Pisceze Talks New Single "Crush" And Finding Her Sound

What artists and music inspired you growing up and helped you fall in love with music?

 I would say, my father! I grew up watching him play every instrument. This guy damn near knows how to play everything from the flute to the clarinet to the drums. He used to collect vinyl records. Music-wise, I grew up on a lot of rock and punk music. I would say Nirvana. Kurt Cobain opened my eyes to music and that influenced me to go to shows. I remember I lied to my parents about going to fear fest fear, a festival that we have in Canada. I wanted to go to one so bad. I remember I lied to my parents. I went there, and I got caught. It was one of the best experiences of my life. So I would say a lot of rock and punk rock music opened my eyes. 

From 2019 to now, what has been the most challenging part about finding your sound?

 I want to say it's more a journey than a challenge because I'm always open to trying new things. New experiences, new faces, and new environments really excite me. When I'm drawn towards a type of music, I want to try it. Going into music, I was into punk rock music, and I wanted to incorporate punk rock into R&B. I tried that with "Dodging Bullets." When what's your sign came out, that was like my first single, and I wanted to try something that had a bounce to it, but it's still melodic r&b. I have songs like "Superstar" and "Crush," which are very Doja Cat, K-Pop-ish. I still think that I'm going into my journey of finding my sound and enjoying working on a project that solidifies the Pisceze sound. 

You released a sped-up version of "Crush" featuring 12am. How much is social media influencing how you produce and release music?

So I record off Logic, and there's this feature, Varispeed, where you could slow down or speed up like the whole song. That means that you can change your pitch and stuff like that. I hear music a little differently, and I pan out certain countermelodies, either slowing down or speeding up the record. When I dropped "Red Handed," I was like, You know what, this is actually cool if I incorporate the formula of how I make music and add it to the end of the song. I started doing that on "Red Handed." I don't know if you've heard it, but at the end of the song, there's this breakout. It's a slowed-down version, and it's cool because it's that section where I really panned out my harmonies. I would say no to social media, but I love that tick tock is picking up on sped-up versions of music because it's a whole new vibe to a song, Right?

Aside from the music, I believe you are a gamer. What games are you currently playing? Do the games influence your music or is it an escape from the career?

Well, right now is only Call of Duty. The new one just dropped, so it's mostly Call of Duty. And I would say the game generally wouldn't influence my music, but I would say the people I'm playing with definitely did because I'm playing with men. I get to hear their side of the story sometimes and use it as a muse for inspiration in my music.