From South Korea to New Jersey with KATIE

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PHOTOGRAPHER BRYANA NEWTON STYLIST RAEANA ANAIS MUA LANII DOA STORY BY ANTHONY SUPREME

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74Describe your creative direction is it a team ? Or all you ? If so what’s that process like ?

I have an awesome team supporting me, mainly of four people, including myself. They are some of the greatest people to work with from different domains: art, fashion, design, music - they have so many ideas. We do have a creative producer as well, but we gather ideas and creative directions and pave the path towards making them happen. I am really lucky and grateful for the team because they are the most intelligent and creative people I’ve met. But more than that, they have great hearts, filled with passion, empathy, patience, and kindness. I don’t know much outside of music, so it’s really critical that I am supported by these people with different expertise to lead and challenge me in new ways to express myself.

What’s the greatest memory of working with Ty dolla ? Did you learn any thing creatively by working with him ?

I was very surprised by his humility. Our conversations on set were so pleasant and easygoing. Seeing him dance to "Remember" showed me how much he really enjoyed my music, and he genuinely wished me good luck on my future. Seeing this huge artist, with so much success, that has such a great heart and energy -- he earned another fan in myself.

Your visuals are really amazing! What inspires them all. For example Thinking bout you ?

Thank you. When I spoke with the music video director about the concept of the song, he suggested kind of a dark mood to express deeper emotions. I loved it. I wasn't quite able to see myself doing something light-hearted at the time, so I instantly connected with the vibe he envisioned.

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How has your direction grown since the start and do you feel you’ve figured it out yet ? Or still room the grow ?

What I want to do with music has not changed since the start of this whole journey. I don’t have everything figured out, although that’d be great haha.. I will always be striving for better, but the vague sense of my ethics for my music is to be true to my feelings, connect and touch like-minded souls, and be happy living in this life. I am always open to new ideas to expand my view of the world and of music, as long as I have my foundations and stay rooted in those ethics.

Is there something or someone who inspired your first ep/album? I ask because of the titles to me seem to be about the lost of love ?

To be honest, when making the songs, we didn’t have a “theme” we were going for throughout the process. We just made what we were feeling during those times - on any given day, at any given hour. I guess it turned out that way because love is such a universal language and we go through these emotions continuously in our lives.

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What is something you would want your fans to know about you. Maybe noone knows ?

Hmm.. I would like to let them know how much of a struggle it is for me to try to stand out haha.. I am such an ordinary everyday person; but my dreams of creating great music and letting my voice be heard for stumbling souls is what keeps me trying, I guess.

If there’s a new ep/album coming how much can you tell me about it. Along with how much can you describe the growth of it music wise from your last? Nothing is set in stone yet, but I think I’ll have a single out in the near future. I am thinking it will be more of a light-hearted song, a fun jam to vibe along, showing a bit of a different side of me.