Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how your childhood impacted your musical direction?
A: I spent my early childhood moving between places, and I think that shaped the way I experience things more than anything else. I learned early what it feels like not to fully belong somewhere, even if you try to adapt to it.
Music came into my life as something constant in all of that. Later, when I was older, it became less of an escape and more of a way to process things I couldn’t really explain in conversation. I don’t think I ever consciously “decided” to do music, it was something that just stayed with me when other things changed or disappeared.
Q: How are you planning on growing your fan base and sharing your music with the world? What message do you have for anyone who is about to discover “sadspacelord”?
A: Right now everything is very independent. I’m sending music out myself, connecting with people directly, trying to build things step by step without any label or external structure behind me. It’s slow, but it’s honest.
If someone is discovering sadspacelord for the first time, I don’t really want to guide their interpretation. I think the music speaks in a very personal way depending on who’s listening. But if there’s something to say, it’s that these songs often come from a place of trying to understand yourself while still feeling slightly disconnected from where you are.
Q: Who is the most inspiring artist for you right now? And where do you find inspiration for making music?
A: It’s hard to choose just one artist because my inspiration comes from very different places and eras. I’ve always been drawn to artists who build entire emotional worlds around their music rather than just songs. Lana Del Rey is one of them, but so are completely different influences from heavier or more alternative music scenes I grew up around.
When it comes to inspiration for making music, it’s usually not something I can point to directly. The sense of being slightly out of place makes me observe things differently: tone of voice, pauses in conversation, the way people change when they think no one is really paying attention. Those small details tend to stick with me more than the obvious ones.
I also think I carry different eras of my life with me at the same time. Different genres, different emotional states, even contradictory influences can sit together and become part of the same process. It’s not always organized, sometimes it’s messy, but that’s where it feels most real.
Q: Can you tell us about the story or message behind the song, “From Time To Time.”?
A: The song is really about that internal conflict that doesn’t fully leave you, even when you try to move forward. It’s about carrying things that shaped you: loss, change, and this strange feeling of not fully belonging anywhere and still trying to function like everything is fine. A lot of it comes from moments in my life where I learned to hide how I felt instead of expressing it directly. There’s this reflex in the song of pulling emotions back right after you almost admit them, like saying something honest and then immediately covering it up. That’s where the line “just kidding I’m alright” comes from, because it’s not really a joke, it’s more like protection.
It’s not meant to be dramatic. It’s more like something that quietly repeats in the background of your mind “from time to time.”
Q: How would you describe your sound in one word for potential listeners?
A: Unresolved.
Q: Did you face any challenges while writing or recording “From Time To Time”?
A: Yes. The main challenge was restraint.
The song is very emotionally charged, but the harder part was not letting it turn into something bigger than it needed to be. There’s always that instinct to add more layers, more intensity, more “explanation” through production or performance, especially when you care about a track. But this one only worked when it stayed contained. If it became too dramatic, it would lose the honesty at its core. It was also a process of stepping back from it at certain points and trusting that silence, space, and repetition can carry the emotion just as much as anything added on top.
Q: What is the message of your music? And what are your goals as an artist?
A: I don’t think there’s a single message, but there’s a recurring idea of trying to stay honest with emotions even when they’re messy, uncomfortable, or contradictory. I’m not interested in simplifying feelings. I think a lot of what we go through doesn’t resolve cleanly, and I want the music to reflect that instead of smoothing it over.
As for goals, I’m trying to build something that lasts beyond a moment or a trend. I’m not chasing speed or visibility for its own sake. I care more about creating a body of work that people can return to when they feel a certain way, even if they don’t fully know why it resonates.
Q: Who is your dream artist to collaborate with? (dead or alive)
A: I don’t really think in terms of “dream collaborations” in a fixed way. It changes depending on what space I’m in creatively. But there are artists who feel close to the way I understand emotion in music. Lana Del Rey is one of them and not because of the idea of working with her, but because of how she builds entire atmospheres without overexplaining them.
But honestly, collaboration for me isn’t really about a dream name. It only works if there’s a shared understanding of emotional state in music. Without that, even the biggest names wouldn’t matter much.
Q: What is your advice for people interested in pursuing music as a career or for those trying to enter the industry?
A: Don’t wait for perfect conditions or confidence, because they don’t really arrive. At some point you just start, even if it feels uncertain or unfinished. You also have to accept that most of the time nothing happens. No reaction, no feedback, no sign that it’s working. That’s normal, and it doesn’t automatically mean you should stop.
And I think you need to be honest about why you’re doing it. If it’s only for attention or validation, it will wear out fast. Music demands more patience than that, and it takes more than it gives for a long time.
Q: If you could go back in time and give a younger you some words of wisdom, what would they be?
A: If I could go back, I’d tell myself to stop being so hard on myself.
For years I didn’t just doubt music, I doubted myself completely. I kept putting myself into boxes before anything even had a chance to grow. And a lot of that wasn’t coming from the outside anymore, it was just the way I was thinking about myself. At some point something shifted. It’s like I just got tired of fighting myself all the time. I started saying yes to what I actually wanted instead of explaining why I shouldn’t want it. And slowly things started to change after that. I’m still at the beginning, but I don’t want to go back to that version of me anymore. I know how much time I lost there. And I don’t want to live in that argument with myself again.
