BLKBYRD is an indie pop and alt rock storyteller built from past selves and future dreams. Her music reaches back to the young girl who wanted to be someone larger than life and stretches forward to the woman reclaiming her voice with clarity and fire. She writes with a nostalgic edge that feels like Y2K memories wrapped in modern grit, blending clean hooks with raw honesty. From the late nights in a tiny San Diego apartment that gave birth to her debut song Instinct Love to the fully self-produced spark of her new single bumps & bruises, BLKBYRD is discovering her sound in real time and letting listeners witness the rise. This is an artist rooted in intuition, experimentation and the belief that chasing your dreams begins with trusting yourself first.
SNQLX: When someone hears your music for the first time, what do you want them to feel?
BLKBYRD: I want my fans to feel y2k nostalgia with a little spice; a little edge. When I make music, it feels like a love letter to and from the past versions of myself—the child who would secretly sell her dog to become Hannah Montana, to the hometown-heartbroken teen. The life-of-the-party college girl, to the broke 20-something living in a NYC shoebox. The free-spirited traveler that said f*** it, to the woman who came back to her roots. My music has every real version of me in it. I hope that connects with the very real versions of those who listen.
SNQLX: Every artist has a spark moment when a project stops being an idea and becomes something real. When did BLKBYRD turn into the thing you knew you needed to follow?
BLKBYRD: At the end of 2024. I wrote music as a child, but I never saw how I could make it real.
That was, until I discovered the most terrifying truth–that despite all of my fears and all other things I could dedicate my life to, this is what I have always truly wanted.
I decided for the first time that instead of pushing it down, I would try instead. And just like that, it was like the universe handed me the missing pieces.
My partner revealed that he had produced music for a label years prior. Our first song Instinct Love was seemingly made out of thin air. On nights after our shitty jobs living in San Diego, it became real. With a song out there, I saw how possible it really was. But only after I decided that it had to be.
SNQLX: You are still in that early phase where people are just starting to discover you. What do you enjoy about creating while you are still under the radar?
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