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Taking the Leap with the Rising Serena Sun
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- Taking the Leap with the Rising Serena Sun
- description
- Serena Sun moved from Vancouver to London to chase a bigger music scene. We talk about the visa process, songwriting circles, her first official Spotify playlist placement, and how the move is shaping her upcoming EP.
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- complete
- date
- 2025-02-18
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- guest
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- serena-sun
- listenUrl
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovemusicmore/episodes/Taking-the-Leap-with-the-Rising-Serena-Sun-e2uou95
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgQBo2IDPQk
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- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taking-the-leap-with-the-rising-serena-sun/id1567355195?i=1000693359015&uo=4
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- https://open.spotify.com/episode/37ewmcGxlBTuSioxPuP77S
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQALe6SQ62o
- topicsDiscussed
- Songwriting
- The music business
- Music production
- Friendship
- The internet
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Nashville
- Touring
- Collaboration
- Radio and broadcast
- hostNote
- **Serena Sun** moved from Vancouver to London to chase a bigger music scene, and this conversation is about what that leap actually looked like: an unexpectedly easy visa process, then the harder work of rebuilding a career somewhere new. We get into signing with Indie Shake, the mix of excitement and anxiety that comes with handing over control to a label partnership you don't fully know yet, and how songwriting circles in London shaped her collaborative process. She also talks through the mechanics of a first official Spotify playlist placement, and how pressure and identity shift once the work starts reaching more people than it used to.
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- Introduction to Serena's journey
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- 204
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- Serena reflects on her career arc and the importance of taking risks.
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- Signing with Indie Shake
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- 635
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- Discussing the excitement and anxiety of signing her first record deal.
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- Songwriting circles
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- 657
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- Serena explains how collaborative songwriting circles have shaped her music.
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- First Spotify playlist experience
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- 1085
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- Sharing the excitement and reality of getting onto an official playlist.
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- Coping with pressure and identity in music
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- 1734
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- Exploring thoughts on how artistry has impacted Serena's personal growth.
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- Building her unique sound
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- 2114
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- Serena discusses her approach to sound exploration and production.
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- And I think that's a really cool kind of theme and nugget that I've talked to a lot of different people about taking that leap.
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- 205
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- That it was like there was just an easy process to get this visa. And it sounds like an adventure.
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- 281
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- I was craving a move and like you said for the risk for route for the career there was in the back of my head that I always did want to go somewhere like a city that had a bigger music industry.
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- 357
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- I think giving it that level of control and also entering into a partnership that is like still technically unknown before you enter into it was a little scary but Indie Shake's been incredible.
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- 636
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- It's almost like an opposite of what you might expect that might allow you to share it more broadly.
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- What inspired Serena Sun to move from Vancouver to London?
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- Serena was craving a move and wanted to be in a city with a larger music industry, which led her to take the leap to London.
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- How did Serena Sun start her songwriting journey?
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- Serena got into songwriting as a way to express her emotions during a chaotic time in her life.
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- What is Serena's upcoming EP about?
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- Her upcoming EP reflects her personal experiences, influences from moving to London, and is a product of self-production.
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