Brooklyn Michelle is giving HOLR Magazine the inside scoop on her newly released Summer EP, ‘Facade’ and what life in the music industry is like!

Brooklyn Michelle is taking the music industry by storm with her much-anticipated Summer EP, “Facade.” The talented star is sitting down to chat with HOLR about all of her career success to date, including top hits such as, ‘Retail Therapy’ and ‘Come Here.’ Check out our full conversation below, as Brooklyn Michelle walks HOLR through how she got her start in the industry, one of her latest tracks, ‘The Girl Not to Worry About’ and why “Facade” is a must-listen this summer!

Tell us about how you got your start in the music industry.

SoundCloud is where it originally started from me posting songs I had first produced in high school. Sometimes I miss the simplicity and spontaneity of posting songs I’d make the week of without having to have some huge rollout planned. I appreciate aspects of both, though. I started gaining more attention industry-wise over covid though through streaming on Twitch. This is funny because that time of my life felt so similar to high school since I was basically just at home playing Call of Duty the whole time. Except now I was meeting people in the industry through video games, haha.

Where does your passion for music come from?

It really just comes from needing a healthy escape from reality. I don’t always know who to talk to when I’m going through something, and I don’t always have the healthiest coping mechanisms. Though when I channel my emotions through music, I get through obstacles better than any outside source. I also like that any bad situation can be turned into something beautiful when I went to my piano.

What was the inspiration behind some of your most successful hits, ‘Retail Therapy’ and ‘Come Here’?

Retail Therapy was a song inspired by shopping at my favorite store in San Antonio, formally known as “The Come Up.” A fun fact is that the T-Shirt I’m wearing in the music video for “The Girl Not to Worry About” is the logo they have now rebranded to “Sweet Iris.” The green pants are from them too. Still my favorite store! “Come Here” was inspired by a secret fling I probably shouldn’t have been having with someone across the country when I was younger, haha. A sneaky song for a sneaky link.

You’ve made a much-anticipated return this summer with your Summer EP, “Facade.” Walk us through how this EP came to be.

I wrote this EP while I was going through a really dark time as an opportunity to distract myself. I didn’t want to write sad music in fear of letting it fully consume me & lose myself. I had to force myself to write something fun when I didn’t want to in order to trick my mind into feeling better. A lot of the time, it really helped too. Those funky basslines throughout the tracks really pick me back up.

Check it out here.

You kicked off your EP with the first track and accompanying music video, ‘The Girl Not to Worry About.’ What can we expect when tuning into this song?

You can expect the juxtaposition of some pettiness and gratitude at the same time. Although I was angry at someone for doing me wrong, I am more so thankful God saved me from being stuck with them in the long run. I wrote this song very early on to find out I had been betrayed, so the opposing emotions very much existed at once or alternated rapidly. I’m thankful to be at peace with it all by now, though.

What’s next for you and your career?

You can expect some more collaborations coming. There are some very talented women I plan on creating with soon, and I cannot wait to see what we come up with.

Published by HOLR Magazine.