AUSTEN STARR
Medusa
"'Medusa' tells a story where I'm this evil seductress who strings guys along just to break their hearts and 'turn [them] to stone.' For the video, we definitely took creative liberties with the myth. Medusa's mask keeps her power sealed, and she is playing with the guy like a cat plays with a mouse, but she intends to let him go--with a turn when he really falls for her. 'Medusa' has a special place in my heart because I wrote the song when I was really young and pretending to be confident, and it became the demo shown to Frontiersthat sparked the entire album. I'm still waiting on that confidence, but this one little song from forever ago has cultivated something better than I ever could have imagined. I hope 'Medusa' evokes a feeling of power in listeners the way that writing and performing it did for me!" — Austen Starr
Remain Unseen
“‘Remain Unseen’ is a heavier track than my first single, ‘I Am the Enemy.' Lyrically, it creates a realistic remix of the fantastical Alice in Wonderland story by tweaking it into an adult situation and giving the beloved protagonist a sinister spin. I’m excited for this song to become part of your summer-to-fall soundtrack! Down the rabbit hole we go!” — Austen Starr
I Am The Enemy
"[My new single]’I Am The Enemy’ leans slightly into 'pop,' but has been a favorite of everyone involved in the project, and the timing seemed right for a summer release to be this upbeat and deceptively saccharine. The video intends to show the dichotomy that exists around my desire to live within this 'rockstar' persona; one side is really tortured about it and the other is excited about it. The version of me that you see on the Viper Room stage is the culmination and resolution of those two parts.” — Austen Starr
this is austen.
Austen hates bad grammar, the smell of leather, wet objects, living in the Northeast, the color yellow, and herself. Especially because she used bad grammar in one of her own singles, because it fit the meter.
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