Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how your childhood impacted your musical direction?
A: I was born and raised in an artistic family. My mom used to be a songwriter herself, creating Polish music in Berlin. I remember that since I was a child I always looked up to her and was very proud to say that my mom is an artist. Even though she never managed to do this professionally, she performed at several cultural festivals, promoting Polish music abroad.
My grandma was a poet, so the need of expressing my feelings with lyrics was planted in my mind from my childhood. I used to write songs since I learned how to write in general and borrowed my moms microphone to perform for my Barbie dolls.
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 “Ola Bird”?
A: Honestly? I’m struggling with this one a lot and experiencing a burnout in this field. A natural choice would be social media, but it’s very difficult to grow there organically. I am following hundreds of indie artists and see how hard it is to reach new audiences without marketing budgets. Another idea would be performing live as much as possible, but again – it’s all about money. Usually venues don’t want to pay small artists for their performance, and finding musicians who’d play with me for free seems both difficult and ethically doubtful.
So, if anyone has some good tips on how to promote your independent music in 2025, please shoot them at me 😉
Q: Who is the most inspiring artist for you right now? And where do you find inspiration for making music?
A: Right now I’m going crazy for Gigi Perez. Her voice is the most soothing thing on earth for me. But there’s also another thing that I admire about her – the simplicity. Most of my favourite songs by Gigi are just vocals and guitar. No fancy synths, thousands of effects, samples. Just her amazing songwriting skills.
For me, inspiration lies mostly in the emotions I go through. I need to feel something very deeply to be able to write a song about it. That’s why I fail at writing “trendy” stuff. I just need to go through the experience to describe it in words & sounds.
Q: Can you tell us about the story or message behind the song, “Ben Voyage.”?
A: It’s a story of my journey through modern day dating, filled with ghosting, gaslighting, cheating and empty promises. After getting back on dating apps, I discovered that these traits don’t have a nationality and you can experience them in all corners of the world.
I guess it’s my ironic & sarcastic way of delivering the sad truth – it’s getting harder and harder to build solid & respectful relationships.
Q: How would you describe your sound in one word for potential listeners?
A: UNAPOLOGETIC
Q: Did you face any challenges while writing or recording “Ben Voyage”?
A: Many. The lyrics came to me very quickly and I had a lot of fun writing them, but when the production process started, I had many doubts about the sound. I wanted to make it light and catchy and make people understand that it’s a satire. This led to many, many versions of the production and delays in recording the final version.
But what turned out to be the biggest challenge was the release itself – the numbers on Spotify made me truly doubt the sense of releasing my music.
Q: What is the message of your music? And what are your goals as an artist?
A: My goal is to describe reality as it is, without sugarcoating it. For me creating art is a vivisection on my open heart. I take all my pain, surprises and hopes and put them into the form of music. And I would love for the listeners of my music to feel impacted by it and feel that they’re not alone in what they go through. Whether it’s heartbreak or solitude, I’d love to spread the message “we’re in this together”.
My goal is to spread my word and be able to create more songs with more talented producers. I know that there’s still plenty of song ideas in me that could blossom, but I just fear that the difficulties of the industry will kill my drive.
Q: Who is your dream artist to collaborate with? (dead or alive)
A: I would cry my eyes out if I could create a song with Leon Thomas. His voice is just pure magic to me.
Q: What is your advice for people interested in pursuing music as a career or for those trying to enter the industry?
A: My biggest advice is to prepare for a lot of disappointment and tears. It’s not easy to get rejected when you’re exposing something as vulnerable as your art to the world. And rejection is a huge part of the industry. But the toughness should also be combined with persistence, because in the end, it’s those who never gave up that make it to the top playlists.
Q: If you could go back in time and give a younger you some words of wisdom, what would they be?
A: Learn music production to be as self-sufficient as possible.
