We were lucky to catch up with Angelyse Estevez recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Angelyse thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Are you happier as a creative? Do you sometimes think about what it would be like to just have a regular job? Can you talk to us about how you think through these emotions?

Yes, I love being an artist, from as young as I can remember this is what I always wanted to do. That goes without saying I definitely do think about what life would be like if I choose something more conventional. What it would be like if everything was guaranteed, go to school here, intern there, then get a job in whatever field it is. Art isn’t as reliable and steady but the risk is worth it all.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Art has always been a part of me from as early as I could remember, I always gravitated towards performing for people through singing and dancing. My first ever performance was a dance recital at age three. When I got to elementary school, then stemmed my love for theatre and musical theatre as I started doing school shows. When I got to 5th grade I got signed to my first ever talent agency where I started working frequently as a child model/actor. In high school, I went to a performing arts school where I was a theatre major. It wasn’t until the end of my junior year that I wrote my first-ever song but it took a whole year for me to finally build up the courage to go to a studio and record my first-ever studio single, “Like Me”. My love for performance art is what I think sets me apart from other artists, it is one of the crafts I do that I had put the most hours into. For the past 17 years, I have been performing for audiences, I feel like performance art is dying in today’s day and age of artists. I don’t really see many artists put as much into it as they did back in the 90s and early 2000s, but it is something I am determined to keep for my performances. I aspire to be the greatest performer Gen-Z performer of our time.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

The singular driving reason that keeps me going is just knowing that I am not meant to do anything else with my life. Before I could even articulate what my favorite color was as a child, I knew that I had to be an artist. I know wholeheartedly that this is my purpose.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

I feel like the best thing society could do to support artists is to tear the whole music industry down and build it back up again. Upon becoming an independent artist, I have discovered so many things about the music industry and honestly, it’s pretty corrupt. The problems within it are systemic and wouldn’t be able to get fixed unless it just all comes crashing down. We need less shady people in the industry in my opinion.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://amap.to/angelysemariah/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelysemariah/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZlcGO4TQ8&ab_channel=AngelyseMariah