Bringing an urgent message in an even more pressing sound, ROZET sets to shatter what you thought you knew with her newest single RIGAMAROLE.

As much as we would like it to be so, the world isn’t full of sunshine and daisies. Especially as polarised political tribes become increasingly divided and hostile, there has inevitably been hurt and anger caused. ROZET channels these powerful feelings to offer a glimpse into the experiences of herself and her community with her dramatic new single and video RIGAMAROLE, which is set in a dystopian, sci-fi inspired world where violence is rife and freedom is scarce. Although the music video itself is set in a fictional world, it takes root from the real stories of people, and especially the hurt experienced by black people in America over the last four years under Trump.

Miami-born and Texas-based, ROZET has had a fair share of seeing the world and the ugly head that it can rear, and she brings it into her demanding sound and cutting lyricism. Offering an innovative new sound that combines a variety of influences from pop to rap, it creates a modern sleekness that will be hard to resist. Prodding bass lines contrast with metallic percussion and light falsetto tones to create a multi-dimensional texture that will surround you from all sides.

Speaking on the video, ROZET states:

I looked up and found myself fed up with society around me. To keep from projecting my frustrations onto others I started texting myself a combination of poetry and questions for the gods, deities, and universe. But, one day I reached a limit. I sent myself this text that I later titled ‘RIGAMAROLE,’ a word which represents nonsensical, meaningless commotion and procedures often used to confuse people. I say “NO MORE RIGAMAROLE” because I was tired of feeling stuck in this repetitive loop of injustice and misinformation. I wanted to be heard and with the current state of society I know much of the world feels the exact same.

Feeling refreshed by her boldness and her sharp-witted music, we spoke with her more to try to understand her hurt and how we can move beyond to create a more welcoming atmosphere for everyone.

What’s a motto you live by?

“Many In Body One In Mind” – Daisaku Ikeda

The strive for unity yet individuality and diversity as concepts can coexist.

If your sound had a colour, what colour would it be?

Opal or Moonstone, because I feel I write music that reflects the planet.

The video for RIGAMAROLE is quite dramatic and cinematic; were there any particular films, TV shows or books that inspired it? If the track could be set as a soundtrack, what would it be for?

It was inspired by Stephen King, Tim Burton, ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ by Lemony Snickett, ‘Lovecraft Country’ on HBO. If it was a soundtrack, it would be for ‘Lovecraft Country’ Season 2.

The political climate this year has been tense to say the least, has it affected you as an artist besides providing inspiration for your music?

It has affected me in a way that has directly impacted my mental health. The decisions made by that of the previous political leader created so much stress in the media and hatred between races. I’ve never felt so much fear walking around Texas just for the way I look.

Do you think musicians should use their platforms to be involved with politics?

I think musicians already involve themselves by making music during a pivotal moment in history. The catch is, what they make determines how they are involved with politics. The good, the bad, the ugly. The people or the system. It’s their choice.

I choose the people. I write to express their pain, their victories, and my own experience here in this country.

What do you think is the most important thing that can be done in the music industry to make it more inclusive, especially for the black community and other under-represented communities?

Ensuring that it is mandatory for therapists to be present on all teams for support. Also to help artists reflect, and to help mediate. To improve communication between the business world and the artist worlds. Removing elitist mentalities around art which is the oldest language and came before profit and systematic structures.

If you could leave listeners/viewers of the video with one message only, what would you want that message to be?

One of my favorite quotes. “Fall six times, get up seven.”

Yes, you may have failed but that is what makes you more of a master at it because you got to learn the error to help others progress forward. Become sustainable like nature standing in all conditions continuing its natural born mission yet still bearing fruit for others. That’s you. Keep tapping into your own truth. Self-trust ’til you feel that unlimited nature no one can take from you.

What do you think is the next step to take now that Trump is out of office? What do you think people should do to begin healing the hurt that was caused?

THERAPY + COMMUNITY BUILDING.

And finally, slightly cliché what does music mean to you?

Music is a language to me. I can speak it when I have nothing else to say, or when I don’t know what to say. I can create it from nothing. Like a meal from a seed in the ground.