Six years, six songs.

When I decided to take music seriously, my mind was still relatively untouched by comparison with other musicians, whether successful or not. When you start something new, you tend to let all kinds of influences into your consciousness. Some of them are useful, while others add very little value and can even become distractions.

So you begin. You create something, hold it in your hands, share it first with a few people and then with the world. That's when the numbers start to appear: views, streams, likes, followers. Feedback becomes measurable. Along with it come countless pieces of advice, often from people who know very little about what they're talking about—sometimes even less than you do.This stage carries a certain weight, and everyone reacts differently. Looking back, I gave too much importance to these things. I trusted the process without ever questioning it, almost as if there were some guarantee that whatever exists in the world must be ethical, healthy, and worth following. I assumed that established systems were somehow protected from unhealthy dynamics. They aren't. Nothing is.

Without realizing it, I began to incorporate promotional thinking into my creative process. My songwriting and production slowly adapted to what seemed more likely to fit into certain channels, algorithms, and expectations. I was shaping the most valuable thing I had, my artistic expression, to fit into a global system driven largely by economics and ego.

It took me a while to realize I was caught in that current. Six years, to be exact. Six songs.

Those years brought moments of genuine joy and satisfaction, but also periods filled with anxiety, comparison, and self-doubt. In the end, though, the experience was necessary. That's how learning often works: sometimes you have to hit the same wall a few times before the lesson truly sinks in.

Today I feel much clearer about all of this. There is certainly a lot within the music industry and within the culture of success itself, that can distort ideas and contaminate inspiration. At the same time, there are also powerful, inspiring forces that can help people grow and reach their potential. The challenge is learning to tell the difference. To be sharp enough to recognize what serves you and what doesn't, and to choose compromises that are right for you rather than for trends or other people's expectations.

Since letting go of some of these beliefs over the past year, I've felt a stronger flow of energy, ideas, and creative freedom. Even if my next song doesn't fit the formulas of what is supposed to work, it will be honest. It will be mine. And already, that gives me more chills than some of the songs where I allowed outside opinions, sounds, and stylistic choices to shape something that never truly felt like me.

My first EP is being born from this realization.

It's not finished yet. Some of the songs don't even exist yet. But they will emerge, and this project feels like a new beginning. More than anything, I hope that the people who listen to it will hear the honesty behind it.

That possibility excites me.