Photo Credit: Xavier Luggage

On Casey Bishop EP, Casey doesn’t hold back or pull any punches. Instead, she projects every emotion at full blast singing on topics ranging from growing up to heartbreak to paranoia. Casey fuses her musical influence from artists like Mötley Crüe to Fleetwood Mac to Billie Eilish with her powerhouse vocals and lyrics that are emotionally honest to create her own unique sonic landscape that is sure to make her one to watch. 

What’s your story as an artist?  I’ve always loved singing and when I was 15, I saw online auditions for American Idol and figured I’d give it a shot. I grew up listening to a lot of rock music and am really inspired by the passion and energy within the genre but I also love soulful, bluesy vocals so I ended up auditioning and sung both “Livewire” and “My Funny Valentine,” my two favorite styles of music. I’m also really inspired by artists like Gwen Stefani, Fiona Apple and The Pretty Reckless so I’ve been working on taking those influences and making them mine. When I connected with Chris Greatti, my producer, we took a lot of those influences and fused them into the rock sound you hear on the EP we’re in the process of releasing.

What inspired this last release? We wrote “Don’t Talk” about meeting someone so good looking but when they open their mouth, they just say all of the wrong things. This line from the song pretty much sums up the inspiration behind the song – “We can do this if you keep your mouth shut”.

What’s the main message in this EP? There’s not that much of a message, overall. I wrote all of the songs from personal experiences, but those experiences are all over the map. They’re all so different from each other. “Blurry Vision” for example, is about the anxiety that comes with growing older and reminiscing on times when I felt excited about the little things, but I’d say most of them stem from heartbreak.

What did you learn from your experience on the American Idol? Would you do it again? I learned so much from Idol. I learned to stop underestimating myself, I got my first taste of what it’s like to be on stage and developed much more confidence after going on the show. It was a great learning experience, but it was also difficult. There was a lot of pressure and I struggled with a lot of anxiety, but I couldn’t be more grateful for that show.

What’s your favorite place or environment to write? My favorite place to write is my bedroom.

What’s the record that influenced you the most? I don’t know that one record has been the ultimate influence for me. I’d more say, I was influenced by a bunch of different artists, especially while working on the project, a few being Poe, Billie Eilish, Meg Myers, and No Doubt

Are fashion and aesthetics a part of your creative delivery? I would say that I’m very particular about the style and aesthetics I like. I have my references, most of them leaning back to a lot of the 90’s and early 2000’s style of visuals. I don’t really like restricting myself to one specific style when it comes to anything. My mind changes a lot so when it comes to fashion, I usually just wear whatever I want whenever I feel like wearing it! That said, it has been fun playing with fashion when I want to change it up and go out of my comfort zone for a video.

What excites you the most about what you do ? The thought of singing my songs on stage in front of people who relate to the music I make is so exciting to me. In addition, the thought of becoming more and more creative and more inspired to create really excites me.

What does music and art mean to you? Music and art means everything to me. I need music for everything I do. It’s like therapy.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever gotten? Somethings that have stuck with me are these two Rick Ruben quotes and they are “Create an environment where you are free to express what you’re afraid to express” and “Having a sound or vision in your head is a limitation if you’re attached to it.”