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

Taylor, appreciate you joining us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

My debut album, “Mad Twenties,” has been the most meaningful project I have worked on. This album was conceptualized when I was 21 years old, coming into adulthood and realizing how heavy and painful life can be sometimes. Over the course of nearly a decade I wrote songs that were little windows into the lessons I was learning, and experiences I was having. The opportunity for this project came at my lowest point during 2020, and because of that, it holds so much significance now.

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?

I always knew this is what I was meant to do. There was no point that I had to choose what to be when I grew up, and I have been essentially been doing what I do now my whole life – in different forms, of course. I sang my first song, a cover of Carole King’s “It’s Too Late” at the age of two. I wrote my first song at eight, and by age 10, I had filled entire notebooks with lyrics. I taught myself guitar at 12 and, by age of 15, played my first paid gig.

Songwriting is something that I have to do; it’s my strongest form of expression, my therapy and my greatest processing tool. I never try to box myself or my songs into any particular genre for that reason. They take on a life of their own as long as I am willing to stay open.

How did you build your audience on social media?

Okay I’m gonna give some advice that might be annoying to hear, but probably different than what other people will say about strategies and team building and whatnot. But tbh this is the only thing I can attribute my happiness and alignment to.

Everything this an energy exchange, especially what we do. As soon as I started getting super in touch with the authenticity as an artist is when people started responding. The day my cover video on TikTok went viral was the first day that I had decided to start posting intuitively, instead of post on a schedule. Followers can feel when things are forced – especially as an artist. I hate to sound woo-woo about it – so some practical things I do daily are a manifestation meditation, and gratitude practice. Basically manifesting by calling in all of the things that already exist for you. Money, connection, recognition, etc. When I focus on my gratitude practice, I think about the hardest things I’ve had to overcome and I try my hardest to be grateful for them.

The more authentic and raw you can be on social media, the better. That’s just my opinion :)

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding part for me is connecting with listeners after a show. It is so cool how my lyrics (which I feel are deeply personal) can connect to other humans in a completely different way. The human experience, as varied as it may be, is so similar in the way that we all feel the same emotions, and getting to hear stories from other people about how my creative expression has helped them or made them feel less alone is a huge reason why I continue to do this.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.taylorraemusic.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorraemusic/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylorraemusic1
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/taylorraeband

Image Credits
Laura Partain, Jeremy Ryan, Carter Hammond, Teddy L Snider