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Tessa Rae is a young pop, R&B, indie pop, electropop singer, and songwriter who was born in Oakland, California. The singer began her career at a very early age, starting to write lyrics for her future songs solely as a hobby.
So, immediately after moving to Los Angeles, Tessa decides to try herself in professional music recording. That is why on the Internet, you can often find such descriptions regarding Tessa's origin as born in Oakland and raised in Los Angeles. The girl recorded her first song called "Seventeen" in 2016, immediately attracting the attention of music critics. The song was first featured on Pigeons and Planes and brought the attention of both: music critics and future listeners for its unusual musical style and soft velvet vocals. It is worth noting separately the musical style, which in the first oeuvres more resembled a mixture of R&B with dream pop, but later began to acquire more and more notes of digital sound. The singer herself, at the first stages of her career, determined the musical direction in which she performs as Atmospheric R&B, which describes the first songs well in general. Tessa's later work was more experimental, and descriptions can range from dream pop to indie pop.
Tessa released her second song called Dreamland at the end of 2016. This song continued the traditions of the first one. This time, Tessa signed with executive producer Justin Warfield, who insisted on acquiring individual hip-hop beats for the songs. Under the guidance of the same producer, Tessa released her debut EP "Young Blood" at the beginning of February 2017. The EP consists of five tracks, namely Young Blood, Swim, Fresh&Good, Sweet Pretender, Wrong With Me. Unfortunately, this EP did not find a strong response, and today it is hidden from public access on most music services. This kind of failure forced the singer to take a short hiatus and return to the original musical concept.
Tessa returned to studio work in 2018. The first two tracks were recorded in collaboration with other artists. The musician's first track released this year was Nowhere Man, produced by Ranen. This track dropped out of the singer's general repertoire because it sounds more like trap music. This track was left without the attention of music critics and periodicals and is more like a side project, in fact. Another song released this year was Downtown, which was also written by the artist in collaboration with another artist. The release of the single Digital Girl, recorded under the direction of Justin Warfield, who helped the artist with the first records, became a peculiar return to the roots. You can watch the interview of Behind the scenes with Tessa, recorded after the release of this song on our website. Tessa released the last track called Footsteps at the end of 2018.
For the entire 2019, the singer releases only two songs. So, Awesome and Heart Fels come out in the middle of the year. The songs released in 2019 did not feel like hers at all, as Tessa admits in an interview with Skopemag. She even dropped her hands several times until she came to her initial concept in mid-2020 - the design of the sketch with the guitar, after which they go to the studio and try to record the tracks. So, 2020 has become more fruitful in terms of songs.
The musician released a completely lockdown-inspired “Disposable Film” in the summer and the second song of the year - “Body” in the fall.
The songs are beginning to take on individual notes of a post-apocalyptic trip. According to the artist, she found herself in these songs. Thus, the style of arrangement has changed significantly, and the so-called Atmospheric RnB has become more reminiscent of dreamy indie-pop. Also, Tessa does not plan to stop there, and she has managed to announce the release of a new single in November. She has also announced the release of her second extended play in early 2021, as she said in an interview with Atwood Magazine.
If you want to know more about Tessa, you can always watch a behind-the-scenes video from the shooting of the music video "Digital Girl" exclusively on CEEK. In this video, you will be able to see the nature of the singer and understand what she really is. Her latest songs include singles such as "Bye Boy" and "Remember". The latter turned out to be one of the most successful in the singer's career.
The music video for the song "Remember" has already collected almost 150 thousand views, and it's only 3 months. As for the relatively young artist, this is a great result.