How Saleka Shyamalan Wrote Music as Her Character Lady Raven in the New Thriller, ‘Trap’

The singer Saleka not only stars in the new thriller Trap, she also wrote all the music her character sings and performs in the film.  She dives into that process, Direct from Hollywood.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Selika Shamalan plays the pop star Lady Raven in her
dad m Night Shamalan's new movie Trap, and also sang
and wrote all of the characters music. And While Selika
is an accomplished artist in her own right and has
made plenty of her own music in the past, she
absolutely loved the process of doing it for a film character,
particularly because of the musical themes It allowed her to

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explore that she might never have considered on her own.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Because of the movie's content and it being very dark.
Kind of got to have fun with that dark side
of it in terms of the production and the lyrics
and just be playful with like dark themes and dark emotions,
but in a way that makes you want to dance.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
The music might make you want to dance, but the
movie will have you on the edge of your seat.
Trap is in theaters Friday.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
That's direct from Hollywood.