October 25, 2024 • 17 mins
Kacey Fifield Drops By The NYC Dunkin Music Lounge!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, what's going on, everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It's Danielle Delilo here from iHeartRadio and we are inside
our Duncan Music Lounge in New York City. I'm so
excited to bring today's guests to you today. She is
an independent singer songwriter who actually was born in Chicago
moved to LA She was a child actor. You may
(00:22):
have seen her in shows such as Game Shakers and Snaps.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
She made me do it.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
She's also a philanthropist, a humanitarian, and she's just an
all around great person. I want to welcome Casey Fifield
to the Duncan Lounge.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Thank you so much for having him.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Casey here, How are you doing.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I'm good.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I'm so happy you came to our studio today. Yes,
oh my goodness. So tell us where you are going
to school right now, because I'm actually I'm obsessed with this.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I've a seen at Columbia second year, your second year.
So what are you studying right now? I'm studying polysci
and music.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Political science.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
When I was a freshman in college, i got a
d in political science.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It's difficult, for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, And my professor was like, Danielle, don't even think
about going into politics.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Like I plan to go into.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Radio, not politics, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Is there a specific topic you like to learn about
in political science.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Or Yeah, I'm finding that I'm mostly interested in American politics,
mainly because I just feel like it's very intuitive for me.
I'm taking a lot in American politics class right now,
and it's very interesting but very confusing, Like there's dictatorships
than cups, then democracy, then dictatorships again, and it's like
it's so fascinating to learn about, but also like very
difficult to retain the information for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Wow, Well, I feel dumber. Talk about your minor that
you're studying at Columbia.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yes, so I'm doing a music minor, which is very cool.
They just introduced minors as like an option in the
music program. So I'm mainly taking digital music production focused
things because I mean, I've been writing songs and singing
for a long time, but I think it's very cool
to also be able to know how to produce trying
to learn that and get into that a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Do you feel like that's where you want to take
your career to producing, writing performing.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Or I mean performing is definitely my favorite part of
music and writing is my second favorite part. I say
that the producing that I've done so far has been
very like diy On like Ableton and stuff. But it's
definitely helpful because I can communicate better with the producers
I work with, kind of explain my vision better, and
also create demos. I'm kind of still figuring out the whole,
(02:47):
like compression, like vocals, mixing ecues. It's a lot, and
there's a reason why, like producers are so talented and credible.
It's like not easy at all, But for me, learning
that is definitely helpful and it assists in to of
like making the songs I want to make. Oh I
love that.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So, how has your sound evolved from your debut album
Between the Lines to your recent EP, Nostalgia Haunts Me.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, Between the Lines was definitely very dancy, very fun.
It came out in twenty twenty two. I was a
senior in high school, which is crazy to think about.
That was two years ago, kind of insane. But since then,
I think, I mean, I like to say that I
feel like my music has really grown up with me
in terms of lyrical themes, but also the sound that
I create in my songs. I feel like it's definitely
(03:30):
matured over time. Now I'm in college, I'm writing songs
about college experiences and kind of new things I'm doing,
and I'm also taking some more influences from like indie rock,
pop rock alt pop styles as opposed to like more
dance pop. I still love the dance pop, but I
feel like I'm kind of being driven in more in
that direction.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
How do you feel about alt and pop?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Like, do you feel like.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You're in the middle, or like, what are you gearing
your sound towards more? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Loaded question TV genre U confuse me when people ask
what kind of music I make. I like to say
alt pop, just because I feel like it's not necessarily
like super mainstream pop music. Some of the songs, like,
for example, Never Applies kind of more like indie rock vibes,
whereas left Behind is more like synthpop. My song dream
Girl is also very like synthpop hyper pop. Like all
(04:19):
over the pop genre, I just stick to alt pop
because I feel like it's kind of a blanket term
for all the different alternative kinds of pop music. Yeah,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
And your lyrics are often described as like relatable and vulnerable,
what personal experiences or emotions do you draw from when
you're writing.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, my life a lot. I've had some pretty crazy experiences.
So it's always fun to kind of have a song
about a specific period and moment in my life, and
then for people to kind of make that into their
own via their listening, and then when they come to
my shows and we will play it together and I'll
have a great time. I love doing things like that. Also,
(05:00):
like take inspiration from my friend's life sometimes with their permission.
Of course, I'm not that interesting to write that many
songs about my life, so definitely take a little bit
kind of craft stories. And I think it's always the
best thing when people say that they can relate to it,
because then it's like, wow, like I'm not crazy for
being the one person that feels this way and that's
had this experience. And I think music is just amazing
(05:22):
in terms of uniting people and making people feel a
little less alone. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I always go off of Madonna's lyric. Music brings the
people together. Oh yeah, And I always loved being able
as a child. I loved music, and I always was
that one in my family on top of the picnic
table dancing and performing. So you know, I feel like
(05:47):
it really did bring my family together.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And do you have any.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Moments like that when you were a kid that you
can remember.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
I mean, yeah, when I was a kid, I would
like every single holiday, I would force my family to
watch me put on like one woman play and like
low key. I would annoy them so much because I'd
get so mad if they weren't watching and paying attention
because I thought I was making the most brilliant piece
of media ever, when in reality it was just kind
of me singing and dancing randomly. But I definitely always
loved telling stories and like sharing that type of thing
(06:16):
with an audience. I would love to reenact songs and
scenes from like Disney Nickelodeon shows, like I would always
do things like that.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah. I can imagine you just standing there around Christmas
time and like everyone's hanging out and you're like.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Hey, look at me, everybody. Literally that's what That's what
it was. Oh my goodness. So you just released a
new song right past Yes? Can you just talk about.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
The story or the inspiration behind right past me?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah? So, I don't know. I feel like a lot
of heartbreak songs are kind of towards the angle of
oh this person really hurt me and like they suck,
like never want to talk to them again. Like, yeah,
that those kind of feelings of anger and sadness, but
I feel like a lot of times there's also kind
of a sense of regret. So the song is inspired
by like a friend's specific experience that they had where
they're kind of sharing about feeling responsible for the end
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of their relationship, and I kind of was like, wait,
that's a good song idea, and I kind of realized
that I also relate to that. I feel like a
lot of times, even aside from romantic relationships, any sort
of friendship or relationship where you feel like something you
did contributed to the end of that it's very difficult
to come to terms with because a lot of people
want to be in denial of like, oh no, I'm perfect,
(07:29):
They're completely the wrong. But I think it's important for
us to kind of recognize our own flaws and our
own issues and our own roles and the conflicts we have.
So the song's kind of about that feeling of lingering
regret and kind of not knowing what to do with
yourself after the end of that relationship because you're like, man,
I like I messed up that time.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Is there a specific lyric in that song that you
feel so strongly about.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I love the pre chorus how it starts with I'm
manic in a state of panic, Like I low key
like quote that. I was in my acting class the
other and I was describing my character and I was like, oh,
she's like manic, and then my head I just couldn't
stop myself and I go, she's manic in a state
of panic. Oh my gosh, nobody knew except for my
one friend, and she just like burst out laughing like
(08:12):
five seconds later, and everyone else in the class was
definitely really confused. But I think I think it definitely
describes the type of headspace that someone relating to the
song and me writing the song would be in.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Oh my goodness, I love it. Now what do you You've
You've been doing a lot, right, So you're you were
a child actor, You're going to college, you're writing music,
You're a political science major. I don't know how, but
you're doing it all. Like, how do you make time
for yourself? How do you make time to write? What?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
What do you what do you do.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
In your spare time?
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, the answer was that I'm really busy, and it's
it's difficult. For sure. Anybody who's taking a full course
load knows that college is like so much and like
so much work and so much reading. And for me,
when I like stack music on top of this, it's
kind of difficult. But what I do is I really
just focus on blocking out my time. So I don't know,
(09:09):
it's kind of bad advice, but my headspace is that,
like the homework will always get done. But it's like
if I just sit around and do homework, then I'm
never gonna like go do fun things around the city
with my friends. I'm never gonna like go to the gym,
which like I love going to the gym. That's like
my therapy. So for me, it's just really important, like Okay,
I'm gonna set aside these two hours to walk in
at the library and then I'm gonna do an hour
(09:30):
of writing on my guitar and I'm gonna go to
the gym for an hour, and then after that I'll
like do whatever else I need to do. So just
kind of making sure I'm not like stuck in the
zone kind of like in that dark space of like
work work, work is really important for me.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Yeah, because I feel like your creativity could be blocked.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
By that too. Yeah, for sure, for sure. Luckily for me,
I do kind of get ideas randomly, Like I'll wake
up in the middle of the night with an idea,
or I'll be like walking in between classes and I'll
have an idea and I'll quickly just do a voice
memo in to my phone so then I can like
return to those when I have more time to build
on them.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Yeah, I always leave myself a voice note. I'm always like, hey, gorugeous,
how you doing.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
I love that, I know, right, I'm like, who am I?
What am I saying to myself?
Speaker 2 (10:12):
But you're here to perform a couple of songs today,
and I just want to talk about the other two.
We already talked about your new single that just came
out last week.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So I know we have two other songs. We have
self Sabotage and Blameless, right. So the concept for self
sabotage originated from a casual conversation from what I say, Yes,
so talk about how you wrote this song from just
a casual convo.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah, this one is also another one that I stole
from my friends, like her experience the same friend, no different,
but this one she was ranting about this like weird
situationship thing that she was in. We were walking in
office depot parking lot, I remember very vividly, and she
was like, Oh, I wonder if you could write a
song about that, and I was like, oh, let me think,
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and then I like thinking about their recent experiences and
like stories. I was like, when we danced together, I
thought I saw a spark, but were more like dying
embers left you in the dark. She's like okay. I
was like, wait, like I kind of like that, so
I like put it in my notes and then I
returned to it a few months later. I was like,
I don't know, I really like this idea. And I
had had this idea for a song a few months
before then that had the lyric it rains in California
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every Time I fall in Love, and I really loved
that lyric, and I was like, wait, what if I
mashed these two ideas together and make a song? So
then I like made the song and I played it
for my friend. She was like, wait, this is so relatable.
I actually ended up switching the POV because I originally
made it from her POV. But then I was like, wait,
I feel like it might be more powerful to make
it from the other person's POV because it's also kind
(11:50):
of taking that angle of like I was the one
self sabotaging, and I feel like a lot of people
can relate to that. So it kind of blossomed into
a full fledged song, which is crazy to think about
because the person who I wrote about definitely does not
deserve that.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
But tell me how you really feel and then you
have blameless. Okay, what was it like exploring the theme
of someone who refuses to acknowledge their faults in this song?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, that one is just can be applied to so
many people. There's so many people out there who just
like don't don't think that they can ever be wrong.
This song was specifically written. I think I wrote DOK
my senior year of high school about like a specific
person who is just always thinking that they're better than
everyone else, kind of always being perfect. And I think
that song is just one that's super fun to play live.
(12:41):
Like the live shows, everyone's kind of like, yeah, like
you're blameless, You're blameless because everyone has that one person
in their head that they can think of and be like, oh, like,
that's the person who thinks they're perfect, can do no wrong,
and I'm always taking the fall, but when in reality
they're the ones who are just completely screwing everyone over.
I hate people like that. So true me too. Oh
that's why I wrote the song.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Well, that's why it's on repeat. So tell me about
the album. How did you decide which song was going
to go in front of the next song and then
that song after that song.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Like, how did you figure out your playlist?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Basically?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
So now at this point, I've released two projects, which
is the album and the EP, and I think with
those two was a little bit different. I feel like
between the lines it was more so like vibe wise
the songs, I wanted to make sure that it started
on a high note, high energy, and ended on a
high note and then kind of had like the more
slower songs in between. But with the EP Nostalgia Haunts Me,
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it's more so like kind of telling a story kind of.
The first single off the EP was Self Sabotage, and
that was the one that kind of felt like the
thesis of the EP, so that one made sense to
be the first single, and then I released Vegas, which
is more so like kind of dark pop, kind of
like it's a very un serious song. It's kind of
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just like, oh, you're a Vegas playboy. This what you do?
Hate you so much? Like you suck basically. And then
from there there's kind of more like emotional building. Like
the last track on the EP is called numb Pill,
and it's kind of about accepting who you are as
like an emotional person. And in the bridge, I go
all soak in my on all my sadness. I'll take
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it over your cold heart each day, and it's kind
of saying like I'd rather feel than like not feel,
if that makes sense, Like I'd rather feel all the
sadness than just be numb to all of it. Absolutely,
And I think that that was the closing of the
EP because it was kind of accepting all these emotions
that have gone through throughout the EP they're all okay,
and they're all part of the human experience.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
I love that. So, speaking of finding yourself and being
an artist that you always wanted to be, you just
put out this EP, this new single, et cetera. What's
next for.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
You, Casey? What do you want to do next.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
What is on your wish list, your bucket list in
your career.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, so I have so much new music. I I
did a lot of songwriting and producing with different collaborators
over the summer, so there's a lot of songs that
I would love to put out. I did a show
here in New York on the eleventh, and we played
a couple of the unreleased songs, so kind of getting
people's reactions. So that was really cool, and I'm definitely
(15:16):
planning on putting some more out in the new year
based on the reactions and what people are loving. And
I also like love doing live shows. It's my favorite
part of music, so I definitely want to do more
live shows. I would love to go on tour, Like
if anybody needs an opener, I am here. I am
so down. I love live shows and I have so
many people who are like, oh, come to Chicago, come
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to the UK, like come to all these places, and
I definitely want to play in all the cities where
I have listeners. So working on getting more live shows
is a big thing.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
And speaking of live shows, like, where's your favorite place
that you've performed so far?
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Ah, the True Bidour, I love it. I was like
saying it to my friends the other day. I wish
every day was the day I played the True Widour.
It was so magical. The True Dodour is obviously so
iconic for so many reasons, but also it was just
such a beautiful night, Like the lighting was perfect, the
sound was amazing, I could hear myself so well, the
crowd was so energetic it was it was so awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Well, I'm so happy for you and everything that you've
been doing your rising store here.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
And you know we are in the Dunkin music lounge.
We always ask our guests a Dunkin related question. So
my question for you is, if you could sit in
a duncan and write a song with anyone, sip a
coffee or a tea, eat a donut with.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Who would it be. I think I'm gonna have to
come with Lord. I love Lord. I think she's one
of the best songwriters of our time. She's amazing, and
I would love to just pick her brain and figure
out how she writes and write a song together. Would
probably be like ultimate bucket list item. I love that answer.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Well, without further Ado, I'm gonna shut up and I'm
gonna have you take the stage and perform. Everyone, Casey
Fifield here and the Dunkin music line, and let's give
it up for cases.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Thank you so much
Hey, what's going on, everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It's Danielle Delilo here from iHeartRadio and we are inside
our Duncan Music Lounge in New York City. I'm so
excited to bring today's guests to you today. She is
an independent singer songwriter who actually was born in Chicago
moved to LA She was a child actor. You may
(00:22):
have seen her in shows such as Game Shakers and Snaps.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
She made me do it.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
She's also a philanthropist, a humanitarian, and she's just an
all around great person. I want to welcome Casey Fifield
to the Duncan Lounge.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Thank you so much for having him.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Casey here, How are you doing.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
I'm good.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I'm so happy you came to our studio today. Yes,
oh my goodness. So tell us where you are going
to school right now, because I'm actually I'm obsessed with this.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I've a seen at Columbia second year, your second year.
So what are you studying right now? I'm studying polysci
and music.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Political science.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
When I was a freshman in college, i got a
d in political science.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
It's difficult, for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, And my professor was like, Danielle, don't even think
about going into politics.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Like I plan to go into.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Radio, not politics, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Is there a specific topic you like to learn about
in political science.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Or Yeah, I'm finding that I'm mostly interested in American politics,
mainly because I just feel like it's very intuitive for me.
I'm taking a lot in American politics class right now,
and it's very interesting but very confusing, Like there's dictatorships
than cups, then democracy, then dictatorships again, and it's like
it's so fascinating to learn about, but also like very
difficult to retain the information for sure.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Wow, Well, I feel dumber. Talk about your minor that
you're studying at Columbia.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yes, so I'm doing a music minor, which is very cool.
They just introduced minors as like an option in the
music program. So I'm mainly taking digital music production focused
things because I mean, I've been writing songs and singing
for a long time, but I think it's very cool
to also be able to know how to produce trying
to learn that and get into that a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Do you feel like that's where you want to take
your career to producing, writing performing.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Or I mean performing is definitely my favorite part of
music and writing is my second favorite part. I say
that the producing that I've done so far has been
very like diy On like Ableton and stuff. But it's
definitely helpful because I can communicate better with the producers
I work with, kind of explain my vision better, and
also create demos. I'm kind of still figuring out the whole,
(02:47):
like compression, like vocals, mixing ecues. It's a lot, and
there's a reason why, like producers are so talented and credible.
It's like not easy at all, But for me, learning
that is definitely helpful and it assists in to of
like making the songs I want to make. Oh I
love that.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
So, how has your sound evolved from your debut album
Between the Lines to your recent EP, Nostalgia Haunts Me.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, Between the Lines was definitely very dancy, very fun.
It came out in twenty twenty two. I was a
senior in high school, which is crazy to think about.
That was two years ago, kind of insane. But since then,
I think, I mean, I like to say that I
feel like my music has really grown up with me
in terms of lyrical themes, but also the sound that
I create in my songs. I feel like it's definitely
(03:30):
matured over time. Now I'm in college, I'm writing songs
about college experiences and kind of new things I'm doing,
and I'm also taking some more influences from like indie rock,
pop rock alt pop styles as opposed to like more
dance pop. I still love the dance pop, but I
feel like I'm kind of being driven in more in
that direction.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
How do you feel about alt and pop?
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Like, do you feel like.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You're in the middle, or like, what are you gearing
your sound towards more? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Loaded question TV genre U confuse me when people ask
what kind of music I make. I like to say
alt pop, just because I feel like it's not necessarily
like super mainstream pop music. Some of the songs, like,
for example, Never Applies kind of more like indie rock vibes,
whereas left Behind is more like synthpop. My song dream
Girl is also very like synthpop hyper pop. Like all
(04:19):
over the pop genre, I just stick to alt pop
because I feel like it's kind of a blanket term
for all the different alternative kinds of pop music. Yeah,
I love that.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
And your lyrics are often described as like relatable and vulnerable,
what personal experiences or emotions do you draw from when
you're writing.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Yeah, my life a lot. I've had some pretty crazy experiences.
So it's always fun to kind of have a song
about a specific period and moment in my life, and
then for people to kind of make that into their
own via their listening, and then when they come to
my shows and we will play it together and I'll
have a great time. I love doing things like that. Also,
(05:00):
like take inspiration from my friend's life sometimes with their permission.
Of course, I'm not that interesting to write that many
songs about my life, so definitely take a little bit
kind of craft stories. And I think it's always the
best thing when people say that they can relate to it,
because then it's like, wow, like I'm not crazy for
being the one person that feels this way and that's
had this experience. And I think music is just amazing
(05:22):
in terms of uniting people and making people feel a
little less alone. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
I always go off of Madonna's lyric. Music brings the
people together. Oh yeah, And I always loved being able
as a child. I loved music, and I always was
that one in my family on top of the picnic
table dancing and performing. So you know, I feel like
(05:47):
it really did bring my family together.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And do you have any.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Moments like that when you were a kid that you
can remember.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
I mean, yeah, when I was a kid, I would
like every single holiday, I would force my family to
watch me put on like one woman play and like
low key. I would annoy them so much because I'd
get so mad if they weren't watching and paying attention
because I thought I was making the most brilliant piece
of media ever, when in reality it was just kind
of me singing and dancing randomly. But I definitely always
loved telling stories and like sharing that type of thing
(06:16):
with an audience. I would love to reenact songs and
scenes from like Disney Nickelodeon shows, like I would always
do things like that.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah. I can imagine you just standing there around Christmas
time and like everyone's hanging out and you're like.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Hey, look at me, everybody. Literally that's what That's what
it was. Oh my goodness. So you just released a
new song right past Yes? Can you just talk about.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
The story or the inspiration behind right past me?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Yeah? So, I don't know. I feel like a lot
of heartbreak songs are kind of towards the angle of
oh this person really hurt me and like they suck,
like never want to talk to them again. Like, yeah,
that those kind of feelings of anger and sadness, but
I feel like a lot of times there's also kind
of a sense of regret. So the song is inspired
by like a friend's specific experience that they had where
they're kind of sharing about feeling responsible for the end
(07:08):
of their relationship, and I kind of was like, wait,
that's a good song idea, and I kind of realized
that I also relate to that. I feel like a
lot of times, even aside from romantic relationships, any sort
of friendship or relationship where you feel like something you
did contributed to the end of that it's very difficult
to come to terms with because a lot of people
want to be in denial of like, oh no, I'm perfect,
(07:29):
They're completely the wrong. But I think it's important for
us to kind of recognize our own flaws and our
own issues and our own roles and the conflicts we have.
So the song's kind of about that feeling of lingering
regret and kind of not knowing what to do with
yourself after the end of that relationship because you're like, man,
I like I messed up that time.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Is there a specific lyric in that song that you
feel so strongly about.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
I love the pre chorus how it starts with I'm
manic in a state of panic, Like I low key
like quote that. I was in my acting class the
other and I was describing my character and I was like, oh,
she's like manic, and then my head I just couldn't
stop myself and I go, she's manic in a state
of panic. Oh my gosh, nobody knew except for my
one friend, and she just like burst out laughing like
(08:12):
five seconds later, and everyone else in the class was
definitely really confused. But I think I think it definitely
describes the type of headspace that someone relating to the
song and me writing the song would be in.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Oh my goodness, I love it. Now what do you You've
You've been doing a lot, right, So you're you were
a child actor, You're going to college, you're writing music,
You're a political science major. I don't know how, but
you're doing it all. Like, how do you make time
for yourself? How do you make time to write? What?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
What do you what do you do.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
In your spare time?
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Yeah, the answer was that I'm really busy, and it's
it's difficult. For sure. Anybody who's taking a full course
load knows that college is like so much and like
so much work and so much reading. And for me,
when I like stack music on top of this, it's
kind of difficult. But what I do is I really
just focus on blocking out my time. So I don't know,
(09:09):
it's kind of bad advice, but my headspace is that,
like the homework will always get done. But it's like
if I just sit around and do homework, then I'm
never gonna like go do fun things around the city
with my friends. I'm never gonna like go to the gym,
which like I love going to the gym. That's like
my therapy. So for me, it's just really important, like Okay,
I'm gonna set aside these two hours to walk in
at the library and then I'm gonna do an hour
(09:30):
of writing on my guitar and I'm gonna go to
the gym for an hour, and then after that I'll
like do whatever else I need to do. So just
kind of making sure I'm not like stuck in the
zone kind of like in that dark space of like
work work, work is really important for me.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Yeah, because I feel like your creativity could be blocked.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
By that too. Yeah, for sure, for sure. Luckily for me,
I do kind of get ideas randomly, Like I'll wake
up in the middle of the night with an idea,
or I'll be like walking in between classes and I'll
have an idea and I'll quickly just do a voice
memo in to my phone so then I can like
return to those when I have more time to build
on them.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Yeah, I always leave myself a voice note. I'm always like, hey, gorugeous,
how you doing.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
I love that, I know, right, I'm like, who am I?
What am I saying to myself?
Speaker 2 (10:12):
But you're here to perform a couple of songs today,
and I just want to talk about the other two.
We already talked about your new single that just came
out last week.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
It's so good.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So I know we have two other songs. We have
self Sabotage and Blameless, right. So the concept for self
sabotage originated from a casual conversation from what I say, Yes,
so talk about how you wrote this song from just
a casual convo.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah, this one is also another one that I stole
from my friends, like her experience the same friend, no different,
but this one she was ranting about this like weird
situationship thing that she was in. We were walking in
office depot parking lot, I remember very vividly, and she
was like, Oh, I wonder if you could write a
song about that, and I was like, oh, let me think,
(11:06):
and then I like thinking about their recent experiences and
like stories. I was like, when we danced together, I
thought I saw a spark, but were more like dying
embers left you in the dark. She's like okay. I
was like, wait, like I kind of like that, so
I like put it in my notes and then I
returned to it a few months later. I was like,
I don't know, I really like this idea. And I
had had this idea for a song a few months
before then that had the lyric it rains in California
(11:29):
every Time I fall in Love, and I really loved
that lyric, and I was like, wait, what if I
mashed these two ideas together and make a song? So
then I like made the song and I played it
for my friend. She was like, wait, this is so relatable.
I actually ended up switching the POV because I originally
made it from her POV. But then I was like, wait,
I feel like it might be more powerful to make
it from the other person's POV because it's also kind
(11:50):
of taking that angle of like I was the one
self sabotaging, and I feel like a lot of people
can relate to that. So it kind of blossomed into
a full fledged song, which is crazy to think about
because the person who I wrote about definitely does not
deserve that.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
But tell me how you really feel and then you
have blameless. Okay, what was it like exploring the theme
of someone who refuses to acknowledge their faults in this song?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah, that one is just can be applied to so
many people. There's so many people out there who just
like don't don't think that they can ever be wrong.
This song was specifically written. I think I wrote DOK
my senior year of high school about like a specific
person who is just always thinking that they're better than
everyone else, kind of always being perfect. And I think
that song is just one that's super fun to play live.
(12:41):
Like the live shows, everyone's kind of like, yeah, like
you're blameless, You're blameless because everyone has that one person
in their head that they can think of and be like, oh, like,
that's the person who thinks they're perfect, can do no wrong,
and I'm always taking the fall, but when in reality
they're the ones who are just completely screwing everyone over.
I hate people like that. So true me too. Oh
that's why I wrote the song.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Well, that's why it's on repeat. So tell me about
the album. How did you decide which song was going
to go in front of the next song and then
that song after that song.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Like, how did you figure out your playlist?
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Basically?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
So now at this point, I've released two projects, which
is the album and the EP, and I think with
those two was a little bit different. I feel like
between the lines it was more so like vibe wise
the songs, I wanted to make sure that it started
on a high note, high energy, and ended on a
high note and then kind of had like the more
slower songs in between. But with the EP Nostalgia Haunts Me,
(13:37):
it's more so like kind of telling a story kind of.
The first single off the EP was Self Sabotage, and
that was the one that kind of felt like the
thesis of the EP, so that one made sense to
be the first single, and then I released Vegas, which
is more so like kind of dark pop, kind of
like it's a very un serious song. It's kind of
(13:58):
just like, oh, you're a Vegas playboy. This what you do?
Hate you so much? Like you suck basically. And then
from there there's kind of more like emotional building. Like
the last track on the EP is called numb Pill,
and it's kind of about accepting who you are as
like an emotional person. And in the bridge, I go
all soak in my on all my sadness. I'll take
(14:19):
it over your cold heart each day, and it's kind
of saying like I'd rather feel than like not feel,
if that makes sense, Like I'd rather feel all the
sadness than just be numb to all of it. Absolutely,
And I think that that was the closing of the
EP because it was kind of accepting all these emotions
that have gone through throughout the EP they're all okay,
and they're all part of the human experience.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
I love that. So, speaking of finding yourself and being
an artist that you always wanted to be, you just
put out this EP, this new single, et cetera. What's
next for.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
You, Casey? What do you want to do next.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
What is on your wish list, your bucket list in
your career.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Yeah, so I have so much new music. I I
did a lot of songwriting and producing with different collaborators
over the summer, so there's a lot of songs that
I would love to put out. I did a show
here in New York on the eleventh, and we played
a couple of the unreleased songs, so kind of getting
people's reactions. So that was really cool, and I'm definitely
(15:16):
planning on putting some more out in the new year
based on the reactions and what people are loving. And
I also like love doing live shows. It's my favorite
part of music, so I definitely want to do more
live shows. I would love to go on tour, Like
if anybody needs an opener, I am here. I am
so down. I love live shows and I have so
many people who are like, oh, come to Chicago, come
(15:37):
to the UK, like come to all these places, and
I definitely want to play in all the cities where
I have listeners. So working on getting more live shows
is a big thing.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
And speaking of live shows, like, where's your favorite place
that you've performed so far?
Speaker 1 (15:50):
Ah, the True Bidour, I love it. I was like
saying it to my friends the other day. I wish
every day was the day I played the True Widour.
It was so magical. The True Dodour is obviously so
iconic for so many reasons, but also it was just
such a beautiful night, Like the lighting was perfect, the
sound was amazing, I could hear myself so well, the
crowd was so energetic it was it was so awesome.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Well, I'm so happy for you and everything that you've
been doing your rising store here.
Speaker 1 (16:17):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
And you know we are in the Dunkin music lounge.
We always ask our guests a Dunkin related question. So
my question for you is, if you could sit in
a duncan and write a song with anyone, sip a
coffee or a tea, eat a donut with.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Who would it be. I think I'm gonna have to
come with Lord. I love Lord. I think she's one
of the best songwriters of our time. She's amazing, and
I would love to just pick her brain and figure
out how she writes and write a song together. Would
probably be like ultimate bucket list item. I love that answer.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Well, without further Ado, I'm gonna shut up and I'm
gonna have you take the stage and perform. Everyone, Casey
Fifield here and the Dunkin music line, and let's give
it up for cases.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Thank you so much
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