28 February 2023 (Free)
7 hours
How did the RiSi mission come to be? Who’s Rishi and the way did you get the identify?
Rissi is me – it is a surname that comes from my household identify… Torrisi… which is simply too ethnic to work for an American viewers. My mother was a single mother once I was little so I named her, which I’ve at all times been weirdly pleased with. My hardest or funniest buddies wish to shout “torrisi” in a Goodfellas accent to get my consideration. However they can not even spell it. The very first thing I launched was a singer/songwriter EP below my full identify and I bought nice evaluations with my identify misspelled within the title.
How would you describe your sound?
I name it Dream Pop as a result of I document soothing and horny sounds…indie pop…queer pop (which I notice is not a music however *positively a vibe). Generally I inform individuals “heart-on-sleeve songs into which I put a bunch of digital beats and synths.” I virtually at all times write on piano or acoustic guitar – then attempt to take it out of that realm in order that the result’s a mixture of earthy, important, bare… and funky bizarre sounds. I am principally a drummer and I actually go by really feel by way of rhythm and lyrics greater than something.
Your new single ‘Invitation’ is extremely contagious. what’s it about?
It is about that deep longing all of us must let in—by the gatekeepers in business, by the cool youngsters within the cafeteria, within the crowd. We’ve got a distinct model of this… somebody we affiliate with magnificence, energy, fame, belonging – stuff we desperately need. The individuals we take into consideration can lead us to the life that we have now. And we waste a lot vitality making an attempt to make them see and validate us. I wrote the invitation with my good pal Jimmy Fish. That is the primary music we have written in Pandemic. We had been all caught at dwelling and all the things exterior fell flat – you realized it did not matter as a lot as you thought. And also you higher be okay with your self. I’ve at all times been a dreamer, chaser and striver – the refrain is about feeling like a straitjacket for those who do not be happy to be your bizarre offbeat self.
Who’re the artists you’ll love to hang around with?
My music is close to pop. It is hooky, it is scary, it is enjoyable — however as 1 reviewer put it “in a method.” Deeper and weirder and much more POP than Britney or Katy Perry I come throughout. And I like different forged members like that too… King Princess can be a motherf*ckin dream. Muna. Ok Fla. Mice. Grace Ives. Troye Sivan. Sincere however with an edge – that is who I’ve come to know that I actually am.
What enjoyable interest do you do if you’re not taking part in music?
To be sincere, I might make music on a regular basis. However when one thing you’re keen on turns into a job, that you must steadiness it with different issues. I simply went to the seaside – so staring on the ocean, getting your toes moist, yoga, hiphop courses, dancing together with your canine in your lounge… what’s to say flirtation and intercourse ? I’ve a really lively thoughts so I attempt to do issues that maintain me in my physique.
What’s subsequent for RiSi?
Effectively this mission is only some months outdated and I’ve 7 extra songs able to roll or in post-production… so anticipate just a few extra singles and an EP this 12 months. I am nonetheless model new to Los Angeles, so having fun with assembly completely different makers and seeing what we will do collectively. And artists – I like collaborating and I have been writing increasingly more for different initiatives. I might die to jot down for Kacey Musgraves or Jessie Reese or Charlotte Lawrence. But when there’s something I’ve discovered, what the invite is de facto all about, it is that getting the place you need to be might be very isolating for those who’re making an attempt to do it like another person. Whenever you’re not afraid to be your self, the fitting individuals come to you.
How can our readers comply with together with you?
Please comply with me on Spotify – as a result of I’ve extra singles in queue. In case you do that, you will hear every music because it drops and persuade the algorithm that my music is de facto good. With social media, there’s a variety of noise and all I actually care about is making nice music earlier than I die and getting as many individuals as doable to listen to it. However after all, as a contract artist, I would like all of the followers I can get. I am on Insta, Twitter, Tiktok @thisisRiSi… and I truly textual content again all of the messages I get. Making an attempt to get 1,000,000 likes might be irritating however I like listening to from individuals who recognize my music – I went to highschool for journalism and have at all times liked having deep conversations with strangers figuring out that others How individuals assume, and brings up surprising connections.
