Michelle Busy

Born and raised in Indonesia, <a href="spotify:artist:4XTN8RKFConVy4JuXqCncp" data-name="Michelle Busy">Michelle Busy</a> finds meaning in writing in earnest. Citing <a href="spotify:artist:5hW4L92KnC6dX9t7tYM4Ve" data-name="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ" data-name="Bon Iver">Bon Iver</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0hEurMDQu99nJRq8pTxO14" data-name="John Mayer">John Mayer</a> as inspirations, the 19-year-old is most drawn to heartfelt slow tunes with soulful lyrics, “ones that wrench the living hell out of you,” as she says it. She creates art that in nature are deeply personal and melancholic, revealing her inner old soul.

Michelle has spent years writing for herself but is just now starting to figure out her sound as an artist. Moving to San Francisco to study, she discovers a shift in motion, affecting the way her songs come out. “The moment I arrived, I immediately felt the silence of the city, there was distance between you and everything around you, and so writing songs, just me and my guitar, in San Francisco is grounding. It’s more than saying what I feel, it’s more than trying to be understood and seen,” she says.

<a href="spotify:album:5MDbAPFS6jFOUR2HKNnW6S" data-name="One Conversation Starter">One Conversation Starter</a> is Michelle Busy’s sophomore single, which also marks the second time she shared her creative vision with one of Big Hello Records’ producers, <a href="spotify:artist:7FCcRddXD2jm7nTIEX5S4W" data-name="Ivan Gojaya">Ivan Gojaya</a>, who had put trust in her works since the very first day. By working with Michelle Busy, Ivan Gojaya, who had also worked with other notable performers, such as <a href="spotify:artist:2IDLDx25HU1nQMKde4n61a" data-name="Rich Brian">Rich Brian</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2kxP07DLgs4xlWz8YHlvfh" data-name="NIKI">NIKI</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0AsbBukUWcA4lJT5ARtlgQ" data-name="Ramengvrl">Ramengvrl</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2I3wEoX34VGxYwWYyB8yar" data-name="Hondo">Hondo</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3BdGivzytiHhSHQ7VF58jL" data-name="Matter Mos">Matter Mos</a> had his rare moments in chaneling his inner American Country-Folk soul.

Stream <a href="spotify:album:5MDbAPFS6jFOUR2HKNnW6S" data-name="One Conversation Starter">One Conversation Starter</a> now and let yourself fall in love deeply with <a href="spotify:artist:4XTN8RKFConVy4JuXqCncp" data-name="Michelle Busy">Michelle Busy</a>.