ALESSIAH TALKS MADE YOU CRY

"I’m not rushing to explain it all right away"

ALESSIAH TALKS MADE YOU CRY

Interviewed by Culture Coast Talks editor Daniel John. Interview transcripts might have been edited for length and clarity.

Where did these beautiful yet emotionally haunting words come from?

'Made You Cry' came from a place of emotional contradiction, where love starts to feel like a power struggle. I wanted to write something that exposes the kind of vulnerability we often try to hide, the moments when affection turns sharp, and you’re left wondering if hurting someone gave you back some control. It’s not a proud feeling, but it is a real one. That’s what inspired me.

This is more than a new song, it’s a new beginning, a chapter in which you’re stretching your limits to reinvent yourself and embrace an entirely new sound?

This new chapter feels like shedding old skin. I’m allowing myself to create from a place that’s raw, uncomfortable, and seductive in its honesty. I’m experimenting with darker textures, moody electronics, minimalist beats, and letting my voice be less polished, more instinctive. Everything coming this year is about emotional contrast and tension. It’s a sound that mirrors inner chaos but also growth.

The 'Obscentra' album is set for August?

The road to 'Obscentra' is like slowly pulling back a curtain. I want each release to feel like a new room you’re entering in a house you don’t fully understand yet. It’ll be mysterious, emotional, cinematic, very visual. I’m not rushing to explain it all right away. The story unfolds in fragments.

What world holds all the songs together?

The world of 'Obscentra' is sensual and surreal, like walking through a dream that doesn’t always feel safe. The songs are bound together by emotional destruction and transformation. It’s about spiraling and still choosing to rebuild. Lyrically and sonically, it’s unified by tension, vulnerability, and seduction.

When did you first start singing and writing songs?

I started singing before I really understood what expression meant. Writing came a bit later, once I realized that lyrics could say the things I couldn’t out loud. My voice has been very important recently, it is where I process feelings I don’t even recognize until they come out in a song.

Songwriting in itself is something you can use when it otherwise might feel impossible to shake?

Absolutely. Songwriting is where I get to confess things, sometimes even to myself. I think when you put a painful moment into a song, you’re not just letting it go, you’re also taking control of it. For me, it’s freeing. It makes the chaos feel beautiful, and that’s powerful.

Some of your songs are in your native tongue, Romanian. Do you feel any emotional or creative differences expressing yourself in Romanian and in English?

I started making music when I was young enough, ten to be precise. I can say that studying in English for years, the internet and online friends from all over the world as well as books and movies, all resuming to English, has made me think and operate in the language rather than my native one. I find it way easier to express myself in English. The songs that I’ve released in Romanian are me experimenting, I love doing, however I don’t think you can expect anything in Romanian from me soon.

What do you feel thinking about your voice being in so many ears at any given moment?

It’s surreal and a little vulnerable. These songs are pieces of me, so knowing they’re living in other people’s ears and minds is intimate in the strangest way. But it’s also beautiful. If my music gives someone permission to feel something they’ve buried, that’s the highest kind of connection.