Diandra Interviews OSKA: Youth Is A Honeymoon Phase
In her debut EP, Honeymoon Phase, OSKA recalls her past and reflects on the various stages of her young life, which, in some ways, it a honeymoon phase. If you regress and recall your youth, the younger you get, then the more you loved life. Why? Because you had hope. When you are young, you still believe every dream comes true, especially when they are yours. In our interview, OSKA discusses having hope, even when dreams turn sad, and finding gratitude and good people to help her dream more.
Diandra: What is the best part of a relationship’s “Honeymoon Phase?”
OSKA: I love the stage of getting to know each other; the excitement when you get a text from that person or that constant feeling of wanting to be with him or her.
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Diandra: What has being in love taught you about yourself versus heartbreak?
OSKA: Both experiences taught me a lot about myself. You definitely become a new person the moment you start to love someone that isn‘t family. It taught me to take responsibility and how to be there for someone else. It mostly has taught me compassion, empathy and loyalty.
Heartbreak taught me how to take care of myself. It showed me who I am when nobody is around. It taught me to rely on myself, to trust my opinion on things that matter to me, and it shaped me in a way that is not influenced by anyone but my own thoughts and feelings. It taught me to let go, to get up again, and to be my own friend.
Diandra: What is one song of yours that sings to your favorite love story or aspect of love?
OSKA: I have a song called “Starstruck“ that isn‘t out yet. The first line of the song is, “I wish I knew you when I was a kid, looking back I felt so alone with this shit“
Being in love can make it all better. With the right person, a really shit day can become awesome. You start to look forward to a future with them instead of always looking back on a past that might not have treated you well.
Diandra: What are 3 things you hope people love about you versus what you usually love about them?
OSKA: I hope to be loved for my loyalty, my loving nature, and my sense of humor.
I usually love when people are authentic, funny, and caring.
Diandra: What is one movie or tv show you would love to turn into a concept album? Why?
OSKA: I think the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind“ is one of the best movies out there. The whole album could be about the importance of remembering the many lessons someone has taught us. When we go through heartbreak we often want to forget that we ever loved that person, but as time goes by we see how much we changed because of them.
Diandra: What is your favorite album that you would turn into a movie or series? Why and what would be the premise? Who would you cast as the lead?
OSKA: My favorite album right now is “Punisher“ by Phoebe Bridgers. It‘s dark and twisted and deals with many subjects. The movie could be equally as dark and surprising; weird and indie and I‘d probably cast Dakota Johnson cause she‘s pretty badass just like, Phoebe Bridgers.
Diandra: Born into a family of singers, who of your family do you most idolize as an artist and why? What is the best advice they gave you?
OSKA: None of my family make music professionally except for me. They all could have gone professional but it wasn‘t for them. We just really enjoyed making music together and I loved watching my mom play for other people. She really knew how to entertain and I think I got a lot from her. She also taught me to be true to myself, which is probably the most important thing when you wanna do music.
Diandra: When you think of your style, how would you describe your essence and recurring themes in your music?
OSKA: Something that people always say is that my music is sad but still hopeful. I‘ve always loved sad music, but I also want to send something positive out in to the world. I want my music to be able to comfort people in their pain or validate their feelings by telling them my story – so they know that they‘re not alone.
Diandra: What is your favorite childhood memory with music? What is your favorite childhood toy?
OSKA: My sister and I spent many hours in our wintergarden, learning songs, trying and failing to harmonize. I loved spending time with her cause she is six years older and I‘ve always thought she was the coolest person alive. Singing with her was something I looked forward to when I had a bad day at school, for example.
Diandra: Describe your first crush and which song of the EP most describes that feeling?
OSKA: My first crush was probably Clemens; he plays guitar in my live band but we actually know each other from kindergarten. I’m sure we were married for a couple of hours when we were five. I’d dedicate my song “Misunderstood“ to our love story because I was very dramatic as a kid.
Diandra: If you could get back one thing from the past what would it be and what is one thing you would want to take into the future from now?
OSKA: I once lost my mom‘s 30 year old oilily jumper that I was allowed to borrow and absolutely loved. When I lost it, I was so worried my mom would be really mad at me, but I felt so bad about it that I got my mom to actually feel sorry for me. I know it‘s just a jumper, but it was really beautiful and it was incredible to have something from my mom when she was my age.
I‘m trying to bring more gratefulness into my future. It‘s easy to complain about stuff.,but I have so much: probably too much. I want to take more time to appreciate what I already have.
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