Is it because I can't see people? Maybe it is, maybe that's my superpower.The Urban Modeling Interface ( umi) is a multi-year effort by the Sustainable Design Lab to develop an urban modeling platform to evaluate I feel like I got over my stage fright when I did that. I realized that by taking off my glasses I connect with people as they can see my eyes and they can feel my music more. I can see what's directly in front of me like the mic but I can't see people staring back at me. Also, this tour was the first time I’ve performed without my glasses. You just finished up your first big tour with Cuco? How was that? I've been having these ups and downs with emotions, but I would try to block and suppress it-and it'll just come out in my music. I've been learning to flow with life more. I just got back from Hawaii a couple weeks ago, and just staying right by the ocean was such a healing experience. That's a really good point! I've always grown up seeing water. So by being tapped into myself, I'm more aware of the people I'm going to surround myself with-I feel better everyday because people aren't dragging me down with their energy.ĭo you feel like a lot of that is because you've been close to the coast your whole life? I'm really intentional about increasing the number of women I work with and making sure they resonate with my energy. You can work with people who work you to the ground because they don't understand the importance of mental health, or men who might not have boundaries, so I'm really intentional about men I allow into my life and work with. It's the same with the people I work with-it's all about being intentional.Īs a female in this industry, I'm realizing how important it is to be intentional with the people you surround yourself with. Spirituality just gives me more space to be authentic and emotional and aware of everything I'm creating and doing. I'm not worried about where my career will go because it'll flow the way it's meant to. I'll make a vision board or I'll script, which is when you write about something you want to happen as if it's already happened. The music industry can feel very unpredictable but grounds me. She just wrapped up a national tour with Cuco, is gearing up for a new EP after her last project Balance, and is about to hit the road with Conan Gray this November.Īs her work reaches wider audiences, UMI hopes to keep up her thoughtful, intentional approach and create a healing space with everything she does-all, of course, while still going with the flow. Read our interview with UMI below. In recent months, UMI has been sharing her energy far and wide. She's been building slowly and steadily, sharing covers on YouTube and SoundCloud since high school, but this year especially, her momentum has hit new heights. It should come as no surprise, then, that breaking barriers in music seems to come naturally for her. And being half-Black and half-Japanese, UMI has rooted her identity in fluidity. Her music-an amalgamation of lo-fi beats, intense soul, and poignantly simple lyricism-radiates a quiet and compelling peace, not unlike that found in breaking ocean waves. Rising Seattle-born and now LA-based musician Tierra Umi Wilson (better known as just UMI) is a perfect embodiment of her middle name, which translates to “ocean” in Japanese.
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