Establishing the mood with astral, choral harmonies and a pulsating beat, Alexa Villa opens MySpace with a pristine pop vocal and vulnerable prose as she sings, “I’m so scared of rejection and failure, I’m scared of never pleasing my mother, I’m scared to be alone cos what happens when all the noise just stops?”
We immediately connect with the dimensional nature of the vocal design as Alexa Villa conveys her fears and a poignant commentary on the state of celebrity and the music business – tapping into what it is like to be an artist in today’s world.
The soundscape showcases nothing short of instrumental mastery as Alexa Villa showcases her self-produced pop-rock sound with evocative and relatable lyricism. The unique manner in which she punctuates the end of the verses is fierce and super catchy. Needless to say, we are in awe.
We learn that MySpace is the latest in a batch of new music that was written, produced and mixed by Alexa Villa herself. She confesses, “MySpace is about learning to love yourself through all of the ups and downs and changes of life. I wanted to be open and honest about things that I’ve had conversations with close friends about; things I think a lot of us are feeling; things we’re too afraid to say. I wanted to broach the subject with somewhat of a playful sentiment because life is too short to be serious about serious things.”
With reference to her self-created artistry, Alexa adds, “I wrote, sang, played piano, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, produced, mixed and mastered this track. These are all things I’ve always done but felt my work wasn’t good enough or didn’t live up to the standard so I wouldn’t release it. Here I am defeating my imposter syndrome and doing the very thing the lyrics are about.”
The opus showcases nothing short of instrumental mastery, and it is no surprise that the star has already opened for a number of iconic artists including Alec Benjamin, Hinds, The Darkness, Ryan Cabrera and Night Club.
We have added MySpace to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream Alexa Villa‘s wider discography, including I Don’t Wanna Be Pretty, and Been a Minute!