For singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Claire Rosinkranz, gardens have long served as  a symbol of complexity. In the hands of the platinum-certified artist, the garden is explored as a  place where roots tangle with weeds, beauty and decay blend, and cycles of death and rebirth  yield unexpected joys. It’s the guiding metaphor behind her forthcoming release, a sophomore  album titled My Lover. “A garden is a place where life and death both exist together and still look very beautiful,” Claire  says. “It’s a place of pruning, picking, watering, blossoming, blooming. All of these exist  together and work together.” It’s this philosophy that can be found at the heart of the upcoming project and in songs like the  title track. “Any relationship that stands on love provides an opportunity to be vulnerable,” she  says of “My Lover.” “A lot of things get exposed in the process, but because of love, there’s a  safe place to explore.” Music is the soil in which Claire first planted her own seeds of creativity. Raised in a family  steeped in the craft — her father a composer who serves as her lead producer and engineer, her  grandmother an opera singer, her mother a musician — pursuing music professionally was never  a question of if, but how soon. Classical music shaped her early understanding of structure, a  trait evident in moments like the intricacy of album opener “My City” and the unpredictable  melody line of “Kiss.” When Claire’s 2020 release “Backyard Boy” achieved wildfire virality, laying the groundwork  for her now nearly 2 billion career streams, she stepped into a season of expansive growth that  allowed her to take control of her next chapter. The years after the success of “Backyard Boy”  were filled with intentionality and honing of her craft. Then, at 19, a health crisis forced her to a  standstill, a grinding halt that reframed her relationship with time and interiority. It’s an  experience she explores thoughtfully on the album’s song “Chronic.” Emerging from the time of stillness and writing every song on the album alongside collaborators  like Eddie Benjamin, Claire anchored My Lover in trust: in her own instincts, in her family, and  in her spiritual foundation. Faith is a theme that subtly surfaces in moments like “Lucy” and its  accompanying apple artwork, but throughout the record, Claire circles the idea that growth is  rarely linear. What emerges is a collection of songs that doesn’t rush the bloom, but honors every  stage of the garden’s cycle — roots, weeds, dirt and all. With the album’s moments of humor,  relatability, and inventive melodies, My Lover is Claire opening herself up and stepping into a  new season with renewed energy and confidence “I follow what feels natural,” she says. “I’m not chasing references or trends, so everything ends up sounding fresh. This is the most honest way I can share myself. If you want to know who I am, it’s all in the music.”