Meet Low.bo, A Multifaceted Singer With A Lot On His Mind.

Based out of New York, singer/producer Low.bo has quickly established himself as a true artist. With the recent release of his full length project Circa, Low.Bo has found a way to cope with his ever changing life by way of soulful melodies and soothing vocals. Low.Bo has recently found success with his music, being featured on Chicago’s Lyrical Lemonade website and being featured on other various blogs sites. I spoke with the New York resident about his transition from photographer to musician, how he copes with change, his recent release of Circa and what he is working on next! Read the interview below and stream Circa!

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I have the fortunate opportunity to not know a whole lot about you which puts me in a position to ask you to tell me a little about yourself and your craft.

Yeah, so my name is Low.bo, I'm from Baltimore, Maryland but based in Washington Heights, New York. I started making music... in October, it will be two years. I was a photographer for three years. And then I started experimenting with music. All my homies were already doing music. So it was like, "They're doing it. Let me at least try it out myself". I've been singing since I was 14 and music really became an outlet for me. And then people just really started liking it. I'm blessed to be able to make music that not only I resonate with, but people I've never met can resonate with as well.

I'm always interested in learning how people were introduced to music. You mentioned before you started making music you were a photographer, you also mentioned that you were a producer, is it hard balancing all those hats?

As far as photography goes, I've stopped doing it for people, it really wasn't satisfying. But I never really stopped, I just started doing it more for myself. For a lot of the rollouts you see with my songs, I did the cover myself. The only one I could say I didn't do was the one for Ricochet and the one for Circa But every other cover, I've made myself. So, I never really stopped. It's just in a different format now.

It seems like you're pretty self-sufficient in your music and I'm sure that's by design, but I imagine your transition into music from all these other things was not easy. Talk about your musical transition.

The transition was low-key kind of easy, like the action of doing it. It was more difficult mentally because when you do something for so long you start thinking that's all you are. So when I started doing music it was a complete transition, like mindset-wise. I feel like I've learned more about myself, not just as an artist, but as a person as well. And it's definitely just been exciting as well because you learn new things all the time.

I feel like most people familiarize themselves with something new by likening it to something that they already know. Are there any artists that you are either trying to emulate or any artists that people say you remind them of?

Honestly, I've never tried to emulate anyone. When I first started, I was getting the Brent comparisons, which is cool, Brent is fire. But I don't want to sound like anyone. I will say artists I do look up to are the Dijon, Choker, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, and Nirvana. Even some rappers too just like the lyricism of it all. I think emulating is like, the last thing anyone should be trying to do. If they're an artist, who the fuck wants to be the clone of someone else? I can't control the range of my voice. I can't control the tone of my voice. But I can control what I talk about and how my music will sound. So emulating is definitely the last thing I'm trying to do as an artist.

Speaking about your voice and originality, the first song I heard from you was "Earl Grey", and that shit was fine. I got a straight 80's vibe, 70's vibes, which, in all honesty, does sound a little bit different from the rest of the tape. The vibe of that specific song was a little bit different. I'm curious going into that project, What were you trying to accomplish going into the project [Circa]? And coming out of it, did you accomplish those things?

The inspiration for the project was really just my therapy, to be honest. I was dealing with a lot of transitions in my life, dealing with past relationships, and moving to a different city with no family. The music became an outlet for me to just talk about the things that were going on in my life without going to people if that makes sense.

Do you feel like Circa has been well-received by your fans?

I’ve gotten honestly nothing but support on it. Like ending up on Lyrical Lemonade, Homer Radio and just being blessed with mad people telling me that they’re really rocking with me, it's really a blessing from God that I'm even here right now I'm grateful to everyone who’s listened, shared, like whatever it is its just amazing fr.

With all this positive feedback, do you feel the pressure to keep up to everyone’s standards?

Naw man honestly. Worrying about what people want ain't ever do shit for me, I should just be focused on what I can work on and how I can do better going forward. People are going to get what I want them to have, you can’t put a filter on your honest thoughts you know?

With everything that you have accomplished recently it would make sense if you took some time to relish in your success but I am sure you've already started working on whats next, care to let us know what you have planned next?

Man just working on new music bro, working on myself, I honestly wanna do more shows and you know whatever else is supposed to come, I'm just hella grateful you gave me the opportunity to interview with you!