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Ashlynn Malia Shares "temporary" Video Via NYLON

rather be alone EP Out Now Via Jullian Records/The Orchard

Photo Credit: Andrew Weitz
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"draws on Malia’s extensive dance background to illustrate her emotionally raw lyrics."
- NYLON

"Malia’s vocals have a dreamy, almost whispered quality, contrasting nicely with the minimalist electronic R&B beat."
- MXDWN

"Embodying female autonomy to a T, Malia empowers women to stick up for themselves."
- FLAUNT

"On the more R & B-fused “emergency,” Malia exits the other side of aloneness, finding contentment with oneself."
- American Songwriter

"Through Ashlynn Malia’s emotional lilt, “open” feels engaging and easily relatable; it tackles a ubiquitous narrative in a way that makes these feelings seem approachable."
- Atwood Magazine

"Through Malia’s urgent, emotive delivery, the track’s message resounds as it is swept upon rising instrumentation."
- Cool Hunting

"Her vocals are nuanced, ebbing and flowing in a spacious, filmic arrangement as she lyrically pulls the curtain back on some relatable insecurities."
- Buzz Bands LA

"One of the more cinematic songs on the EP."
- VENTS

"One of her EP’s more cinematic songs, it’s the perfect introduction to the singer/songwriter as she pulls you into her world and refuses to let go."
- Earbuddy
Today, LA-based Ashlynn Malia shares a new video for the track "temporary," premiered by NYLON. Ashlynn Malia's debut EP, rather be alone, is out now.

Speaking about "temporary," Ashlynn said "I got the inspiration for “temporary” from a dream. I woke up with feelings for someone who I knew I didn’t actually like, hence the “i hope [the feelings] will be gone by tomorrow” line. “temporary” kind of blends the themes from my other songs “open” and “emergency” since it focuses both on apprehension towards getting close to someone (“open”) and resorting to detachment in relationships (“emergency”). The production is dark and intense and reflects the panic going on in my head while my two conflicting realities were at war.

Ashlynn Malia felt emotionally starved by her environment and personal fears when she started writing rather be alone. The EP depicts Malia letting relationships last past their initial burst of passion and energy, acting on impulse to be closer to someone and welcoming their need for intimacy, all while accepting some relationships’ inevitable abandonment and failure.

If making those connections means enduring all the overthinking, insecurity, growing pains, abandonment, rejection, questioning of my own self-worth and blurring of my mental vision - then I'd rather be alone, where I'm safe from that type of pain. - Ashlynn Malia

rather be alone shows a girl torn apart, winding her way through her circular deliberations, and ultimately growing to live with the forlorn conclusion that she can live with the empty spaces that relationships would fill. Life is much less complicated in solitude.

rather be alone was created by Ashlynn Malia over the span of two years with producers Andrew Weitz and Koby Berman.

On the creation process of rather be alone, Malia says: We played around, experimented a lot, and didn’t take ourselves too seriously during the process. A ton of the sounds you hear in this EP are original. The first snare in “desperate” is a heavily processed recording of me biting a carrot. The pulse in “alone” is the ticking of a giant clock that we found in Koby’s studio. I think we all genuinely enjoyed working together and finding our collective sound. Looking back at the start of this project, we’ve all evolved so much since. We poured our time, energy, hearts, and souls into this body of work and it's extremely personal and special.
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Ashlynn Malia Bio:
Singer/songwriter/artist Ashlynn Malia provides a portal to her inner world through her deeply honest storytelling in the music she creates. She uses songwriting as a way to understand herself and hold a mirror to the subtle inner workings of her mind.

Raised in Los Angeles, Malia was introduced to the entertainment industry at a young age and toured the country for an internationally known kids music group at the age of 12. Before then, she had spent most of her childhood surrounded by musicians, learning to sing and play instruments at her family’s music school. Since then she’s worked as a professional dancer, in music videos for artists such as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, and has been finding her own voice as an artist herself.

Her debut EP, “rather be alone,” is set to release in June 2021. It will include her already released song “desperate,” which can be heard in an episode of The Stand on CBS as well as multiple dance films and movement visuals. It will also include her single “open,” an introspective, cinematic song about the fear of being vulnerable with others and the consequences it may bring, and “Emergency,” her latest release about wanting but not needing people and being able to prioritize her own peace when it comes to relationships. All of the songs on the EP center around Malia’s personal experiences with social anxiety and human connection of all kinds. “If making those connections means enduring all the overthinking, insecurity, growing pains, abandonment, rejection, questioning of my own self-worth and blurring of my mental vision - then I'd rather be alone where I'm safe from that type of pain”

Malia first started writing the songs for “rather be alone” at age sixteen, and met her producers Andrew Weitz and Koby Berman a year later, starting the production process that would span over the next two years. She recounts the time spent making the EP, saying “I think we all genuinely enjoyed working together and finding our collective sound. Looking back at the start of this project, we’ve all evolved so much since. We poured our time, energy, hearts, and souls into this body of work and it's extremely personal and special.”

When asked about how she wants her music to be received, Malia says she wants to make her listeners feel understood. “There are a handful of songs that I hold close to my heart because whoever wrote them made me feel like the words could’ve been mine, or they fit a feeling or an experience of mine in some perfect and unexplainable way. I want my music to be that for someone else. I want to be part of the soundtrack of someone’s life.”