May 21, 2024 • 36 mins
As the city of angels casts its vibrant glow, Skye Isaac joins us to recount the tale that led her from the unsuspecting audition for "Chasing Destiny" to the bustling life of a multifaceted artist in LA. Sky opens her heart, revealing the joys and jolts of reality TV and the pursuit of a solo career amidst the constant whirlwind of collaboration with mega-talents like Solange Knowles. Prepare to be illuminated by her candid discussion on the hurdles and victories as a woman of color in the spotlight, and how staying true to oneself and embracing community support can elevate an artist's journey.
Host KC Carnage (@iamkccarnage), and Skye Issac (@sykeissacmusic)
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You've been on reality TV.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Chasing Destiny yes.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
And we want to know like was there a drama?
Like how far did you get?
Like what's the tea?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I will say yes.
I think the show was aboutfinding the talent.
It was a really cool experienceLike, what's funny about
Chasing Destiny is when I foundout Kelly was putting together a
group, I didn't even want toaudition.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
Oh, I didn't want to be in agroup, I just always saw myself
(00:37):
as a solo artist.
I didn't even know about ituntil I got an email invite to
come audition for them inAtlanta.
Never let that crown say shestays thriving.
That's it, that's all.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
That's it, that's all .
That's it.
That's all, that's it, that'sall.
Is that really it, though?
What up, what up, what up, whatup.
This is that's it, that's All.
I'm your host, kasey Carnage,and today you know what I like
to do A little artist spotlight,and I got my baby girl, the
beautiful, the talented SkyIsaac.
(01:27):
I'm so excited to be here.
You know what we love to dohere other than talking about
what's going on.
I like to showcase andhighlight the amazing black
artists that we have here in LAand eventually, hopefully,
around the world Sky.
You may have seen her on SNLwith Solange Knowles, chasing
Destiny with Kelly Rowland andeventually, hopefully, around
the world Sky.
You may have seen her on SNLwith Solange Knowles, chasing
Destiny with Kelly Rowland, andmany other TV and film
(01:50):
appearances.
She's booked and busy.
She's booked and busy, butanyway, I don't need to tell her
story.
She can tell her story.
Sky, say hi to the people, hipeople, hi.
Podcast.
So, sky, tell us about who youare and who you are as an artist
.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, thank you so much for having me, KC.
I'm so excited for you and soproud of you.
This is such a beautiful spacefor black women like us to
express ourselves when we'rereally not heard in a lot of
different spaces.
So kudos to you, girl.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
You know we got to do it.
If we don't do it, who's goingto do it?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Exactly, exactly, exactly.
So it's an honor to be here.
My name is Sky Isaac.
I'm born and raised inLafayette, louisiana.
I'm a Southern girl.
Okay girl, hey, baby, yeah, heybaby.
What's up?
Baby, how you doing, baby, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I got it.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
No, but oh my God, I can't wait to go back home.
I'm going to be there in acouple weeks, but anyway, born
and raised in Lafayette,louisiana, and I've been a
singer, obsessed with arts,everything entertainment since I
was a little girl.
And now I'm here in LA pursuingmy dreams full time as a
(03:05):
musician, songwriter, actress.
I like to do it all and I justsay that music and entertainment
really is my world.
It always has been, and what'simportant to me is that I'm
always doing it authentically.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And you do, and you do.
And it's so funny because Iremember.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I remember when I first met you and where was that
it was at Sayers, and I'm goingto tell you what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you Okay.
So when Sayers was open in LosAngeles, it was like a very
music forward club and we hadour things.
I'm singing all the time, orwhatever.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Don't we miss Sayers.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I do miss Sayers, sayers, come back.
I, you know, I'm singing allthe time, whatever, I go away.
I do miss Sayers, sayers, comeback.
Um, I go away to China.
I go away to China to do a gigfor six months, right, and I
come back and there's this cuteblack chick, young.
I'm like who is she?
Who is she?
Oh, my god, and it's like, andthe thing is, though, for me
it's like, you know, you know,unfortunately, a like they feel
(04:05):
like it can only be one of us,but the community there was so
good and I immediately was likethat's my boo, like what you
need, what we need to talk about, whatever.
And I really like, I really wasnot only impressed but just
honored to be in your space,because I feel like, you know,
it's not enough of group support, especially, especially women
of color, especially women of adarker tone.
(04:28):
There's always a pitting againsteach other to see who is going
to who can't, but it can be amuch and we did that.
We held that shit down.
We held it down we don't hold itdown, but it was like your
presence was just sobreathtaking.
It was a softer, it wassomething that was intriguing as
(04:48):
to why I think I was drawn toyou, not only as a sister,
friend or colleague, but as afriend Like you know what I mean
, like we know each otherpersonally.
We've gotten to know each otherand it's been a great
experience.
But my next question I want toask you is that, like you know,
(05:11):
as artists, you know everybodygoes, you know, by aliases, but
you go by your birth name, yeah,why?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
is that, or did you have any?
Like other names you thoughtabout calling yourself?
Honestly, I've never had anyother names.
Um, sky Isaac is my full name.
Uh, I don't have a middle nameand I and I, I just always felt
like my name was a perfectexpression of me and I just kept
it always.
Sometimes I didn't know if Iwanted to be just Sky or keep
(05:34):
the Sky Isaac.
But, um, I love my name and um,I love my dad a lot.
Um, and I'm proud to have hisname.
I'm like, when I get married,what are we gonna do?
No, I love my name.
I really, really do.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I feel an attachment to it, so I'm gonna have to
figure, I mean, it's a modernday world, like, yeah, it could
be hyphenated, you might get thefirst my middle name right.
Well, one of my best friends, mybest friends her, um, her, um,
they only had sisters, so theiryou know, their last names are
the same.
And her sister did a hyphenatebecause, well, one of my best
friends, my best friends, theyonly had sisters, so their last
names are the same.
And her sister did a hyphenatebecause it was just like they
don't have any boys to carry on,and I know you have a sister,
(06:13):
yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
So that's what she decided to do Was being an
artist something you've alwayswanted to be or something that
you found later on it'sliterally the only thing I ever
wanted to be, or something thatyou found later on it was it's
literally the only thing I everwanted to be.
You know, in school, whenever,like, you get into middle school
and high school and they startasking you, you know what, are
you gonna go to college?
They always assume you're gonnago to college and they ask you
(06:35):
what are you gonna go to collegefor?
What are you gonna do this anddo that?
That's when I started exploringother things like, of course,
like music theory and stuff.
But I was exploring like masscommunication and stuff like
that.
Um, but for me nothing, nothingseemed right but music to
pursue from day one and Iactually enrolled in school and
(06:57):
everything.
In like two weeks before I waslike I told my parents I'm not
going damn, did they send thatcheck?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
No, they hadn't sent a check.
No, they hadn't sent a check.
Yet Colleges don't refund.
No, I know.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
But what was crazy was like I they didn't know that
I was thinking about it thatseriously, Like I really don't
think I'm going to go because Idon't want to waste my time and
I don't want to waste y'allmoney.
And that's basically what Itold them and they were happy
because they're like don't wasteit.
Then, Okay, Don't waste it,Don't waste it.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
But it's funny that you, like I asked that question
in a lot of these artistsspotlights because everyone's
journey is different.
Right, and I would say formyself, it's like it wasn't like
I've always been in choirs,I've always been, you know,
musical, I've always been, youknow, talented, but you know
talented, but like it wasn't a,it wasn't a forefront in my life
(07:48):
, like my forefront, because ofthe, you know, the family that I
came from, was like, it wasvery much like get a job.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Make sure you're stable.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Do this and that, like that, and I'm just kind of
like well, the skill sets thatI've learned along the way is
always going to make me stable,because if some disc crumbled,
guess what?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
I'm gonna build something else over here, like
you know what, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And so I went to school from communications and
it's funny and you can do both.
You can do both.
And it's a thing where, when Idecided to start this podcast,
it was mainly out of the factthat I felt like I wasn't using
the degree that I paid for, eventhough I was traveling the
world in music performingeverywhere.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, it's like you didn Traveling the world in
music.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Performing.
It was still a part of me thatwanted to hone on all of the
talents that you have.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And so I do know that you're a triple threat as well.
Where you trained in dance.
Tell me about your journey intoyour artistry.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Well, my whole life I was in arts academy school, so
all my schools had arts programs.
So because of that, um, eitherdance, choir, piano, that was a
part of the curriculum that Iwas in in school and I would
take classes and you know all ofthat.
So it was always a part of mylife and I've been training
(09:04):
since I was about like eight.
I started in dance and voiceand piano.
I started maybe around like six, but I was always training and
like trying to perfect my artsand my skills so that later on I
could use it.
Because I'm one of those peoplelike when I go into a situation,
(09:27):
especially musically in mycareer, I don't want to be like
the one in the room that knowsthe least.
I want to know a little bitabout theory, I want to know a
little like.
I want to know the terminology.
I want to be able to express myideals so that I can really
like have a fair stake in the,because you know we're in a
male-dominated industry and alot of times they went to school
(09:50):
for years to learn you know allthis theory and terminology and
all the notes and all this andthat.
So it was important for me toat least know the basics.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Um, but back back then I knew a lot more well,
it's definitely, I mean it'sdefinitely like a muscle, right,
yeah.
And the thing is like Sam, likeall my schools we had like
there was science and tech andthen it was gifted and talented.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
That's how they categorize it.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
So, sam, like I was in all the dance classes, I was
in all the choirs, things likethat.
So it was just something that Ijust had a skill to do,
something that I just had askill, yeah, to do.
So integrating here into LA todo that didn't necessarily I
wouldn't say it didn'tnecessarily come easy because,
like you had a lot of the skillsthough I had a lot of the
skills and at first it was likefake it till you make it and I
(10:35):
realized like wait, there's alot of people around me that
really know what's going on.
So it made me like dig deeper,it made me listen more, it made
me, you know, uh, concentratemore.
It was a little.
It went from me just being anatural to actually being
technical and skillful same.
And it's definitely a thing,because a lot of, a lot of the
(10:56):
things where you um you, a lotof the things where you try to
achieve what you're doing is ayou know, it's a benefit, but
it's also like you know it's agift and a curse, right?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
But when you were in school, was there something that
you, um personally like,gravitated to the most?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Um, it's funny, I was always a vocalist but I
couldn't stay in choir.
I did it two years and inmiddle school and then, once I
moved on to high school, Ididn't do it, but I was always.
I started doing theater, umsome, just something a little
bit more expressive.
Uh, that kind of encompassedall the things I liked dance,
(11:47):
acting and stuff like that.
Um, so I would say that andtalent shows.
I was a cheerleader too, sothat took up yeah, so that took
up a lot of my time.
That was also a fun way toexpress, um, my individuality,
um, so I'd say the.
The thing I gravitated towardsthe most, probably, was like we
(12:09):
had talent shows like twice ayear, and that's the thing that
I would.
Baby, I was pulling out all thestops.
Okay.
The year before I was thinkingabout, okay, what am I going to
do next year?
And and you know, that was themost fun for me because I feel
like I could be like Beyonce-okay, so what was your favorite?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
what was your favorite one?
What was your favorite?
One like like your favoriteperformance in your talent show
you know what I would say.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
It's funny because my favorite one I was not, it
wasn't a huge dramatic thing Iliterally stood there and sang
uh, if I ain't got you, I sangthat.
And I don't Got you, I sangthat and I don't know, for some
reason that year I wanted tojust show that I could sing and
it went really well.
I won hey.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Congratulations.
Okay, girl, so you know I gottaget some of the tea right.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah, one second.
Is there a napkin or something?
I feel my tears about to dropright here.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Are you crying?
I know, my eyes water, girl,even when.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
I'm performing, girl on stage.
Lights just make my eyes water.
You got to carry a fan.
I know I'm trying to figure outwhat will.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
You got it Okay.
So you know, we got to get tothe tea right, what tea you on?
Girl, so you want, so you knowmaybe kind of you've been,
you've been.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I was like that's how you've been on reality tv.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Oh yeah, destiny, yes and we want to know like was
there?
Like, was the show really about?
Like, finding the destiny?
Was there a drama like how fardid you get?
Like, what's the tea?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
I will say yes.
I think that the show was aboutfinding the talent it was a it
was a really cool experience.
Like what's funny about, uh,chasing Destiny is, when I found
out Kelly was putting togethera group, I didn't even want to
audition.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
Oh, I didn't want to be in agroup, I just always saw myself
(14:08):
as a solo artist.
So we I saw it and me and mymom were like, oh, that's so
cool.
But I was like I think I'm good.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
I didn't even know about ituntil I got an email invite to
come audition for them inAtlanta.
So it was Kelly, roland andFrank Gadsden.
They were holding auditions allover the country.
(14:28):
They did some here in LA,houston, new York, atlanta,
chicago I think that was all theplaces.
So I went to Atlanta and Iauditioned and it was like a
whirlwind.
It was crazy.
There were so many girls there.
I still didn't know what wasgoing on.
Like what the heck?
My mom had submitted me monthsbefore that.
(14:50):
So I still was like what isgoing on here?
But I auditioned and theypicked 15 girls and I was one of
them and then we filmed here.
So it was a great experience.
I thought it would be a littlebit more challenging or, like
you know, like making the band,they had you working on it, they
(15:14):
had you sweating.
Laurianne was like boom, got,got, got.
You know like.
It was like I wanted someone to, just you know put me in a
shape.
Yeah, that's what I wanted, butI still wouldn't have changed
anything.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
But you know what's funny?
Because Kelly Rowland is notBeyonce.
Like I feel like if Beyoncefound out, y'all would be doing
that.
But Kelly is a very like sultry, like I'm going to sing here
and I'm going to be pretty orwhatever.
So it kind of makes sense that,like her group, that she would
be like a.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Kelly is one of the most physically beautiful.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Oh, my God.
And internally beautiful peopleI have ever.
Her voice is so soothing Like Iwant to hear her on like ASMR.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Like I just want her to talk to me and, yeah, she,
everything about her is justlike it feels like a I don't
know.
She, her presence, her spirit,um, even her speaking voice is
so soothing, like it makes youfeel comfortable right away.
So, like I said, I wouldn'thave changed the experience.
She, um, um, and she changed mylife in many ways.
(16:17):
You know she's the one thatintroduced me to Solange, you
know.
So Kelly is like that's my girl, but the experience on the show
was just exactly what I neededat the time, I think I think I,
um, I made some beautifulconnections.
I learned a lot during thattime, like that show showed me I
(16:37):
had a lot of growing to do,like growing up period and
growing as a vocalist.
You know there were someincredible singers there and I
actually feel like if I was onthe show now, it would be a
different story of course youknow, because you know more well
yeah and you go through thingsand, like you know, you get
(16:59):
feedback and you decide whatyou're gonna do with it.
Are you gonna say, oh, theydon't know what they're talking
about, which there were a couplepeople on the show that were
like that they weren't reallytrying to hear nothing about
themselves.
But you know, you can take thecriticism and be like, okay, I
got you.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Which is what I did.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
But it also, too, like you get to a point where
it's like you do know whatyou're talking about.
Now, you know what I mean, andit's a process, like you said.
At that time you were in a spotwhere you felt like you needed
that.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
I needed a push, you needed it.
I wanted to get Like it was aboot camp in a sense.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yes, maybe not as intense as you would have
expected.
But it was but in a sense itwas like because you're going
off of things where you areschool trained which is like you
know, if you go to you know adistrict where it's like that is
focused, it definitely helps.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
But TV, but like to have a, like a direct, yeah,
definitely helps but like tohave a direct yeah, and like TV,
and like you're being trainedand critiqued by.
Like Frank Gadsden, who was,you know, he choreographed for
En Vogue, he danced for MichaelJackson.
He's like Beyonce and Destiny'sChild's first choreographer
(18:19):
Like all of the crazy iconicchoreo you know comes from him.
So you have somebody like himcritiquing you and talking to
you and actually caring enoughto tell you work on this, do
this, do this, which frank and Iare still in touch to this day,
so grateful for that, and I'vealways been one of those people
tell me, tell me so I can, like,get it to the next level.
So it it did a lot for meawesome, awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
So I know that you're also a songwriter.
What was one of your firstsongs you ever wrote?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
oh gosh, my for one of the first songs.
Okay, y'all don't laugh, i'masing it.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
That's what you're here for.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's kind of funny, but then it's kind of cool.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
But it's funny.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Are y'all ready?
It's not that far.
One Cause you make me feel likea butterfly, make me flutter,
and I never want another.
You're my monarch.
Love it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Okay, I like the wordplay which is like modern
butterfly, like a monarch.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Make me feel like a butterfly, Make me flutter.
Yo, I thought I did the damnthing with that song.
I thought I was like it's overand I was like Mariah Carey's
going to hear it, Because and Iwas like Mariah Carey's going to
hear it because, you know, sheon butterfly I was like it's
over, it's over.
Oh my God, Y'all that was likethat was years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Okay, okay.
So, speaking of Mariah Carey,I'm sure that that would
probably be one of the answersto my next question.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What's that who?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
are some of your biggest influences and how did
you come up with your sound?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Oh, and how did you come up with your sound?
Oh yeah, mariah is the reasonthat I sing.
She's the absolute reason thatI sing, because she was the.
She was the uh music that mymom would play all the time in
the car, that she made me wantto even see if I could sing.
You know, I was trying toemulate her voice and and all of
that.
So, um, she's the reason I'dsay that I desire to be a
(20:19):
vocalist.
And then, oh, so many, um,there's so many artists that
inspired me, not just vocally.
I was heavily inspired by, likeTLC, aaliyah, um, even stuff
like the Carpenters Hall Oates.
I experienced and I was exposedto so much music growing up,
(20:45):
from different times in history,from different genres, so I
just have so many that are dearto me, but Mariah is definitely
one of them.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Okay, she's really special to me would you say
you're like, how would youdescribe your sound, like your
vibe of music and your soundlike?
Speaker 2 (21:05):
a sweet edgy pop sound.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
I feel that yeah.
I can agree, I would.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I've heard her voice before, and it's beautiful.
I can agree, thank you.
There's like always a hint ofsweetness in there, but I like
to add an edge and, yeah, I'dsay like sweet edgy pop,
something like that.
Okay, nice.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
So in all of my shows , I like to play a game.
Okay, and this game for you iscalled who's your Jam?
Who's your Jam, who's?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Your Jam.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Who's your Jam?
Who's your Jam?
Okay, and you're gonna tell mewho you prefer.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Okay, ready.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Alright, diana Ross versus Gladys Knight.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Oh, I gotta go with Diana, me too.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But I do love Gladys Same.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Like it's yeah, gladys her song You're the Best
Thing that Ever Happened To Me.
That's my song that I dedicate.
Best Thing that Ever Happenedto Me.
That's my song that I dedicateto my family.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Midnight Train to Georgia yeah, you can't say
nothing to me, that song come on.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
I sang that at a wedding last weekend.
Girl, it was a hit on themidnight train Georgia on the
midnight train.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
It's so good.
It's so good, okay.
Lauren Hill versus QueenLatifah.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Oh, it's Lauryn.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
It's Lauryn.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, I didn't even have to think about it.
I love the queen, but Lauryn,she broke so many records being
herself being a beautiful browngirl with locks that she took
over the world.
I agree.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
I agree, and it's just yeah she's everything to me
, so this is a trick one, andthis is only for those who know.
3lw versus the Cheetah Girls.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Oh God, wait, Wait, can I even Wait?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Wait, hold on Hold on .
Hold on.
Hold on Wait, I on Hold on.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Hold on, wait, I couldn't.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Yo, that is hard, because why would?
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Okay, because why was I singing?
I don't want to be likeCinderella.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Why was I singing that the other day in the?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
kitchen.
Yo, we got people in the studio.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
They are falling out of this question?
No, because this is serious,but technically they're the same
group.
Wait, no one member isdifferent, but they're the same
group.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Yeah, but they are the same group.
Yeah, but those one, those oneor two members Make a difference
.
They do make a difference.
I mean Smythe and SimoneSwapped out.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
What's her name?
Swapped out, what's the Notori?
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Notori yeah, yes.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But they're the same group, but you know what I'll
have to.
This is how I'll have to Okay,who you going to choose?
Who you going to choose, guys?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I have to think about it, I have to say Cheetah Girls
.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Cheetah Girls yes, cheetah Girls, they have me in a
chokehold.
Cheetah Girls.
Okay, jennifer Hudson versusFantasia.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Fantasia.
Fantasia is one of thoseartists that I feel like I need
to see her life yesterday,yesterday, today, tomorrow,
always for me.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
That was a hard one when I was writing this up.
It was a hard one because letme tell you why I love me a
singing ass girl, and they areboth some singing girls like
they were singing, but somethingabout Fantasia.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
It's like it's the pain in her voice, like it's the
struggle she has so much energy, like she has so much energy
and she does not hold back onecell of her body At all when
she's singing and when she's onthat stage.
And she's actually on my list.
I need to see her live.
She's absolutely incredible.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Yes, agree, agree.
Okay, H-E-R her or LMA LMA youknow what I'll say?
Speaker 2 (25:07):
her, because she's so multi, multi-talented.
She is, she is, she plays everyinstrument she's doing, she did
.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
okay, that's fair faith.
Evans versus mary j blot versusMary J Blige oh dang, yes, we
do that here.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Oh dang, that's a tough one because I love me some
Faith Evans.
But I got to give it to Marybecause I grew up listening to
Mary.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
All those albums.
Shout out to Faith, but Marygot you in the chokehold.
Yeah, Mary had you in thechokehold.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, she's like part of the soundtrack to my
childhood for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Okay, okay.
Next one, alicia Keys.
What about the Mary dance?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Mary, she didn't care , I love it, I love it, so the
next one Alicia Keys versus ToniBraxton.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Oh Toni.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Toni hands down.
Okay, Also part of thesoundtrack to my Tony.
Tony hands down, Also part ofthe soundtrack.
Here's my thing.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Tony Braxton as a singer, but Alicia Keys as a
songwriter.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Yeah, I would agree with that.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
I was like Tony Braxton she had the hits.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well, I was thinking, yeah, I was thinking vocally,
vocally, yes, but all together,but as a songwriter because
don't get me wrong like peopletrying to hate Alicia Keys, but
she writes some good songs andshe gonna write the anthem of
the summer.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
She gonna be in the Olympics.
She gonna write the song forthe special Olympics.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
She gonna write the song for, like Alicia Keys, her
penmanship you can pin hit cultclassic song girl on fire yeah,
I mean if I ain't got you.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
If I ain't got you, people still people gonna be
singing.
If I ain't got you, to the daywe die and those are, those are
crossover records like that'sanother level.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
When you're pinning songs like that, nobody can't
say nothing about you Nothing,nothing, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Last one Anita Baker versus Chaka Khan.
Ain't nobody love me betterthan Chaka, okay, be Chaka.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
I love me some Chaka.
I love me some Chaka.
You know we be singing Chakadown.
I love me some Chaka.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
But you know, anita Baker feels like if she did all
the screaming and yelling atChaka it would be Anita Baker,
because Anita Baker does allthat extra.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
but it's like that low, smooth end.
Oh, but her voice is sobeautiful.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
It's literally one of the most beautiful voices in
the world to me, like AnitaBaker, is just like the
smoothest.
Yeah, like it's like milk.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
It's like when you put milk chocolate in milk and
you stir it up, it's like it'sdifferent so did you know that,
tony Tony Braxton, how she gotdiscovered when she was demoing
for Anita Baker?
That makes sense that makes100%.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Did you know that Tony Braxton was also um from my
school?
Speaker 2 (27:52):
really university.
Yes, yes, yes, okay.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Well, that's the end of what's your jam so what's
your gym?
Okay, let's get back into yoursong because you know, like
again, we're here to spotlightyou and we're here to, you know,
dig into the artistry of skyisaac.
Let's talk about the songyou're going to share.
We're going to share her songtoday.
Guys, um, one dance.
(28:17):
What was the inspiration behindit?
And the video is so cute.
It was giving me like JanetJackson futuristic, like yeah,
what was the inspiration behindthat?
Speaker 2 (28:27):
well.
The inspiration behind the songwas like the feeling of feeling
like you miss an opportunity,feeling like you miss somebody
and this could be a romanticrelationship or friendship or
someone who's passed on and thefeeling of you know missing them
(28:50):
and just feeling like thattrain has left and like that
part of your journey is over andyou wish you could relive it
again and maybe you would dosome things differently.
So around the time of therelease, the pandemic was
happening.
So many of our loved ones werepassing away.
(29:11):
There was so much losshappening, whether it whether it
was, you know, people inrelationships having hard times,
and I was in the studio inLafayette, back home, with my
producer, roy Chip Anthony, andI was just like I feel like I
need to write something toexpress what's happening right
(29:32):
now.
So that's the inspirationbehind the song and the music
video.
That's just the vibe I wasfeeling.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I mean, it was vibey.
I was like she was dancing.
She was dancing, she was justlike feeling herself.
But it was so sweet.
So, without further ado, we'regoing to play One Dance by Sky
Isaac, sky Chips on the train.
(30:13):
Oh yeah, regrets how many of ushave them?
Feel like we missed the train.
(30:34):
Never to have that feelingagain Again.
I rest.
How many of us give in, evenwhen it's what matters the most,
we never treat it like what itis, what it is.
(31:01):
But I didn't know.
When you touch love, you don'tlet go.
And I'm so sick cause I was sowrong.
Now look at me up all nightwriting a song Without you.
Without you, it's real blue.
(31:23):
I miss you.
If I could, I'd take it back onetime.
One dance.
If I have a chance, I'd go backin time.
I'd change my mind.
(31:44):
I would take it back.
You know I've been needing that.
You know I've been needing you.
You know I've been goingthrough Some changes.
If I had the chance, if I hadthe chance yeah, hard to hide
(32:11):
Before we find it right from thestart, but now we're going and
play hard to get.
I could say all my feelings andI'd never let you in.
You got so tired of feelinglike just a friend.
When you touch love you don'tlet go.
(32:32):
And I'm so sick cause I wasswore.
And now I'm up every nightsinging this song Without you,
without you.
It's real.
It's real.
I miss you.
Take it back.
(32:53):
One time, if I had one moredance to show you, I'd go back
in time.
I would change my mind.
I would take it back.
Take it back, I would take itback, take it back.
(33:14):
I've been needing you, I'vebeen needing you, I've been
needing you.
I've been going through In myhead I'm chasing For one more
dance, baby, take it back, takeit back, take it back, take it
(33:38):
back.
I love you, I love you.
I really, really love you.
I want you, I need you.
So come and let me show you.
You know I love you.
Sky, baby, yes, and that's Sky,isaac.
(34:10):
One dance, thank you so much.
Well, sky, thank you so muchFor coming on the show.
I like to leave messages At theend of my show for whoever you
want to leave a message to, oryour younger self.
So if you had to leave anythingfor the viewers out there, or
maybe if you had a message foryoung Sky growing up, what would
(34:31):
you tell her about becoming theartist that she wants to be, or
just becoming the person andthe woman that she wants to be?
Speaker 2 (34:46):
That is so beautiful, casey.
If I could speak to my youngerself, my inner child, I would
tell her no matter what it lookslike your gift will make room
for you.
Okay, gift will make room.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
All right, sky, tell them where they can find you
where can they find your?
Music.
What can they say where?
Speaker 2 (34:59):
can you find me?
Where can you find me?
Tell them where you're at?
Social socials, social socials,social socials.
What's going on?
Sky Isaac everywhere.
So skyisaccomS-K-Y-E-I-S-A-A-Ccom at
skyisacmusic on Instagram, andtick tock and just sky Isaac
(35:22):
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Okay, well, you heard it here.
Guys, again, you know whatwe're about.
We do these early spotlights toshowcase a lot of the artists
black artists that we have herein LA and, again, like I said
you know, manifest in the future, hopefully around the world.
But, at the end of the day, ifyou have any questions for Sky,
you got any questions for us.
Please like, subscribe, share,do all the things.
We're going to post all herinformation on this video and
(35:45):
tag her and everything we do.
So if you want to hear her, youheard her.
Sky Isaac, thank you so muchfor coming, and that's it.
That's all.
Desert.
That's All is written by me,Casey Carnage, and produced by
myself and Rick Barrio-Dill.
Associate producer Brie Corey.
(36:06):
Assistant producer LarissaDonahoe.
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Slap Studios LA withdistribution through our
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(36:29):
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never miss a thing.
See you next show.
You've been on reality TV.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Chasing Destiny yes.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
And we want to know like was there a drama?
Like how far did you get?
Like what's the tea?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
I will say yes.
I think the show was aboutfinding the talent.
It was a really cool experienceLike, what's funny about
Chasing Destiny is when I foundout Kelly was putting together a
group, I didn't even want toaudition.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
Oh, I didn't want to be in agroup, I just always saw myself
(00:37):
as a solo artist.
I didn't even know about ituntil I got an email invite to
come audition for them inAtlanta.
Never let that crown say shestays thriving.
That's it, that's all.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
That's it, that's all .
That's it.
That's all, that's it, that'sall.
Is that really it, though?
What up, what up, what up, whatup.
This is that's it, that's All.
I'm your host, kasey Carnage,and today you know what I like
to do A little artist spotlight,and I got my baby girl, the
beautiful, the talented SkyIsaac.
(01:27):
I'm so excited to be here.
You know what we love to dohere other than talking about
what's going on.
I like to showcase andhighlight the amazing black
artists that we have here in LAand eventually, hopefully,
around the world Sky.
You may have seen her on SNLwith Solange Knowles, chasing
Destiny with Kelly Rowland andeventually, hopefully, around
the world Sky.
You may have seen her on SNLwith Solange Knowles, chasing
Destiny with Kelly Rowland, andmany other TV and film
(01:50):
appearances.
She's booked and busy.
She's booked and busy, butanyway, I don't need to tell her
story.
She can tell her story.
Sky, say hi to the people, hipeople, hi.
Podcast.
So, sky, tell us about who youare and who you are as an artist
.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, thank you so much for having me, KC.
I'm so excited for you and soproud of you.
This is such a beautiful spacefor black women like us to
express ourselves when we'rereally not heard in a lot of
different spaces.
So kudos to you, girl.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
You know we got to do it.
If we don't do it, who's goingto do it?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Exactly, exactly, exactly.
So it's an honor to be here.
My name is Sky Isaac.
I'm born and raised inLafayette, louisiana.
I'm a Southern girl.
Okay girl, hey, baby, yeah, heybaby.
What's up?
Baby, how you doing, baby, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I got it.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
No, but oh my God, I can't wait to go back home.
I'm going to be there in acouple weeks, but anyway, born
and raised in Lafayette,louisiana, and I've been a
singer, obsessed with arts,everything entertainment since I
was a little girl.
And now I'm here in LA pursuingmy dreams full time as a
(03:05):
musician, songwriter, actress.
I like to do it all and I justsay that music and entertainment
really is my world.
It always has been, and what'simportant to me is that I'm
always doing it authentically.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
And you do, and you do.
And it's so funny because Iremember.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I remember when I first met you and where was that
it was at Sayers, and I'm goingto tell you what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you Okay.
So when Sayers was open in LosAngeles, it was like a very
music forward club and we hadour things.
I'm singing all the time, orwhatever.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Don't we miss Sayers.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I do miss Sayers, sayers, come back.
I, you know, I'm singing allthe time, whatever, I go away.
I do miss Sayers, sayers, comeback.
Um, I go away to China.
I go away to China to do a gigfor six months, right, and I
come back and there's this cuteblack chick, young.
I'm like who is she?
Who is she?
Oh, my god, and it's like, andthe thing is, though, for me
it's like, you know, you know,unfortunately, a like they feel
(04:05):
like it can only be one of us,but the community there was so
good and I immediately was likethat's my boo, like what you
need, what we need to talk about, whatever.
And I really like, I really wasnot only impressed but just
honored to be in your space,because I feel like, you know,
it's not enough of group support, especially, especially women
of color, especially women of adarker tone.
(04:28):
There's always a pitting againsteach other to see who is going
to who can't, but it can be amuch and we did that.
We held that shit down.
We held it down we don't hold itdown, but it was like your
presence was just sobreathtaking.
It was a softer, it wassomething that was intriguing as
(04:48):
to why I think I was drawn toyou, not only as a sister,
friend or colleague, but as afriend Like you know what I mean
, like we know each otherpersonally.
We've gotten to know each otherand it's been a great
experience.
But my next question I want toask you is that, like you know,
(05:11):
as artists, you know everybodygoes, you know, by aliases, but
you go by your birth name, yeah,why?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
is that, or did you have any?
Like other names you thoughtabout calling yourself?
Honestly, I've never had anyother names.
Um, sky Isaac is my full name.
Uh, I don't have a middle nameand I and I, I just always felt
like my name was a perfectexpression of me and I just kept
it always.
Sometimes I didn't know if Iwanted to be just Sky or keep
(05:34):
the Sky Isaac.
But, um, I love my name and um,I love my dad a lot.
Um, and I'm proud to have hisname.
I'm like, when I get married,what are we gonna do?
No, I love my name.
I really, really do.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I feel an attachment to it, so I'm gonna have to
figure, I mean, it's a modernday world, like, yeah, it could
be hyphenated, you might get thefirst my middle name right.
Well, one of my best friends, mybest friends her, um, her, um,
they only had sisters, so theiryou know, their last names are
the same.
And her sister did a hyphenatebecause, well, one of my best
friends, my best friends, theyonly had sisters, so their last
names are the same.
And her sister did a hyphenatebecause it was just like they
don't have any boys to carry on,and I know you have a sister,
(06:13):
yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
So that's what she decided to do Was being an
artist something you've alwayswanted to be or something that
you found later on it'sliterally the only thing I ever
wanted to be, or something thatyou found later on it was it's
literally the only thing I everwanted to be.
You know, in school, whenever,like, you get into middle school
and high school and they startasking you, you know what, are
you gonna go to college?
They always assume you're gonnago to college and they ask you
(06:35):
what are you gonna go to collegefor?
What are you gonna do this anddo that?
That's when I started exploringother things like, of course,
like music theory and stuff.
But I was exploring like masscommunication and stuff like
that.
Um, but for me nothing, nothingseemed right but music to
pursue from day one and Iactually enrolled in school and
(06:57):
everything.
In like two weeks before I waslike I told my parents I'm not
going damn, did they send thatcheck?
Speaker 1 (07:03):
No, they hadn't sent a check.
No, they hadn't sent a check.
Yet Colleges don't refund.
No, I know.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
But what was crazy was like I they didn't know that
I was thinking about it thatseriously, Like I really don't
think I'm going to go because Idon't want to waste my time and
I don't want to waste y'allmoney.
And that's basically what Itold them and they were happy
because they're like don't wasteit.
Then, Okay, Don't waste it,Don't waste it.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
But it's funny that you, like I asked that question
in a lot of these artistsspotlights because everyone's
journey is different.
Right, and I would say formyself, it's like it wasn't like
I've always been in choirs,I've always been, you know,
musical, I've always been, youknow, talented, but you know
talented, but like it wasn't a,it wasn't a forefront in my life
(07:48):
, like my forefront, because ofthe, you know, the family that I
came from, was like, it wasvery much like get a job.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Make sure you're stable.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Do this and that, like that, and I'm just kind of
like well, the skill sets thatI've learned along the way is
always going to make me stable,because if some disc crumbled,
guess what?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
I'm gonna build something else over here, like
you know what, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
And so I went to school from communications and
it's funny and you can do both.
You can do both.
And it's a thing where, when Idecided to start this podcast,
it was mainly out of the factthat I felt like I wasn't using
the degree that I paid for, eventhough I was traveling the
world in music performingeverywhere.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, it's like you didn Traveling the world in
music.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Performing.
It was still a part of me thatwanted to hone on all of the
talents that you have.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And so I do know that you're a triple threat as well.
Where you trained in dance.
Tell me about your journey intoyour artistry.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Well, my whole life I was in arts academy school, so
all my schools had arts programs.
So because of that, um, eitherdance, choir, piano, that was a
part of the curriculum that Iwas in in school and I would
take classes and you know all ofthat.
So it was always a part of mylife and I've been training
(09:04):
since I was about like eight.
I started in dance and voiceand piano.
I started maybe around like six, but I was always training and
like trying to perfect my artsand my skills so that later on I
could use it.
Because I'm one of those peoplelike when I go into a situation,
(09:27):
especially musically in mycareer, I don't want to be like
the one in the room that knowsthe least.
I want to know a little bitabout theory, I want to know a
little like.
I want to know the terminology.
I want to be able to express myideals so that I can really
like have a fair stake in the,because you know we're in a
male-dominated industry and alot of times they went to school
(09:50):
for years to learn you know allthis theory and terminology and
all the notes and all this andthat.
So it was important for me toat least know the basics.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Um, but back back then I knew a lot more well,
it's definitely, I mean it'sdefinitely like a muscle, right,
yeah.
And the thing is like Sam, likeall my schools we had like
there was science and tech andthen it was gifted and talented.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
That's how they categorize it.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
So, sam, like I was in all the dance classes, I was
in all the choirs, things likethat.
So it was just something that Ijust had a skill to do,
something that I just had askill, yeah, to do.
So integrating here into LA todo that didn't necessarily I
wouldn't say it didn'tnecessarily come easy because,
like you had a lot of the skillsthough I had a lot of the
skills and at first it was likefake it till you make it and I
(10:35):
realized like wait, there's alot of people around me that
really know what's going on.
So it made me like dig deeper,it made me listen more, it made
me, you know, uh, concentratemore.
It was a little.
It went from me just being anatural to actually being
technical and skillful same.
And it's definitely a thing,because a lot of, a lot of the
(10:56):
things where you um you, a lotof the things where you try to
achieve what you're doing is ayou know, it's a benefit, but
it's also like you know it's agift and a curse, right?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
But when you were in school, was there something that
you, um personally like,gravitated to the most?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Um, it's funny, I was always a vocalist but I
couldn't stay in choir.
I did it two years and inmiddle school and then, once I
moved on to high school, Ididn't do it, but I was always.
I started doing theater, umsome, just something a little
bit more expressive.
Uh, that kind of encompassedall the things I liked dance,
(11:47):
acting and stuff like that.
Um, so I would say that andtalent shows.
I was a cheerleader too, sothat took up yeah, so that took
up a lot of my time.
That was also a fun way toexpress, um, my individuality,
um, so I'd say the.
The thing I gravitated towardsthe most, probably, was like we
(12:09):
had talent shows like twice ayear, and that's the thing that
I would.
Baby, I was pulling out all thestops.
Okay.
The year before I was thinkingabout, okay, what am I going to
do next year?
And and you know, that was themost fun for me because I feel
like I could be like Beyonce-okay, so what was your favorite?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
what was your favorite one?
What was your favorite?
One like like your favoriteperformance in your talent show
you know what I would say.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
It's funny because my favorite one I was not, it
wasn't a huge dramatic thing Iliterally stood there and sang
uh, if I ain't got you, I sangthat.
And I don't Got you, I sangthat and I don't know, for some
reason that year I wanted tojust show that I could sing and
it went really well.
I won hey.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Congratulations.
Okay, girl, so you know I gottaget some of the tea right.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah, one second.
Is there a napkin or something?
I feel my tears about to dropright here.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Are you crying?
I know, my eyes water, girl,even when.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
I'm performing, girl on stage.
Lights just make my eyes water.
You got to carry a fan.
I know I'm trying to figure outwhat will.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
You got it Okay.
So you know, we got to get tothe tea right, what tea you on?
Girl, so you want, so you knowmaybe kind of you've been,
you've been.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I was like that's how you've been on reality tv.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Oh yeah, destiny, yes and we want to know like was
there?
Like, was the show really about?
Like, finding the destiny?
Was there a drama like how fardid you get?
Like, what's the tea?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
I will say yes.
I think that the show was aboutfinding the talent it was a it
was a really cool experience.
Like what's funny about, uh,chasing Destiny is, when I found
out Kelly was putting togethera group, I didn't even want to
audition.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
Oh, I didn't want to be in agroup, I just always saw myself
(14:08):
as a solo artist.
So we I saw it and me and mymom were like, oh, that's so
cool.
But I was like I think I'm good.
My mom submitted me behind myback.
I didn't even know about ituntil I got an email invite to
come audition for them inAtlanta.
So it was Kelly, roland andFrank Gadsden.
They were holding auditions allover the country.
(14:28):
They did some here in LA,houston, new York, atlanta,
chicago I think that was all theplaces.
So I went to Atlanta and Iauditioned and it was like a
whirlwind.
It was crazy.
There were so many girls there.
I still didn't know what wasgoing on.
Like what the heck?
My mom had submitted me monthsbefore that.
(14:50):
So I still was like what isgoing on here?
But I auditioned and theypicked 15 girls and I was one of
them and then we filmed here.
So it was a great experience.
I thought it would be a littlebit more challenging or, like
you know, like making the band,they had you working on it, they
(15:14):
had you sweating.
Laurianne was like boom, got,got, got.
You know like.
It was like I wanted someone to, just you know put me in a
shape.
Yeah, that's what I wanted, butI still wouldn't have changed
anything.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
But you know what's funny?
Because Kelly Rowland is notBeyonce.
Like I feel like if Beyoncefound out, y'all would be doing
that.
But Kelly is a very like sultry, like I'm going to sing here
and I'm going to be pretty orwhatever.
So it kind of makes sense that,like her group, that she would
be like a.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Kelly is one of the most physically beautiful.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Oh, my God.
And internally beautiful peopleI have ever.
Her voice is so soothing Like Iwant to hear her on like ASMR.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Like I just want her to talk to me and, yeah, she,
everything about her is justlike it feels like a I don't
know.
She, her presence, her spirit,um, even her speaking voice is
so soothing, like it makes youfeel comfortable right away.
So, like I said, I wouldn'thave changed the experience.
She, um, um, and she changed mylife in many ways.
(16:17):
You know she's the one thatintroduced me to Solange, you
know.
So Kelly is like that's my girl, but the experience on the show
was just exactly what I neededat the time, I think I think I,
um, I made some beautifulconnections.
I learned a lot during thattime, like that show showed me I
(16:37):
had a lot of growing to do,like growing up period and
growing as a vocalist.
You know there were someincredible singers there and I
actually feel like if I was onthe show now, it would be a
different story of course youknow, because you know more well
yeah and you go through thingsand, like you know, you get
(16:59):
feedback and you decide whatyou're gonna do with it.
Are you gonna say, oh, theydon't know what they're talking
about, which there were a couplepeople on the show that were
like that they weren't reallytrying to hear nothing about
themselves.
But you know, you can take thecriticism and be like, okay, I
got you.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I got you.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Which is what I did.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
But it also, too, like you get to a point where
it's like you do know whatyou're talking about.
Now, you know what I mean, andit's a process, like you said.
At that time you were in a spotwhere you felt like you needed
that.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
I needed a push, you needed it.
I wanted to get Like it was aboot camp in a sense.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
Yes, maybe not as intense as you would have
expected.
But it was but in a sense itwas like because you're going
off of things where you areschool trained which is like you
know, if you go to you know adistrict where it's like that is
focused, it definitely helps.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
But TV, but like to have a, like a direct, yeah,
definitely helps but like tohave a direct yeah, and like TV,
and like you're being trainedand critiqued by.
Like Frank Gadsden, who was,you know, he choreographed for
En Vogue, he danced for MichaelJackson.
He's like Beyonce and Destiny'sChild's first choreographer
(18:19):
Like all of the crazy iconicchoreo you know comes from him.
So you have somebody like himcritiquing you and talking to
you and actually caring enoughto tell you work on this, do
this, do this, which frank and Iare still in touch to this day,
so grateful for that, and I'vealways been one of those people
tell me, tell me so I can, like,get it to the next level.
So it it did a lot for meawesome, awesome.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
So I know that you're also a songwriter.
What was one of your firstsongs you ever wrote?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
oh gosh, my for one of the first songs.
Okay, y'all don't laugh, i'masing it.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
That's what you're here for.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
It's kind of funny, but then it's kind of cool.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
But it's funny.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Are y'all ready?
It's not that far.
One Cause you make me feel likea butterfly, make me flutter,
and I never want another.
You're my monarch.
Love it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Okay, I like the wordplay which is like modern
butterfly, like a monarch.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Make me feel like a butterfly, Make me flutter.
Yo, I thought I did the damnthing with that song.
I thought I was like it's overand I was like Mariah Carey's
going to hear it, Because and Iwas like Mariah Carey's going to
hear it because, you know, sheon butterfly I was like it's
over, it's over.
Oh my God, Y'all that was likethat was years ago.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Okay, okay.
So, speaking of Mariah Carey,I'm sure that that would
probably be one of the answersto my next question.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
What's that who?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
are some of your biggest influences and how did
you come up with your sound?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Oh, and how did you come up with your sound?
Oh yeah, mariah is the reasonthat I sing.
She's the absolute reason thatI sing, because she was the.
She was the uh music that mymom would play all the time in
the car, that she made me wantto even see if I could sing.
You know, I was trying toemulate her voice and and all of
that.
So, um, she's the reason I'dsay that I desire to be a
(20:19):
vocalist.
And then, oh, so many, um,there's so many artists that
inspired me, not just vocally.
I was heavily inspired by, likeTLC, aaliyah, um, even stuff
like the Carpenters Hall Oates.
I experienced and I was exposedto so much music growing up,
(20:45):
from different times in history,from different genres, so I
just have so many that are dearto me, but Mariah is definitely
one of them.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Okay, she's really special to me would you say
you're like, how would youdescribe your sound, like your
vibe of music and your soundlike?
Speaker 2 (21:05):
a sweet edgy pop sound.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
I feel that yeah.
I can agree, I would.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I've heard her voice before, and it's beautiful.
I can agree, thank you.
There's like always a hint ofsweetness in there, but I like
to add an edge and, yeah, I'dsay like sweet edgy pop,
something like that.
Okay, nice.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
So in all of my shows , I like to play a game.
Okay, and this game for you iscalled who's your Jam?
Who's your Jam, who's?
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Your Jam.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Who's your Jam?
Who's your Jam?
Okay, and you're gonna tell mewho you prefer.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Okay, ready.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
Alright, diana Ross versus Gladys Knight.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
Oh, I gotta go with Diana, me too.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
But I do love Gladys Same.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
Like it's yeah, gladys her song You're the Best
Thing that Ever Happened To Me.
That's my song that I dedicate.
Best Thing that Ever Happenedto Me.
That's my song that I dedicateto my family.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Midnight Train to Georgia yeah, you can't say
nothing to me, that song come on.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
I sang that at a wedding last weekend.
Girl, it was a hit on themidnight train Georgia on the
midnight train.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
It's so good.
It's so good, okay.
Lauren Hill versus QueenLatifah.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Oh, it's Lauryn.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
It's Lauryn.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Yeah, I didn't even have to think about it.
I love the queen, but Lauryn,she broke so many records being
herself being a beautiful browngirl with locks that she took
over the world.
I agree.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
I agree, and it's just yeah she's everything to me
, so this is a trick one, andthis is only for those who know.
3lw versus the Cheetah Girls.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Oh God, wait, Wait, can I even Wait?
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Wait, hold on Hold on .
Hold on.
Hold on Wait, I on Hold on.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
Hold on, wait, I couldn't.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Yo, that is hard, because why would?
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Okay, because why was I singing?
I don't want to be likeCinderella.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Why was I singing that the other day in the?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
kitchen.
Yo, we got people in the studio.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
They are falling out of this question?
No, because this is serious,but technically they're the same
group.
Wait, no one member isdifferent, but they're the same
group.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Yeah, but they are the same group.
Yeah, but those one, those oneor two members Make a difference
.
They do make a difference.
I mean Smythe and SimoneSwapped out.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
What's her name?
Swapped out, what's the Notori?
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Notori yeah, yes.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
But they're the same group, but you know what I'll
have to.
This is how I'll have to Okay,who you going to choose?
Who you going to choose, guys?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I have to think about it, I have to say Cheetah Girls
.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Cheetah Girls yes, cheetah Girls, they have me in a
chokehold.
Cheetah Girls.
Okay, jennifer Hudson versusFantasia.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Fantasia.
Fantasia is one of thoseartists that I feel like I need
to see her life yesterday,yesterday, today, tomorrow,
always for me.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
That was a hard one when I was writing this up.
It was a hard one because letme tell you why I love me a
singing ass girl, and they areboth some singing girls like
they were singing, but somethingabout Fantasia.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
It's like it's the pain in her voice, like it's the
struggle she has so much energy, like she has so much energy
and she does not hold back onecell of her body At all when
she's singing and when she's onthat stage.
And she's actually on my list.
I need to see her live.
She's absolutely incredible.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Yes, agree, agree.
Okay, H-E-R her or LMA LMA youknow what I'll say?
Speaker 2 (25:07):
her, because she's so multi, multi-talented.
She is, she is, she plays everyinstrument she's doing, she did
.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
okay, that's fair faith.
Evans versus mary j blot versusMary J Blige oh dang, yes, we
do that here.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Oh dang, that's a tough one because I love me some
Faith Evans.
But I got to give it to Marybecause I grew up listening to
Mary.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
All those albums.
Shout out to Faith, but Marygot you in the chokehold.
Yeah, Mary had you in thechokehold.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, she's like part of the soundtrack to my
childhood for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Okay, okay.
Next one, alicia Keys.
What about the Mary dance?
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Mary, she didn't care , I love it, I love it, so the
next one Alicia Keys versus ToniBraxton.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Oh Toni.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Toni hands down.
Okay, Also part of thesoundtrack to my Tony.
Tony hands down, Also part ofthe soundtrack.
Here's my thing.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Tony Braxton as a singer, but Alicia Keys as a
songwriter.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Yeah, I would agree with that.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
I was like Tony Braxton she had the hits.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
Well, I was thinking, yeah, I was thinking vocally,
vocally, yes, but all together,but as a songwriter because
don't get me wrong like peopletrying to hate Alicia Keys, but
she writes some good songs andshe gonna write the anthem of
the summer.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
She gonna be in the Olympics.
She gonna write the song forthe special Olympics.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
She gonna write the song for, like Alicia Keys, her
penmanship you can pin hit cultclassic song girl on fire yeah,
I mean if I ain't got you.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
If I ain't got you, people still people gonna be
singing.
If I ain't got you, to the daywe die and those are, those are
crossover records like that'sanother level.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
When you're pinning songs like that, nobody can't
say nothing about you Nothing,nothing, all right.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Last one Anita Baker versus Chaka Khan.
Ain't nobody love me betterthan Chaka, okay, be Chaka.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
I love me some Chaka.
I love me some Chaka.
You know we be singing Chakadown.
I love me some Chaka.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
But you know, anita Baker feels like if she did all
the screaming and yelling atChaka it would be Anita Baker,
because Anita Baker does allthat extra.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
but it's like that low, smooth end.
Oh, but her voice is sobeautiful.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
It's literally one of the most beautiful voices in
the world to me, like AnitaBaker, is just like the
smoothest.
Yeah, like it's like milk.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
It's like when you put milk chocolate in milk and
you stir it up, it's like it'sdifferent so did you know that,
tony Tony Braxton, how she gotdiscovered when she was demoing
for Anita Baker?
That makes sense that makes100%.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Did you know that Tony Braxton was also um from my
school?
Speaker 2 (27:52):
really university.
Yes, yes, yes, okay.
Speaker 1 (27:57):
Well, that's the end of what's your jam so what's
your gym?
Okay, let's get back into yoursong because you know, like
again, we're here to spotlightyou and we're here to, you know,
dig into the artistry of skyisaac.
Let's talk about the songyou're going to share.
We're going to share her songtoday.
Guys, um, one dance.
(28:17):
What was the inspiration behindit?
And the video is so cute.
It was giving me like JanetJackson futuristic, like yeah,
what was the inspiration behindthat?
Speaker 2 (28:27):
well.
The inspiration behind the songwas like the feeling of feeling
like you miss an opportunity,feeling like you miss somebody
and this could be a romanticrelationship or friendship or
someone who's passed on and thefeeling of you know missing them
(28:50):
and just feeling like thattrain has left and like that
part of your journey is over andyou wish you could relive it
again and maybe you would dosome things differently.
So around the time of therelease, the pandemic was
happening.
So many of our loved ones werepassing away.
(29:11):
There was so much losshappening, whether it whether it
was, you know, people inrelationships having hard times,
and I was in the studio inLafayette, back home, with my
producer, roy Chip Anthony, andI was just like I feel like I
need to write something toexpress what's happening right
(29:32):
now.
So that's the inspirationbehind the song and the music
video.
That's just the vibe I wasfeeling.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I mean, it was vibey.
I was like she was dancing.
She was dancing, she was justlike feeling herself.
But it was so sweet.
So, without further ado, we'regoing to play One Dance by Sky
Isaac, sky Chips on the train.
(30:13):
Oh yeah, regrets how many of ushave them?
Feel like we missed the train.
(30:34):
Never to have that feelingagain Again.
I rest.
How many of us give in, evenwhen it's what matters the most,
we never treat it like what itis, what it is.
(31:01):
But I didn't know.
When you touch love, you don'tlet go.
And I'm so sick cause I was sowrong.
Now look at me up all nightwriting a song Without you.
Without you, it's real blue.
(31:23):
I miss you.
If I could, I'd take it back onetime.
One dance.
If I have a chance, I'd go backin time.
I'd change my mind.
(31:44):
I would take it back.
You know I've been needing that.
You know I've been needing you.
You know I've been goingthrough Some changes.
If I had the chance, if I hadthe chance yeah, hard to hide
(32:11):
Before we find it right from thestart, but now we're going and
play hard to get.
I could say all my feelings andI'd never let you in.
You got so tired of feelinglike just a friend.
When you touch love you don'tlet go.
(32:32):
And I'm so sick cause I wasswore.
And now I'm up every nightsinging this song Without you,
without you.
It's real.
It's real.
I miss you.
Take it back.
(32:53):
One time, if I had one moredance to show you, I'd go back
in time.
I would change my mind.
I would take it back.
Take it back, I would take itback, take it back.
(33:14):
I've been needing you, I'vebeen needing you, I've been
needing you.
I've been going through In myhead I'm chasing For one more
dance, baby, take it back, takeit back, take it back, take it
(33:38):
back.
I love you, I love you.
I really, really love you.
I want you, I need you.
So come and let me show you.
You know I love you.
Sky, baby, yes, and that's Sky,isaac.
(34:10):
One dance, thank you so much.
Well, sky, thank you so muchFor coming on the show.
I like to leave messages At theend of my show for whoever you
want to leave a message to, oryour younger self.
So if you had to leave anythingfor the viewers out there, or
maybe if you had a message foryoung Sky growing up, what would
(34:31):
you tell her about becoming theartist that she wants to be, or
just becoming the person andthe woman that she wants to be?
Speaker 2 (34:46):
That is so beautiful, casey.
If I could speak to my youngerself, my inner child, I would
tell her no matter what it lookslike your gift will make room
for you.
Okay, gift will make room.
Speaker 1 (34:54):
All right, sky, tell them where they can find you
where can they find your?
Music.
What can they say where?
Speaker 2 (34:59):
can you find me?
Where can you find me?
Tell them where you're at?
Social socials, social socials,social socials.
What's going on?
Sky Isaac everywhere.
So skyisaccomS-K-Y-E-I-S-A-A-Ccom at
skyisacmusic on Instagram, andtick tock and just sky Isaac
(35:22):
everywhere.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Okay, well, you heard it here.
Guys, again, you know whatwe're about.
We do these early spotlights toshowcase a lot of the artists
black artists that we have herein LA and, again, like I said
you know, manifest in the future, hopefully around the world.
But, at the end of the day, ifyou have any questions for Sky,
you got any questions for us.
Please like, subscribe, share,do all the things.
We're going to post all herinformation on this video and
(35:45):
tag her and everything we do.
So if you want to hear her, youheard her.
Sky Isaac, thank you so muchfor coming, and that's it.
That's all.
Desert.
That's All is written by me,Casey Carnage, and produced by
myself and Rick Barrio-Dill.
Associate producer Brie Corey.
(36:06):
Assistant producer LarissaDonahoe.
Audio and video engineering andstudio facilities provided by
Slap Studios LA withdistribution through our
collective for social progressand cultural expression, slap
Studios, la, with distributionthrough our collective for
social progress and culturalexpression, slap the Network.
If you have any ideas for ashow you want to hear or see,
please email us at info atslapthepowercom and, as always,
(36:29):
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See you next show.
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