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 complicated character, so naturally we’re over the moon that she took outing to talk with us.
You will have been enjoying guitar and writing since 12—speak to us somewhat bit about your creative journey to this point.
I first bought began with music in center faculty 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 received a Bubbakoos present 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 develop into a profession or something so I’ll simply cease,” which is so ridiculous to me as a result of I used to be solely an adolescent. A few of my friends at school instructed me to begin a music YouTube channel and I didn’t do it as a result of I didn’t imagine in myself. If I might return and inform my youthful self to simply imagine, 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 critically. I recorded a demo EP referred to as “For You,” with Matt Dubrow and Gabriel Sanderson. Then once 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 Goals.” 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 exhausting drives and such, so it’s one in every of my objectives 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 all the time actually beloved romance. From the time I used to be a baby, I romanticized all the pieces. Some tales I beloved at a younger age have been Sleeping Magnificence and The Little Mermaid and as a teen, Twilight! My real-life relationships have all the time been a muse as a result of I really feel very deeply and writing is the way in which I categorical myself. The artistic course of can by no means be the identical each time, however I like beginning with a primary 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 completely different sounds, each nonetheless really feel like Francesca Fuentes and that’s what’s essential. If I needed to decide a set and play one track from every of my initiatives reside, they’d all nonetheless circulate collectively as a result of all of them are simply consultant of various variations of me at completely different instances in my life.
What motivated you to embrace a pop fashion for this observe? Do you propose to proceed on this musical path sooner or later?
Whereas a lot of my songs up to now 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 strive extra of a business pop sound. Whereas I’m pleased I did, I received’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 many years—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 at least one factor, one look, one vibe. However that’s not me. I prefer to experiment with completely 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 ingredient from the music video?
Oh, my favourite scene is certainly on the finish of the bridge once 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 additionally as a result of it summarizes the entire video and the recurring theme of being afraid to dive again into love. It’s all the time scary to like somebody a lot after which in the future 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 all the pieces has develop into 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 actually loved capturing 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 digital camera regardless of feeling shy. It was additionally enjoyable to shoot alongside my pals and sister within the bowling alley and my mother additionally assisted me with styling, so like most of my initiatives, it was an amazing expertise the place I bought to have the folks I care about so concerned.
What Easter Eggs ought to viewers maintain an eye fixed 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 received’t get, however it’s cool to make folks surprise like “Hm, I ponder why she put that there. I ponder what meaning,” 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 centered on social media content material, February was all video launch stuff and March was press month. So now that we’re transferring into April, I’m beginning to consider how we’re going to execute this album launch whereas searching for reside reveals to play!
You may 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 through her Linktree, Instagram, TikTok, Fb, and Spotify.
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