Tiara Thomas
One of the greatest musicians of all time comes from Indiana [Michael Jackson], how does this influence your music, the content that you put out now?
There’s a lot of talented people in Indiana. When you’re from a community like that, that’s not known for their music, and there are actually talented people there, you can actually come together and make some really dope stuff happen. I was like 16, I had one of my first shows in Indiana for Valentine’s Day, it was my own show, and by that time, people in Indianapolis knew who I was… but at the same time, its Indiana, not much extremely exciting is going on there. I kind of had to create my own world outside of Indiana in a sense that I was listening to a bunch of different types of music. I was taking those elements and inspirations and putting it to something that felt true to me.
So with the new EP, how much of your past content will live on your debut album?
The ‘Bad Influence’ is all new music. I put out the ‘Dear Sallie Mae’ EP that I did with Rico Love and Division 1; those were like a collection of songs that I wrote when I was in college, when it was just me and my guitar, and obviously back then I didn’t have the means to make the music how I wanted to make it on a larger scale, so when a signed my deal, me and Rico decided to produce those songs and put it out as an EP. ‘Bad Influence,’ it’s all new music, and “One Night” is the first single off the album.
[Watch: Tiara Thomas – One Night]
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