Hailing from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, Natalie Jane is nothing wanting a vocal powerhouse. At solely 20 years previous, she’s already made vital headway, blowing minds with tracks like “AVA” and “Seven” from her debut EP “The place Am I?”, racking up over 500 million streams and filling venues throughout the U.S. and Europe. After releasing her first single in 2021, she rapidly gained traction, balancing her burgeoning profession with faculty. Transferring to Los Angeles in 2022, she signed with 10K Tasks/Capitol Data, launching tracks that acquired widespread acclaim.
Within the whirlwind of her rising stardom, Natalie invitations us into her world with a candid exploration of her newest EP, “Sick to My Abdomen”. The document dives deep into the tumultuous emotions that may go away us feeling queasy—whether or not it’s the anxiousness of chasing desires or the joys of newfound love. Along with her highly effective anthem “The High” setting the tone, Natalie displays on the journey that formed this assortment of songs, revealing the private experiences that gasoline her creativity.
Be a part of us as we delve into Natalie’s inspirations, the importance of every observe, and her hands-on strategy to her craft.
What overarching themes or messages did you pour into “Sick to My Abdomen”?
Sick to My Abdomen is about something and all the pieces that makes you are feeling bodily sick to your abdomen. I personally suppose that anxiousness, nerves, and stress might be so intense at occasions that you simply really feel it within the pit of your abdomen. Or should you’re in love, and you are feeling butterflies, that is one other factor you are feeling in your abdomen. This undertaking encapsulates all of those types of uncomfy emotions.
“The High” appears like a robust anthem. What impressed the track, and the way does it match into the general theme of the “Sick to My Abdomen” EP?
The highest is definitely impressed by somebody in my life who instructed me that I ought to have a Plan B as a result of they didn’t consider that music would work out for me. It actually caught with me and inspired me to work even more durable to show them fallacious. It nearly made me sick to my abdomen that they felt that means. The track is extraordinarily highly effective and motivational in my view, and I believe it’s vital that I create music like that along with my heartbreaking and offended music to present distinction to the feelings felt whereas listening to the undertaking. Like in occasions of disappointment and anger, there’s gentle.
Are there any explicit songs on the EP that maintain particular significance for you, and why do they stand out in your thoughts?
June holds a particular place in my coronary heart. It’s about wanting to return to a time of simplicity and pure happiness, again to when there have been no worries in sight. I additionally simply love this track as a result of it’s a really completely different sound for me, it’s simply me with an acoustic guitar. I believe the simplicity of manufacturing actually brings out the emotion and vulnerability within the track. I believe it is a track I can hearken to yearly on the finish of summer time. It’s a recurring feeling of wanting to return to June, again to when all the pieces appears so brilliant as a result of summer time is about to start.
How does “Sick to My Abdomen” symbolize your progress as an artist in comparison with your debut EP, “The place Am I?”?
I believe Sick To My Stomach exhibits numerous progress from the place am I. I’ve skilled extra and have extra to speak and write about on this undertaking than I believe I did within the final. Within the final undertaking, I wrote rather a lot about my highschool experiences, whereas on this one I’m writing about my experiences since I’ve left dwelling and have lived alone for 2 years. I additionally love the range of manufacturing on this undertaking versus the final.
Are there any plans for a “Sick to My Abdomen” tour?
We have now a giant tour arising in January that I’m so extraordinarily enthusiastic about. I’m going to Australia for the primary time! I’m additionally going to all new locations in America, which I like as a result of I really feel like if I had been in another occupation, I might not be exploring all of those new locations. My favourite factor about touring is assembly all of the folks. It’s loopy to suppose that there are folks listening to my music on the opposite facet of the globe who can relate to me and all the pieces I’m going by. It truthfully conjures up me to maintain creating.
You’ve talked about the significance of being hands-on in your inventive initiatives. Are you able to share extra about your course of in relation to collaborating on music and visuals, and the way that shapes your general imaginative and prescient?
I believe being hands-on within the inventive product course of is extraordinarily vital for me. I’ve a selected imaginative and prescient that I must be executed to perfection. When creating visuals for excursions, each stage design and merch, I’ve numerous calls with designers and the manufacturing groups to carry the imaginative and prescient in my head to life. If I’m not part of the method, I really feel just like the followers don’t actually expertise what I need them to expertise, that’s the sweetness within the artwork. It’s not simply the music you’re taking in by your ears, it’s additionally the visuals of what you see in a music video, on stage, in merch, and even on my Instagram feed.
Inform us about Natalie Jane, outdoors of music and songwriting, what do you stand up to?
I like portray! On my final tour, I made a very large portray of a customized tour poster that I bought numbered and signed copies of in every metropolis. I’m tremendous excited concerning the portray I’m creating proper now for this upcoming tour.
Future Aspirations: As you put together to launch new music, what themes or messages are you excited to discover subsequent, and the way do you see your sound evolving within the coming years?
I’m all the time excited about the long run. I already know what I need my potential subsequent undertaking to be about… reasonably than primarily specializing in writing about relationships, I wish to broaden and write extra concerning the general feelings I expertise. I wish to write about psychological well being, my household, my followers and a lot extra. Don’t get me fallacious, I’ll all the time be writing about heartbreak, however I’m excited to include extra than simply that.
However what concerning the close to future? What’s up subsequent for Natalie Jane?
I begin my tour in a number of months. It’s 33 dates across the globe. It’s my favourite a part of this profession. Clearly, I like writing, recording, creating content material, and extra, however my favourite a part of all of it is being on stage. I really feel prefer it’s probably the most rewarding a part of what I do. Seeing actual faces in a crowd and never simply numbers on a display is a distinct sort of electrical feeling you don’t get daily. Performing exhibits is truthfully what conjures up me and drives me to maintain on rising as an artist.
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