Industry newcomer Elle Varner snags the Spring cover of Ammo magazine. The “Refill” singer is a truly a breath of fresh air. Her sound, look, and music is not the norm yet Elle is able to peek the charts while remaining authentic to herself.
With two singles under her belt, Elle is gearing up to release her solo lp “Perfectly Imperfect”. In the mag, the NYU grad talks about her new album, the current era of music and what’s she hopes to bring to the game.
Check out a few pics and excerpts from the mag below:
On Her New Album “Perfectly Imperfect”: It’s, like, a singer/songwriter album. Like, if Alanis Morissette met hip-hop and R&B,” she said. “I write all my songs so I have that kind of approach as a songwriter but the tracks are just full of swag and just crazy stuff. There’s a lot of surprises in there; so it’s dope.
Elle also talks about her style of music, her influences, and what she’d like to see in music going forward.
I think it’s time to take it back to the days when R&B was dominating and you had your Whitney Houston’s and your Mariah Carey’s and it was all good. I miss those days and I think it’s time for a change. I strongly feel that I’m a contender for that position.
On Becoming A Singer:
I’ve always wanted to be a singer since I was a little kid but I went through a phase right after high school where I wasn’t very confident in my ability to be an artist. I had a lot of people especially in college tell me, “Oh, you should be a songwriter first like Neyo. Get your feet in the game as a songwriter.” like, they kind of didn’t want to say, “I don’t know if you have it.” I just took that and I said, “You know what? I’m gonna do it my way.” Ironically I got an artist deal before a publishing deal so…
Head over to Ammo magazine for the full interview. In case you missed it; here’s Elle Varner’s recent single “Refill”