New York City-based indie rock/pop musician and actor Rivkah Reyes announces her debut EP, Fan Favorite, out 6 November. Alongside the announcement, Reyes shares her latest single, ‘Menace’.
With every release, Reyes continues to fearlessly show who she is as an artist. Produced by Constantine Anastasakis, Fan Favorite is a bold introduction to Reyes as a queer rock artist, where bubblegum pop and grunge collide.
“’Fan Favorite’ feels like the truest introduction to who I am as an artist. It’s bratty, vulnerable, feral, and a little self-destructive, but it’s also about finding humor in the ways we embarrass ourselves trying to be loved.”
Rivkah Reyes
Reyes shares more on her influences:
“I grew up on bands like Paramore, Hole, and No Doubt, and more recently fell in love with artists like The Beaches and Annie DiRusso, so this EP lives somewhere between bubblegrunge, emo pop, and lesbian rock. Every song is a different flavor of wanting to be chosen, and learning that maybe being everyone’s fan favorite isn’t the same thing as loving yourself.”
On ‘Menace’, Reyes explores addiction, vicious cycles and the aftermath of making bad decisions, capturing the addictive chase of someone who is bad for you.
“As a person in recovery, I know a thing or two about replacing one addiction with another. For me, relationships have definitely been one of them. ‘Menace’ was inspired by a rooftop hookup with an ex: Billy Joel’s ‘Vienna’ playing, me chugging blue Gatorade in a red bikini, fully aware I was making a terrible decision and doing it anyway.”
Rivkah Reyes
“I wanted that messiness to feel huge and euphoric (I was listening to a lot of Hayley Williams and Olivia Rodrigo at the time) and chasing that sweet spot where a song can be bratty, romantic, a little self-destructive, and still have massive guitars. It’s a song about running back to someone you once used like a drug after swearing you’d quit them for good.”
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