We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jé Lamont a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Jé, thanks for joining us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

The project that means the most to me is my current rebranding, I took a step back from music in 2021 after my last release “After Hours”, I needed time to find who I was away from all of the noise. I knew I needed a break from the music scene when I realized anytime I was asked personal life questions like, “what do you do for fun?” and “who are you outside of all of this?”, I noticed I was always confused on how to answer those questions. My confusion stemmed from me truly not knowing the answers to those questions aside from, “I write music for fun” and answers of the like. I realized I didn’t really know who I was, I let myself get caught up in the work, the followers, the music, and constant strive to be better. A strive to be better is always good but my strive was only catering to that particular piece of myself. In my time away I’ve learned more about who I am, now I can answer questions about myself that felt so out of reach before. This time around I want my relationship with music to feel less like work, and more like the skill I fell in love with at the age of 13. It all starts with a new name and a fresh perspective, my previous name was “Philly Avid” and that was cool, that era of my music had its good times but “Philly Avid” felt like someone I had grown to play instead someone who I actually was. My new name “Jé Lamont” feels more like me because it is me, “Jé Lamont” is a play off of my actual name “Jeffrey Lamont”. Rebranding with a name that is so close to my actual name feels more refreshing and empowering, this shift eliminates the box I thought I had to fit in to be accepted and be heard. Jé Lamont is a more personable artist, he finds inspiration through the strive of being himself, and pushing the envelope of what a Black and Bisexual trap-soul/pop artist can look and sound like. This era is all about singing the songs and being a part of projects that makes me happy.

Jé, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I first started writing music my 9th grade year of high school in 2013, once I had written my first song it’s like I couldn’t think about anything but finding beats and writing songs every night. Growing up I had always been the kid that never felt like I belonged in most crowds, which made it difficult to express and be myself. Music allowed me to express exactly how I felt in my own words, through my own melodies and word play. It made me feel unstoppable, especially because music is subjective, I could sing all the stories about the things I had gone through without having to just say out right what I was talking about. I know that sounds confusing but, taking the risk to be heard in that fashion allows other people to listen to my music and resonate in their own way with situations they may have gone through. My singing style and the way I write is what I feel like sets me apart from everyone, I feel that the way I deliver my songs through the production of the songs is very uniquely tailored to me, keeping things like cord progression and well thought out hooks and verses in play. I love to write and would love to do so for other people someday, as well as sing other writers stories that I connect with. Now that I am rebranding, my look comes into play as well, being more comfortable in my skin allows me to experiment with what my signature look is and could be, over time that will make me stand out as well. All of my songs are blend of trap-soul and pop, but my hopes are to create a space that feels fun and sexy through my more pop motivated songs and like therapy through the trap-soul essence of my music.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

I believe the best way to support artists in todays society would be to allow artists more room to grow and evolve, I feel like there’s a lot of artists that have mastered recreating themselves to try and keep up with the constant demand of elevation, but for some they need a little more time and support to explore other genres, styles, perspectives, etc. Growing up and having a view of the entertainment industry, creates the idea for younger artists that anything less than “perfection” is unacceptable, which trains us to be so hard on ourselves, when in reality we should just be making the art that feeds our happiness and inspiration.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My personal goal with my art is to continue to blossom and learn more about how I am and share my stories with the world, the desire to write great for people to relate and jam to is what keeps me going.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://taplink.cc/jelamont
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theejelamont/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jelamont

Image Credits

Photo Credits: SunysVision