Diandra Interviews BLÜ EYES: Music Is Just Life

If 2020 is a year of “letting go,” then BLÜ EYESis shining. She is all about saying goodbye to toxic exes, behaviors, and beliefs that both those things will always define you. In our interview, she gets charming and candid in describing how 2020 was a year of emotional reckoning, and her record, “Just Life,” is an acceptance of that. Remember letting go of the old just leaves more room to let in the new.

Diandra: How do you feel “Just Life” is a preview to the album?

BLÜ EYES: It is a more optimistic outlook compared to the other songs. The other ones are sitting in my feelings, but this one is about seeing how my experiences have shaped me. It is a good outside lens to see the other songs of the album. I think of it as one of the most delicate, easy-listening songs of the album.
BLÜ EYES – Blame (Official Lyric Video)

Diandra: Is there a song, on the record, that really healed you?

BLÜ EYES: This album is about my last year. I was in a band for a long time, and I made the transition away from that last year. It was a really painful experience because these people were like my friends. So it was like a break-up. It was very tough for me to accept that this thing I had put so much energy in was not my future. I felt crazy for walking away, but, in the end, I felt grateful.

I also wrote about this relationship, I had in highschool, that was really toxic. I didn’t realize it back then, but there is a song in the album called “Blessing” where I talk about how I thought it was my honor to be controlled by this person. In the end, it was a blessing because it taught me to look for red flags. There are so many times in my life when a song comes out and it is like, “Oh, that is how I feel!”
BLÜ EYES – Some Days (Lyric Video)

Diandra: So would you say the album is one about independence?

BLÜ EYES: Yeah! I never thought of it that way, but in the process of making it I learned to pick up the pieces of who I am and be more independent.

Diandra: I had spoken to an artist that said, “Becoming a solo artist made her hyper sensitive!”

BLÜ EYES: 100% When you are in a band, you have someone to share the responsibility, and now it is 100% on me. So there is this heightened emotional level like, “Oh this is great!” and then it is, “Holy Sh*t! I am so anxious!” It is super empowering because I had had so many creative itches that I couldn’t fully explore in a band. Now, the doors are flung open, and I am making music I love. I get to unlash all this pent up creative energy. So many people, right now, are really feeling like everything can just go away, and is making them ask, “What am I really doing this for?” I have noticed that energy now.
BLÜ EYES – Just Life (Official Lyric Video)

Diandra: Completely! I think the year made people reassess their dreams and paths to them.

BLÜ EYES: I remember Jim Carrey was telling the story of his father, and how his dream was to be a comedian but he became an accountant to be for security. He had this opportunity, at one point in his life, to pursue comedy and he said, “No, I have to choose stability for my family,” and two weeks later he got laid off from his accounting job. We are only here for so long; so enjoy the time you have and prioritize joy. We live in this society of “work,” but, as a musician, you have to live to work. You have to have fun and prioritize your mental health and enjoy yourself in order to create.

Diandra: So do you see music as a way to check up on whether you are actually happy?

BLÜ EYES: Such a good question! I don’t know. There are times when I write music and I am like, “I am so happy!” and then there are times when I cannot write because I’m at peace. It can be both. It really is about getting all my emotions out there.

Diandra: It could be because music is, technically, your work so, “Who wants to go to work when they are happy?”

BLÜ EYES: I think you are right! When I’m happy, I just want to hang out with my boyfriend and dog and watch Gilmore Girls.

BLÜ EYES – Blessing (Official Lyric Video)

Diandra: Who did you want Rory to end up with?

BLÜ EYES: I think Logan is my pick. I think he was just right for her at the time and a perfect fit. I think how the ended them was trash. Dean was way too controlling and Jess had too many issues.

Diandra: I think you are right. I feel like Logan and Rory excited each other and Jess had too many problems, even though he turned it around. What would be your Netflix Rec, and what character would you be in it?

BLÜ EYES: I watched Parks & Rec, which is hilarious and somehow I missed it, and I guess I would be Anne because she is slightly more normal amongst the absurdity and stupidity going around her.

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