Artist bio
Daniella is a singer-songwriter, creative writer and poet. Musically, she mainly performs and writes ballads, while also delving into the Pop and Country genres. Her creative practice allows her to invoke emotion through songs and poetry, and through them explore a series of personal and envisioned human connections.
Artist statement
My project explores the idea of embracing life’s chaos rather than worrying about it, through the specific themes of love and romance. I am using this EP as a way to express hard or vulnerable emotions by creating a story and a fictional character through which I can perform as a way to address the anxiety I feel about romance. I am presenting this project and character through the genre of Japanese City Pop, where I use these themes to tell this story in an overly romanticized manner, where each song is its own short story in the overall larger narrative that unfolds.
I worked with a number of my fellow students to realise this concept. Across the EP, I have worked with Liam Brown as co-producer, and Melody Tough, Nathan Tewi, Callum Spillane and Matilda Dickson as collaborators. Both track one and two “Feelings” and “The Plan” also include Freddie Pinder as guitarist. I also collaborated with Tom Wilcox-Symons and Ethan Tudor for Track 3 “Crystal Clear” with Liam providing rhythm guitar on both the recording and live performance.