A seed is planted, it anchors roots and a flower blooms. The pedals fall because the flower wilts and returns to the soil. The cycle of life sources the outdated to empower the brand new, an idea that is very a lot current in Whethan’s new album, Lifetime of a Wallflower Vol. 2.
You may hint the mission’s DNA to its predecessor again in 2018, however Whethan’s newest effort is fully distinct from his debut. And it is apropos that he constructed a sequel to Lifetime of a Wallflower when he did.
Whethan “hit the reset” button on his inventive strategy, he tells EDM.com, whereas enduring Mom Nature’s volatility throughout and after the pandemic. The end result is a swathe of recent creativity whereas adopting the soul of the authentic mission.
“I felt like the world kind of slowed down for a little bit for many reasons,” Whethan remembers. “It gave me more time to reflect on myself and work on this new sound and a bunch of different sounds.”
“Trying to collaborate with many different artists in many different fields. This is very reminiscent of six years ago when I did the first project. If you will, this feels like the return or the next part in the series.”
World-building is a basic part of Whethan’s music. He keenly pays consideration to it in all mediums, whether or not the immersive vices of the Cyberpunk online game’s futuristic metropolis or the merciless, fascinating great thing about the Dune movies. The latter particularly appears to generally encourage Lifetime of the Wallflower Vol. 2 with its wealthy desert theme and sounds. It is applicable that the lonely Wallflower sprouts in such troublesome terrain.
Whethan is a world traveler who’s all the time pursuing one thing new. Take for instance Center Jap instrumentation and rock music, every of which he is obsessed with exploring additional. His youthful curiousness for discovery tethers the 2 volumes of Lifetime of a Wallflower.
“It’s a blessing and a curse. I can’t ever seem to want to make the same thing twice,” Whethan says. “I love pushing boundaries and seeing what kind of new sounds I can come up with. This one is different, but the energy and feeling are similar. The sounds aren’t the same, but they might evoke the same emotion or the same feelings that the first one gave me. But in a modern current landscape twist.”
It’s been almost a decade since Whethan’s debut authentic launch, “Can’t Hide,” a track predating Lifetime of a Wallflower by two years. His relative longevity makes it simple to neglect that he is very a lot in bloom.
The 25-year-old producer and DJ has been touring as an artist since he was in highschool. It’s an uncommon circumstance that’s rotted the careers of many younger artists affected by the leisure trade’s seedy aspect. That’s not Whethan’s story. He has happily been nurtured by a caring staff and there is not a lot he’d change about his work-life trajectory, maybe solely the composure that comes with time.
“Just chill out,” Whethan says. “Looking now at where I’m at, I could just think back to certain times when I was just so stressed out and just destroying myself mentally to the brink to try to finish something or do something that maybe deep down I know wasn’t really, but I don’t know.”
He’s even hesitant to name {that a} mistake, highlighting an necessary reality about powerful studying classes.
“That’s that part of me that’s like, well, you never know,” Whethan says. “It’s like the picture of the guy cutting in the rocks and the diamonds are right there, but you don’t know until you break that next rock.”
“So I always believed that it was all for a reason. That’s why I don’t look back with any regret but, definitely, just chill out. It’s going to be okay. Trust the process.”
Whethan was effectively into his senior 12 months of highschool when he acquired a life-changing supply to tour with The Chainsmokers in 2017.
“I was still in high school while I was setting up my team,” Whethan remembers. “I had enough credits to graduate. The Chainsmokers had offered me a slot on their tour, which even looking back is still one of the most massive, insane tours I’ve ever seen. It was super eye-opening at the time, especially in high school, to just go and see what a tour of that scale looks like. It felt like a Taylor Swift-sized tour. There were multiple semi-trucks and stadium arenas every night. Getting a taste of that was truly amazing.”
The logistics of a highschool senior skipping class to tour the U.S. for a mainstream act’s world tour feels like a splendidly absurd film plot. However in actuality, it was surprisingly seamless in its execution.
“My school was down with it! They were super supportive,” he continues. “I had been talking to my guidance counselor during my senior year because people started to pay attention because things were starting to make their way on the internet. They were supportive and they wanted to look out for me. They said, ‘You have enough credits to graduate early if you want to get out a semester early and go do the tour.’ I just said, ‘Yes! Let’s do it.'”
“The parents were super supportive too. My dad is a math teacher in high school—not the school that I went to—but a different school. Even watching him, someone who’s in the education system, say, ‘I think this is a good move. I think you should do it,’ was amazing.”
Whethan has typically trusted the method. It’s led to a outstanding profession from a younger age and an outstanding new mission incomes rave opinions. It’s exhausting to gauge what’s subsequent for an artist who’s always adapting, however in no matter approach dance music’s Wallflower branches out, he does so vigorous.
You may take heed to Lifetime of a Wallflower Vol. 2 beneath and discover the brand new album on streaming platforms right here.
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