I was born in Chicago, adopted as a baby, and raised to be an athlete. For a while, that was my whole world—D1 soccer at Alabama State, pushing my body to its limits—until an injury forced me off the field for good. It was a loss, but also a beginning. Music had always been my first love, even before I knew it could be more than a dream. I sang at every talent show I could as a kid (Annie was my thing), but it wasn’t until I left soccer behind that I realized music was where I was meant to be. In 2020, I picked up a guitar, started writing songs for the first time, and posted a new one every day. One of the first, Bored, took off on TikTok, racking up 100K+ streams on Spotify and bringing in over 50K monthly listeners overnight. That fall, I dropped my first album, Retrospect, but school was still pulling me in the wrong direction. I got stuck in a cycle—classes I didn’t care about, a relationship that turned toxic, and a version of myself that felt further and further from the artist I wanted to be. Then, in early 2023, everything cracked open. A brutal breakup led me straight into the best era of my life—one of self-love, growth, and finally putting myself and my music first. I poured it all into The Sun Will Come Out, an indie pop record about breakups, healing, rediscovering yourself, and learning to love again. It’s my most personal project yet, and if you’ve ever lost yourself only to find something even better, this one’s for you.