We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Child King a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Child, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
The first time I knew this was real wasn’t planned I guess. It just happened to me.
I had just gotten sober, and out of nowhere I started making music. That sounds silly but it’s true. My parents had a little keyboard in the house and I just started messing around. I didn’t know theory, couldn’t play piano, and didn’t know how to produce. I was just following my ear. I wrote my first song like that, instinctively, and then I kept going.
I drifted in and out of “real world” jobs, trying to be practical, trying to build something that was less scary. But nothing ever felt as natural as making music and nothing else fit in the same way. In my free time I started learning as much as I could, learned a little theory, piano, and then music production.
Over time I just realized that music was going to haunt me forever; I would always wonder what could have been or what has to be. I knew I didn’t need anything externally to validate my love for making music because I’ve been making songs for years with no intention to share them. It’s kind of like, I have to give that creative flow somewhere to land and that has nothing to do with the outside world. It’s between me and source.
At the same time I had to ask myself, what’s the point of having the ability to make music if you don’t share it? Once I made that decision, there was no going back. I think that’s when I knew, even if I couldn’t say it yet.
Child, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I’m an artist based in Los Angeles and I write, sing, produce, and compose for myself and occasionally for others.
I’d classify myself as dark pop meets soundscape meets crooner. I love the process of exploring different sounds – instrumentally, vocally, etc – and genres. It’s like a sonic puzzle. I’ve realized there are no rules other than the song has to FEEL good and I think anyone who listens to music understands what I mean by that.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
I want to give people the chills, the feelings, the words, the emotions through my music that they need in that moment. You never know how your music will be interpreted, but I aim to create escape with my songs.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
The most rewarding part of being an artist is finishing a song start to finish. It’s the strangest thing to think, wow this wasn’t here two hours ago and now it’s going to linger in the air for as long as it so pleases.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/child_king7777?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnVbWWr2IGzJ4Dr8L0oBCwoPgGz4Bh64O0wOwPkVAEz6Thsgs3uRELFbjX40k_aem_6K0OgbbLIQm6Gg5Bbw1wwQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/child_king77777/
- Soundcloud: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PMakyTksbvhiY42Zmu48W?si=8UPgXZ5TQWqdFeV-Ysectw
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@child_king77777
Image Credits
Image credits: Yoda Savva, Daffne Cruz, Kendra Filler, Cayla Pogorzelec, Ellez World