DE{COM}PRESSED An Audio:Visual by Adria Kain

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Nov 5, 2017
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Adria Kain has a message to those who listen to her music. The soulful singer drops a short film that visualizes her lyrics for the song "De(com)pressed

Adria Kane states: About a year ago, I decided to take some time away from being an artist. I left Toronto and moved back in with my grandparents home in Burlington. I realized I hadn’t felt genuine happiness towards anything for years and a lot of what I was going through mentally & emotionally was being suppressed, which in the end, brought me to an extremely dark point in my life.

I remember getting a job in February, working the night shift from 10pm - 6am everyday, and having to walk for 2 hours in the cold just to get there and back most days. In between, whenever I had time and energy, I would try to find inspiration within myself to write and record songs from home. Once I felt like a song was good enough, I’d bring it to a small studio downtown to have them mixed by an engineer. I had no real intention with these songs, it was more so a form of release when I felt like I desperately needed it.One night, while I was walking to work I noticed a bus with no driver in it, so I took the chance, ran and hopped on, praying that they wouldn’t notice me and ask for change to pay.

As the bus began to pull out of the station, I put my headphones on and started listening to a song I had roughly recorded called “Something New”. I was hearing my voice in a way I had never before, and being on that bus, in that moment, reminded me of where I came from and why I started making music in the first place. I glanced out the window and reminisced on memories I had left in each passing area, I thought about the times I used to speak highly about who I was going to become and how I was going to take care of my family. Suddenly tears began to fall. About a week later I ended up quitting that job and began working on this EP. This was probably one of the most difficult projects I’ve ever made. I went through numerous breakdowns and constant changes, dealt with unreliable people and no budget to even gather funds just to take a bus to the studio.

Regardless I continued to push myself because I needed to get these things off my chest, and no matter what it took, I was willing to take the risk. I just finished the EP entirely today, along with a short film that I directed and edited on my own. I wanted to prove to myself if no one else that I was capable, and I must say I’m more than proud of my accomplishments.To decompress is to reduce pressure and stress and to convert and expand back to an original state. I’ve begun focusing on the details of both for myself and I’ve been isolating time to find the comfort moments amidst my depression. It’s helped to guide me forward through any dark times and to keep my head level when I feel myself sinking downwards. I’ve got a long way to go still, but this is the beginning of my journey towards progression.