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<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nBishat talks to Essentially Pop about the inspiration behind the new single, working with XOV and the reason behind releasing it on Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n
EP: Your single <\/strong>\u2018Unholy Romance\u2019 is about a destructive\/rash relationship, is it inspired by a personal experience or have you taken some amount of creative freedom with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n B: I\u2019ve definitely experienced that kind of relationship in my past, where I dove in at the deep end more or less knowing that it wasn\u2019t going to end well. My mind at war with my emotions. I don\u2019t regret it though it\u2019s life in all its mess and glory.<\/p>\n EP: What was the songwriting process like? And what was it like working with Damian Ardestani?<\/strong><\/p>\n B: We were in Damian\u2019s studio on an island outside of Stockholm on a cold gloomy day and we just put down some chords and a pad and started to find the melodies we liked. It was pretty effortless. The lyrics took a minute and we were talking about life and Damian kind of dragged the story out of me and a few hours later it was all there. Pretty much the finished tune. It\u2019s definitely the quickest I\u2019ve ever worked. Sometimes simplicity is the best thing, say what you want to say dress it up in jeans and a white t-shirt and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n EP: How would you describe your sound? In what ways has it evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n B: R&B influenced electro pop or dark pop as I like to call it. It varies from track to track and I don\u2019t feel as if I committed to a sound. But it all comes out of me so I guess that\u2019s what ties it all together, my voice, my melodies and the sounds I like. I love pure top 40 pop and I also like to take things left of centre and more alternative so my music is a mix of that.<\/p>\n EP: You<\/strong>\u2019ve been making music since you were 13. What do you think you\u2019d do right now if you weren\u2019t making music?<\/strong><\/p>\n B: Hmm, I think I\u2019d be in the music industry, management or PR helping the artist to build create their vision but I think that would leave me bitter if I what I really wanted to do was make music. I\u2019ve also always been interested in medicine so doctor or pilot. I\u2019ve been obsessed with aircraft since I was a child.<\/p>\n EP: Would you say your Ethiopian roots have found its way into your music and overall sound?<\/strong><\/p>\n B: Not really but I mean it\u2019s impossible to say what has influenced you. In \u2018Unholy Romance\u2019 though there\u2019s a sample from last year when I was in Ethiopia. Outside my mom\u2019s house, there\u2019s a church and they call out the prayers through a megaphone so I recorded that and put in in the background for almost the entire song. You can properly hear it in the outro. So I got a piece of Ethiopia in there.<\/p>\n