’t Conceal – EP was extra of an experiment; a break from my singer/songwriter vibe. The producer, Russell Hayden, was the one who pushed me to attempt extra of a industrial pop sound. Whereas I’m comfortable I did, I gained’t be doing it once more for some time. What I’ve subsequent remains to be pop, however incorporates rock parts.
The music video is pop culture-inspired—showcasing appears throughout many a long time—how did you provide you with this idea and the way did you convey it to life?
I like popular culture and music historical past. I even have an astronomical ardour for music movies. I wished to mix all these concepts and the “I Simply Wanna Be Your Lover Once more,” Music Video is what we bought. For me, one thing that’s difficult about what I do is dealing with the stress of turning myself right into a “model.” They are saying to construct a model is to stay to 1 factor, one look, one vibe. However that’s not me. I wish to experiment with totally different appears and sounds and I bought to do this with this music video as a result of we borrowed appears from each decade (60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s) which was fulfilling for me. Now it’s on MTV Spankin’ New!
What’s your favourite scene or visible component from the music video?
Oh, my favourite scene is certainly on the finish of the bridge after I go to use my lip gloss and as a substitute of seeing my reflection, I see my accomplice’s. It was so enjoyable to shoot and to see my videographer work on the trick. I like this scene for its trippy, daring shock, but in addition as a result of it summarizes the entire video and the recurring theme of being afraid to dive again into love. It’s at all times scary to like somebody a lot after which at some point you look within the mirror and also you don’t even know who you’re. You don’t see your self. You see them as a result of every little thing has grow to be about them.
The music video options a few of your real-life relationships—was it particular so that you can movie alongside your family members?
I definitely loved taking pictures alongside my boyfriend. Whereas he’s not an artist, he’s in contact with music and I believed it was cool for him to see me in motion since I’m speaking about it on a regular basis. I additionally actually revered him for getting in entrance of a digicam regardless of feeling shy. It was additionally enjoyable to shoot alongside my buddies and sister within the bowling alley and my mother additionally assisted me with styling, so like most of my initiatives, it was a terrific expertise the place I bought to have the folks I care about so concerned.
What Easter Eggs ought to viewers preserve a watch out for within the music video?
There’s the blonde angel within the bowling alley, future track titles hidden within the video, lyrical references and extra. Thematic parts are there that many individuals clearly gained’t get, but it surely’s cool to make folks surprise like “Hm, I’m wondering why she put that there. I’m wondering what which means,” as a result of that’s the purpose of artwork. Everybody can have their notion of it.
What ought to followers be looking out for subsequent from Francesca Fuentes?
I’ve begun to organize the plans for my full-length album. January targeted on social media content material, February was all video launch stuff and March was press month. So now that we’re shifting into April, I’m beginning to consider how we’re going to execute this album launch whereas in search of stay reveals to play!
You’ll be able to watch the music video for ‘I Simply Wanna Be Your Lover Once more’ beneath, and discover out extra about Francesca Fuentes and her music on-line by way of her Linktree, Instagram, TikTok, Fb, and Spotify.
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