Hi Luchi, thank you so much for being with us today at Planet Singer! Your latest release, “You’ll Hurt More,” is out today, and I have to say, it is such a powerful and captivating track! We are thrilled to know more about your artistic journey, so let’s start from the very beginning! When did you discover your passion for music?

I know it’s maybe a cliché, but I was born with a passion for music. It’s so intrinsically part of my being that I can only put it down to being something I was born with. I don’t specifically remember when I discovered my passion for it as it was always there, but I was about 13 years old when I started writing my own songs in my bedroom, and that was the start of this journey I’ve been on ever since. Music has always been there for me when I need it like a best friend, and I genuinely don’t know where I would be without it.

“You’ll Hurt More” is a song that enriches your discography and shows your talent and artistic maturity! Can you tell us more about this release?

The day I wrote this song, I got a message from my ex, years after we had split up, wanting to meet up for a coffee and a chat. I am a firm believer in not going backward when it comes to relationships because there was a reason it didn’t work out in the first place so instead of replying to him, I wrote this song. It’s everything that I would have wanted to hear all those years ago. When you go through a breakup, it can often be the case that one person struggles more than the other, and if you’re anything like I used to be, you sit at home crying, stalking their social media then getting angry with seeing them out, living their “best life,” or how fast they move on so this was my way of addressing that. It can become a game, that no one knows they are playing, of “who won the breakup.” 

When I wrote the song last year, it started out with just a vocal and guitar, but I could hear it being a big pop anthem in my head. I felt that this song was a really empowering breakup anthem and I wanted to reflect that in the production. So me and my producer Chris Stagg got to work and I love that it’s quite different to the other stuff I have released recently in terms of its sound and it has a bit of sass in it. There’s still vulnerability in it like all my songs have but it’s one to listen to with the windows of the car down, up full blast, and singing at the top of your lungs. 

Will it be included in a full-length?

There aren’t any plans for an album at the moment, but you never know. The way the industry is at the moment with streaming platforms and playlists, I think that it’s hard to release an album.

Your songwriting is pretty unique. Can you tell us what your creative process is? How does your music come to life?

It’s honestly different every time. I can usually hear a whole song in my head from when I start to get the idea and then it’s all about making that vision come alive. With my last single “Things He Handed Down,” the song started with a piano track that my collaborator Jiro sent to me, and I already had the concept of “Things He Handed Down,” and how as always positive. The piano track was really inspiring and the song just flowed out of me. I think because I write from real-life experience, it just flows naturally. With this song, you’ll hurt more, it started out as a guitar that I came up with and then I was able to build it from there. The hardest part I find is getting the idea from my head out. I think a lot of the reason my music is unique is because it’s coming from my perspective and uses my language which is different from other artists.