Singer Faun Flora On The Music Industry, Being A Visualizer, And Upcoming Single

This synth pop artist is about to release another major single!

Singer-Songwriter Faun Flora leaves all of her emotions into her music. Her music is heard on several of our favorite radio stations and has received over 10 thousand streams on her music. Now, she’s back with new single “See You At The Funeral”, which releases October 29th.

We had the absolute honor of talking with Faun on her love of music, her favorite artists, and what she would tell her younger self.

Q: How did you get started in the music industry?

F: “I didn’t really know what I was doing, all I knew was that I wanted to try out producing and releasing my own music. I started out with releasing my singles “In the Darkness” and “The Lullaby”, and after getting supportive feedback from friends and family, I just decided that I wanted to keep putting out songs that were better than the last release. My friend Chris asked me to open for him at his EP release show, which was at the first actual non-coffee shop venue I’ve ever played. I was so nervous but I forced myself to do it because I wanted to play shows so badly. All I can remember after that is that more and more local bands started asking me to open for them after that. After my debut headliner show in November 2018, I found a great community of friends who were willing to play my music with me and support me as I produced more songs.”

Q: How has the culture of the music industry affected you?

F: “I think it has definitely taught me to always be willing to learn and try new strategies. Things are changing so much at such a fast pace, it’s important to keep your eyes and ears open and study what other musicians and bands are doing. Personally, it has taught me to engage more with my local community, and in turn has made me love local art more than ever before.”

Q: Have your struggles helped shape your songs?

F: “100%. Music was my only emotional outlet growing up. I spent a lot of days in junior high and high school locked up in my bedroom with my keyboard and guitar. I didn’t have a lot of friends to hang out with outside of school, and so all of my time was spent writing songs in my bedroom. Now that I am older, I feel as though music gives me a new perspective on my struggles in my life. It pushes me to dig deeper into my perspective and challenge myself in my own ways of thinking.”

Q: Your new song ‘See You At The Funeral’ is coming out soon, would you be able to give us an insight as to what inspired it?

F: “A few years ago I took a “Death and Dying” class where the main topics we were studying were funerals and rites of passages in different cultures. When I wrote the song, I was coming to terms with the realization that I would soon have to be dealing with a very personal and emotional death. I guess I was just pulled to use the rite of passage as a theme in order to explore the depths that a relationship can go beyond the human experience, while also expressing the bittersweetness and anxiety that comes with the short time that we are given here on earth. One night, I was laying with my girlfriend and thinking “I really love this person, and it sucks that this isn’t forever”, and suddenly I was applying that to every close relationship in my life.”

Q: What is your favorite part about making music?

F: “I love just being in the state of flow. When I get to sit down, I don’t have to worry about time or any responsibilities, and I get to just create and feel what I’ve been putting off for a while. Being in the moment of creating a song helps me become in tune with myself and my emotions. It becomes my form of release for anything I’ve been wanting to stay or can’t stand to bottle up inside.”

Q: How did the pandemic affect the way you got to work on your music, and do shows?

F: “The pandemic weirdly inspired me to write a lot of songs with new ways of writing. I got to be a bit more experimental, and with that I feel that I have found my style a bit more. The band and I had to get creative and strip down a lot of songs for livestreams, which sort of birthed a jazz-pop side of Faun Flora.”

Q: You have a very specific music style, what drew you to dream-synth pop?

F: “I am very much a visualizer when listening and writing music. Dream-pop seemed to be the genre that I was drawn to the most when listening, and because my voice is naturally soft and quieter, it just seemed fitting. A lot of dream-pop is slower and more chill though, and I like to at least bring some energy for live performing, so I started exploring the synth pop genre. I decided to just combine both together because my music leans either way depending on the mood of the song.”

Q: Do you have a music role model? If so, who?

F: “Foster the People, Lights, and Coldplay. I look up to the way they craft their songs, and how they transform them to the stage.”

Q: If you could work with anyone, who would you choose and why?

F: “There are so many people to choose from, but probably Joel Little. He produces some of my favorites such as Broods and Lorde, and his work on their albums is just so pleasant to listen to.”

Q: If you had the chance and could say anything, what would you tell younger Faun? 

F: “I would tell her to savor every moment because she’s going to accomplish a lot of things that she thought she wouldn’t.”

You can follow and stay updated with Faun Flora as we release and play more music:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsfaunflora/

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itsfaunflora

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7cp9GcpjzvCMmgJHqHjhF8?si=JdnGnhFGTbGhrBgfpGBkzQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0bAj_ejtDzCggb9UuS74g

Solstice Raeanne–Music/Mental Health Editor– Solstice Raeanne is a mental health advocate. As someone who has seen the way mental health is treated in our society they’ve wanted to make a change, and a difference. If they aren’t working, you can find Solstice on the phone scrolling through pinterest, or writing new articles and conducting interviews.