Meet Singer/Songeriter and TikTok Star EASHA!

Interview By Lauren Elizabeth Campbell, Editor-in-Chief

New Jersey-based singer/songwriter EASHA has grown her audience largely on TikTok. Her top single "Dying Is a Beautiful Thing to Do" became popular on the platform and now has nearly 1.5 million plays on Spotify. Her dreamy, coming-of-age music resonates with fans' emotions taking them through experiences of love, angst, and growth. EASHA describes her music to Rock & Roamer and what’s next for her:

I, like so many other people, discovered you on TikTok, where you now have over 2 million likes and 73 thousand followers. How has TikTok helped you capture fans and grow as an artist?

TikTok is this unique opportunity to reach people who resonate with my music who may have never even heard of "EASHA" otherwise. I'm immensely grateful to have a platform where I can be myself, independent, and directly engaging with fans from all around the world. The support system has been insane, and I think it has to do with the feeling of connection and growth. I've realized people love being a part of something greater than themselves and going on the journey with you. Just as much as they trust me with feeding them content, I understand the responsibility to create art and pleasantly surprise them even if they have been here from day one. It's special for both of us.

How would you describe your music?

I got TikTok comments describing my music as "coming-of-age movie musical" and "nostalgic for a life I've never lived" which are my favorite compliments and indicative of how I think the music makes you feel. Your single, "Far Away, " tells the story of you wanting to leave your hometown to start over someplace new.

If you could go anywhere to live for an entire year, where would you go?

I would love to live in Thailand. I'm a Thai food junkie, they love spice as much as I do, and the culture is so rich and dense I want to soak it all in.

What artists and music have made the biggest impression on you?

I'm a huge John Mayer stan, he's the first person I listened to an album all the way through and understood like, "Oh, this is what I want to do, this is what it means to make music." He has such a mastery of his craft and something to say, which is rare to find.

What music is on your current playlist?

In the pandemic, I've kind of reverted back to 2014 alternative Tumblr music! Which is funny because I missed that phase when it happened, but yeah a lot of The 1975!

Apart from being a singer/songwriter, you also placed 11th in the world at the 2019 World Championships of Triathlon in Switzerland, and just became one of the Presidents of your sophomore class at Stanford University. Out of all of your accomplishments, what are you most proud of?

We just won Class President so that's still a high! I would say outside of music competing in the World Championships of Triathlon was... a bucket list moment. One of my goals is to complete an Ironman before I'm 30 and I'm passionate about triathlon. It's something you work at every day and get physically exhausted from so it's extra rewarding on race day!

What did you learn while making your first EP, Fact of the Fiction?

Honestly, production! I produced that entire EP in my bedroom and it was a long labor of love trying to figure it out!

What is next for you?

More music! I hope to do another full project like an album accompanied by mindblowing visuals and really showing myself as an artist!

Keep up with EASHA on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter @eashamusic, and stream "Far Away" and "Dying Is a Beautiful Thing to Do" wherever music is available.