{"id":82177,"date":"2021-02-18T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=82177"},"modified":"2021-02-18T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:42:15","slug":"emerging-vocalist-lyricist-jhay-inarah-talks-individuality-most-meaningful-song-lockdown-skills-and-her-debut-release-selfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2021\/02\/emerging-vocalist-lyricist-jhay-inarah-talks-individuality-most-meaningful-song-lockdown-skills-and-her-debut-release-selfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging vocalist & lyricist Jhay Inarah talks individuality, most meaningful song, lockdown skills and her debut release \u2018Selfish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jhay<\/p>\n

What inspired you to begin a career in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always been inspired by music itself. I admire the power that it has to change the way you think and feel simply by the instrumental alone. And then growing hearing amazing artists that complimented that backing track with their lyrics made the experience even better.  Seeing and hearing artists such as Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot and Ariana Grande live their dreams and not feel like they\u2019re working because they are simply just doing what they love is really what has inspired me to begin my career in the music industry.<\/p>\n

What differs you and your sound from other upcoming artists in the music industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When making music and listening to music, I don’t tend to put myself in a box. I love all types of music and I like to incorporate all of the different genres into my music and create my own little unique sound and identity through my melodies and lyrics. No disrespect to other upcoming artists but I don\u2019t really know many others that do that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so in love with individuality it\u2019s ridiculous. In my opinion the term and title singer-songwriter is so oversaturated in everyone\u2019s Instagram bios. So even small things like that I like to change, which is why I now say vocalist and lyricist. It\u2019s not a huge difference but I like doing the little subtle things that help me to stand out from every other artist.<\/p>\n

Your latest debut release ‘Selfish’<\/a> is out now. Please describe the creative process and inspiration behind the single?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember writing Selfish, I was on the train, on my way to college. I was given the idea to release a song the day before by a friend, so that night I went to YouTube and looked for some type beats. I didn’t have a producer at the time so that\u2019s what I used to do. I came across an Ariana Grande Type beat called Selfish and all the ideas of where I could go with that just started flooding in.  So fast forward to the next morning as I said I was on the train writing, which probably was slightly annoying to the people around me because I’m sure I was humming a bit. I remember just getting melody idea after melody idea and all the lyrics honestly just started streaming out of me, I had to record little voice notes to myself so I didn’t forget anything.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so funny to look back at them now, because the song is SO different. Selfish is the only one of my songs where I have completely changed both the lyrics and the melody of the verses after writing them, I never do that. I might tweak it here and there but I have never changed it. The reason I did change it was, after showing one of my friends that I work with, they stated that they knew I could do a lot better, they said they didn’t really feel the lyrics that much. So I sat with it for a while and started to write as honestly as could. And thus we have the finished product that you see today.<\/p>\n

The inspiration for the song came from a past relationship, but it\u2019s funny because every time I listen back to it, I look at how much I have grown, because I don’t even feel that way towards the person anymore. But nonetheless I almost have to thank him, because I would have never got the song without him<\/p>\n