{"id":723107,"date":"2026-04-21T18:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gen-f-quiet-lights-pop-songs-ebb-and-flow-like-life\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:50:27","slug":"gen-f-quiet-lights-pop-songs-ebb-and-flow-like-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gen-f-quiet-lights-pop-songs-ebb-and-flow-like-life\/","title":{"rendered":"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-279634 {\n   background: ;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-279634 {\n   background: ;\n   margin-bottom: 60px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> .caption {\n   color: #440E03;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #440E03;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #440E03;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279634\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      The musician\u2019s free-form songs has given her a record deal and career but she\u2019s not rushing things.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Photographer <span class=\"credit_name\">Grace Alexander<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_4_dalnmh\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target='\"new\"' 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class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">Quiet Light\u2019s Riya Mahesh has been<\/span> watching a lot of Eileen Gu TikToks lately.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Obviously, perfecting a halfpipe run is worlds apart from making music, but Mahesh thinks she can learn a lot from Gu about discipline. The Austin, Texas-based musician has been balancing her music practice with a full medical school schedule since 2020, and is inspired by the Olympic skier\u2019s commitment to self-improvement. \u201c[Pro athletes] push themselves so hard,\u201d she says. \u201cI kind of hope to do that.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Mahesh\u2019s hard work is still paying dividends as she enters a fertile period in her life. Wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing up school, she\u2019s releasing her debut mixtape, <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/quietlight.bandcamp.com\/album\/blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2\">Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2<\/a><\/i>, on the buzzy indie label True Panther on April 24, and is scheduling more live shows and a move to Los Angeles. She wrote the records\u2019 songs after working shifts in the hospital.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279635\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_10_citlku\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279661\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201c[Working a normal job] comes with a lot of time to dissociate and dream,\u201d Mahesh says. \u201cMy music has emerged from a state of sort of dreaming. In the hospital, sometimes that is necessary. There\u2019s a lot of healing, as well as death. Sometimes you have to believe everything will be okay and that there\u2019s, you know, heaven.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Dreamy is a fitting descriptor for Quiet Light\u2019s pop music which is spacious and lyrical. The songs of <i>Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2<\/i>, a sequel to a 2023 mixtape, utilize ambient textures and unwieldy song structures to turn fleeting feelings into entire atmospheres. Take the standout \u201cBerlin,\u201d which begins slowly before veering into a drum-driven call into the void. Other songs on the project simply flow through various states of being: confessional verses, expressive oohs and ahhs, voice memos, and cloudy moments of synth envelopment.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279638\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/Quiet_Light_2_s5jggh\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/Quiet_Light_2_s5jggh\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/Quiet_Light_2_s5jggh\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 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life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279666\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quiet Light - Berlin (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dxlnvoH2J14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-279667,  #content_block-279667 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-279667 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #440E03;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279667\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cMy music has emerged from a state of sort of dreaming. In the hospital, sometimes that is necessary.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279662\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Her music\u2019s inhibition and sense of play are what first caught the ear of True Panther\u2019s founder Dean Bein, who compares her music to that of another artist he worked with at the beginning of their career, King Krule. \u201c[Quiet Light and King Krule] both see the act of music making and that of being a musician as sacred, and separate from commercial ambitions,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s pure and honest.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Nowadays, the pressures of TikTok and online virality color the beginnings of careers with a sense of urgency, but Mahesh sees music in the context of living a full and long life. \u201cThe idea that musicians [have to give] everything to music is kind of an illusion,\u201d she says. She looks up to her labelmate Oklou as an example of an artist brilliantly balancing new motherhood with a career and creative peak.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI feel so intensely about music that if I let it drive my entire life, I would really alienate a lot of my friends and family, and the structures in my life that keep me going,\u201d she adds. \u201cI\u2019m trying to avoid, like, self-destruction.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-279639\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_5_mnwaye\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-279668,  #content_block-279668 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-279668 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #440E03;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279668\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to avoid, like, self-destruction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279663\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Mahesh grew up playing classical piano in Dallas and like many who learned an instrument young, she initially felt burdened by the classes her mother enrolled her in. That later changed when she realized that piano could be a \u201cvessel\u201d for everything she\u2019d been feeling. As she got older, she found new meaning and connection in classical music. She found joy in developing her skills as a vocalist, training in opera for 10 years. But she still made time to listen to Disney Channel stars and country music. \u201cThroughout my whole life, [music has] been the thing that gets me through the day,\u201d she says.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Beginning in 2023, a prolific string of releases \u2014 <i>I Love You Because You\u2019re In Love With The World<\/i>, <i>Fourth of July<\/i> \u2014 brought about press intrigue and label interest. She responded to inquiries in between classes but it took a while for her to wrap her mind around the looming possibility of an actual career in music. \u201cI\u2019ve never really believed that music could be anything for me more than something that I do in my room,\u201d she says. It wasn\u2019t until True Panther reached out with their signing offer, and she felt buoyed by the experience of playing more shows, that she decided to \u201ctake a gamble\u201d on herself by making and releasing an album with the label.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279641\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_7_wowaph\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279664\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            She knew she wanted to make a sequel to 2023\u2019s <i>Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 1<\/i> because that record was \u201cthe truest version of myself,\u201d she adds. \u201cThis whole concept of free-form ambient music that isn\u2019t really ambient [but] has a lot of pop elements.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I ask her how she feels now that her music has officially transformed from a private exploration into a wider career. \u201c[Thinking] my music is so personal and so pure that I can\u2019t share it with other people [is a] pessimistic take,\u201d she says. \u201cAt the end of the day we all go through breakups, we all move, we all go through traumatic life events, [we all experience] happiness as well as love.\u201d \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279636\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_8_lzwgpj\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279637\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_9_efxayg\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279665\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            She plans to release another record and then continue pursuing other interests for a period.  She\u2019ll still make music, as always, but the career machinations may pause. Music isn\u2019t an all\u2013or-nothing endeavor for her, but a part of life regardless of the show bookings or contracts.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cPeople like Lorde who are huge massive mega-stars take like four years where no one hears anything from them,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s important for me to be able to keep music as sacred as it possibly can be.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279640\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Quiet_Light_11_hepwx8\/quiet-light-interview-blue-angel-sparkling-silver-2-gen-f.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"GEN F: Quiet Light\u2019s pop songs ebb and flow like life\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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