We recently connected with Taylor Landress and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Taylor, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I don’t remember ever making a conscious decision to pursue music. It’s just always been there. I’ve been singing since I could talk, and I wrote my first song when I was six. It had one verse, a bridge, and a chorus. Riveting stuff. I performed it at my elementary school talent show with all the passion and seriousness a six-year-old could possibly possess.

Back then, I’d come home from school, head straight upstairs, and start writing songs and making melodies. Once voice memos became a thing, I started recording everything—bits of lyrics, random melodies, whatever was on my mind. I’d spend hours online searching for instrumentals that matched the vibe I was chasing. That eventually led to collaborating with local producers, cultivating my sound, and continuing to grow from there.

It’s been a steady evolution. Music has always felt like the most natural part of me. And somehow, it still feels like the beginning.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I’m a pop singer-songwriter based in San Diego, and I write about how I feel, how I’ve felt, or how I want to feel. Sometimes it’s real-time processing, sometimes it’s a memory, and sometimes it’s an envisionment of where I want to be. I make music for the moments people don’t know how to express yet or don’t quite have the courage to. If something I create helps someone feel a little more understood or a little less alone, that means everything to me.

Writing has always been how I express myself. It’s how I process what I’m going through and figure out what it even is I’m feeling. Sometimes I’ll get a random melody or lyric out of nowhere, and I just run with it. I believe art is meant to be felt, seen, and appreciated, and I see myself as a vessel for that. If a song of mine can meet someone where they are or give them words for something they haven’t been able to explain, I know I’m doing what I’m meant to do.

I write for the goosebump moments, the epiphanies, the “wait… she’s literally writing about exactly how I feel” kind of thing. I write for the windows-down, scream-singing-a-song-like-it’s-your-own moment. Because it is yours. We all perceive, interpret, and live through art in our own way, with our own imagination and experience. That’s what makes it so powerful.

At the end of the day, I just love to create. That’s the heart of it. And if the songs find the right people at the right time, I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding part of being an artist is seeing what happens to a song or project after I release it, and how it begins to live its own life in other people’s worlds. Once it’s out there, it stops being just mine. It becomes whatever someone else needs it to be. Watching it take on a life of its own, seeing how it reaches people and how they interpret it to fit their own feelings and experiences, is one of the most surreal and meaningful parts of being an artist.

I write these songs in such personal, private moments, and then somehow they end up living in other people’s cars, headphones, playlists, and memories. That shift from something I created to something that’s suddenly impacting and resonating with someone else is truly so beautiful.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

Building my audience on social media has been a really organic journey. I never set out to grow a platform by trying to be something I’m not. For me, it has always been about showing up as I am, sharing what I love, and creating space for connection through my art. I am not trying to prove anything. I just want to be real, and I have learned that being real is more than enough.

Things really started to shift when I began sharing more candid moments. Sometimes that means livestreaming when I am feeling something deeply, sharing a thought I have not fully worked through yet, or posting something that feels a little raw. Some of the most meaningful engagement has come from those moments when nothing is overly planned or polished. People can tell when something is honest, and that is what they respond to.

My advice to anyone starting out is this: post the content, even if you are scared. Do not waste energy trying to please everyone or make it perfect. Focus on the people who truly connect with you and your work. That is where the magic happens. Add your own voice, your own perspective, and your own creative fingerprint. That is what makes it yours.

At the end of the day, your authenticity is the value. You do not need to fit into a mold to be seen. Just start, stay true to yourself, and keep creating from that place.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://taylorlandress.com
• Instagram: taylorlandressss or here is the link https://www.instagram.com/taylorlandressss/
• Youtube: @TaylorLandress or here is the link: https://youtube.com/@taylorlandress?si=d08OqG-ehlsXt2Vf
• Other: TikTok: @taylorlandress or https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlandress