[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Bathe Alone

We’re getting candid in our interview with Forest Claudette!   We talk to Forest about the decision to open up about their non-binary gender identity in their music, being able to develop their artistry without the pressure to go viral, and how they use visuals as a world-building tool to enhance the stories in their music.   Forest Claudette is an Australian alternative R&B artist, who grew up playing multiple instruments and now is honing in their artistry to tell their own story. Their new EP titled Jupiter and subsequent single “Moonlight” explores gender identity and sexuality, the joy and sacrifice of coming out, and life’s complexities.   Listen to the full interview with Forest on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with Bathe Alone. Bathe Alone is the dream-pop moniker of multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone based in Atlanta, Georgia Working closely with collaborator and producer Damon Moon, the two push to new emotional depths utilizing sound design as a lens for exploration. Their new record I Don’t Do Humidity is out now. We talk with Bailey Crone and Damon Moon about how Bailey’s divorce and the loss of family members and friendships pushed her to write the most challenging music of her career, how Bailey and Damon worked together to translate these complicated emotions into the music itself, and how turning 30 and writing I Don’t Do Humidity has given her new perspective to what’s important in her life. Listen to the full interview with Bathe Alone on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with renforshort. We talk to Lauren aka renforshort about how her recent songwriting reflects her emotional growth, fighting to be heard as a young woman in the music industry, and connecting with fans at an intimate EP release show. Renforshort is an indie pop singer/songwriter who started releasing music as a teen. Now at the age of 22 she’s reflecting on her personal growth in her recent EP ‘clean hands dirty water’ out May 17. Listen to the full interview with renforshort on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're getting candid in our interview with Grayscale's Collin Walsh. We discussed his journey with mental health, allowing himself to be more vulnerable in his songwriting, allowing Grayscale to grow musically and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows are just silly goofy boys with Zach Sang!  ⚡   The Black Keys recently canceled an arena tour in exchange for smaller venues. Fans are anxious the same thing could happen to Wallows. Meanwhile Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s arena tour is sold out in NYC but slow to move tickets in other markets. We look at why we’re having so many arena tours, whether or not artists really need it, and whether or not fans want it or can even afford it.  ⚡  ICYMI: We are going on summer break! Getting Candid artist interviews will continue on a weekly basis and we will be back with regular programming at the end of August.  ⚡   Time Stamps: 3:00 Fangirl Nonsense 13:00 Arena Tours, Ticket Prices, Fan Anxieties Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal!  Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Check out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with Hannah Grae! Hannah Grae talks about how she’s grown as an artists since posting covers on Youtube as a teenager to releasing her mini album Nothing Lasts Forever, what she’s learned from female rock stars like Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morriset, and finding her own community of female musicians supporting one another Hannah Grae is an alternative rock artist based in London. Her mini album Nothing Lasts Forever was released in March this year and chronicles her journey as a teen to 20 year old navigating life and moving to London Listen to the full interview with Hannah Grae on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows covers Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and gives us absolutely nothing. Chet Hanks explains the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef to his father Tom Hanks over text. And… a giant conscious baby?  ⚡   Maya Henry is releasing a fiction novel based on her relationship with Liam Payne that details abuse, abortion, and more. We talk about Maya’s in depth interview with People and the legality around her decision to write fictionalized events of her personal experience with alleged abuse from Liam Payne. We also discuss the details Maya has shared, her age gap and parasocial relationship with Liam, and her decision to speak out on the topic of abuse. ⚡   Kansas City Chief’s kicker Harrison Butker delivered a commencement speech a Benedictine College, a private catholic college, that sparked outrage across the internet. His speech insinuated that the most important thing a woman can do is be a homemaker. He also criticised LGBTQ+ people, surrogacy, and "the tyranny of diversity, equity and inclusion," among other subjects. We discuss all this and hear the opinions of the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica who criticised Butker’s speech.  ⚡   Time Stamps: 5:30 fangirl nonsense 18:30 listener fangirl nonsense 20:00 Maya Henry 36:00 Harrison Butker Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal!  Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Check out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with Chanel Loren. We talk with Chanel Loren about finding her identity between two different home countries, learning to trust herself and use music as a tool to be more honest and vulnerable in expressing her emotions, and how her background in dance and theater influences her live performances. Chanel Loren is a London-born, Sydney-based R&B artist and ARIA-nominated singer songwriter. In early 2024 she released a single called ‘Carelessly Doomed’ featuring American rapper Kota The Friend ahead of her debut EP BETWEEN2WORLDS which drops July 12. For more of Name 3 Songs, check out our podcast here and other interviews here. Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal!  Want to talk more? Find us @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: We saw Royel Otis live! Sabrina Carpenter turned 25 and someone gave her a cake with Leonardo Decaprio’s face. Nicholas Galitzine reveals he’s a spoon carver, but Jenna already knew this. Charli XCX is claiming her throne as an A-lister.  ⚡   TRIGGER WARNING: At a recent Trophy Eyes concert in New York, a fan was critically injured in a stage diving incident.  ⚡   Drake and Kendick Lamar have been dropping diss tracks back and forth – except Kendrick is dropping poetry about how Drake is a bad person all Drake can think of is “damn you’re short.” While diss tracks are not our area of expertise, we talk about this from the Name 3 Songs perspective of Drake’s age gap friendships with teen stars including Millie Bobby Brown, Billie Eilish and others.  Time Stamps: 3:22 Fangirl Nonsense 21:15 Trophy Eyes Concert 27:09 Drake vs Kendrick Intro 29:08 Basic Explanation of the Beef 31:37 Drake vs Kendrick Discuss Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal!  Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Check out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with poptropicaslutz! Christian and Nick from poptropicaslutz! talk about being 2007 music historians, how the two found their writing style during lockdown, and why they incorporate tongue and cheek lyrics. We also talk about how they prioritized the fan-band relationship from the start of their music career to foster a growing community. Poptropicaslutz! is comprised of the duo Christian and Nick who make music hyper-punk music that harkens back to the year 2007. They recently wrapped up a tour with Waterparks and Their deluxe album ‘Face For The Radio: Voice For A Silent Film’ is out now. Listen to the full interview with poptropicaslutz! on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices