I know that I don’t feel that all the time,” Khalid told Billboard. To be a free spirit, it has to be something that you don’t turn off. “You find freedom through conversation, through interactions with your friends, through experiences, going on vacation. Khalid describes his sophomore album “Free Spirit” in a Billboard interview saying, “to be a free spirit means you have no restrictions, nothing holding you back.” The whole purpose of his album is to make the listener feel something and help us on our own journey to being a free spirit. Through his songs each person can relate to it in some way. He wrote “American Teen” about high school and made it a coming of age story. When “American Teen” was released, each song held such a significant part of my life from junior year until I graduated high school. I was a junior in high school going through the same emotions he went through while writing this album. He has something so special about him and I instantly fell in love with his voice. The first song I ever listened of Khalid’s was “Therapy.” Before that, I had seen him in some Youtube videos. “With ‘American Teen’, the theme was just growing up, a coming of age, high school graduation celebration,” according to Billboard. Everyone has felt them at one point or another in their life. The emotion he puts in his songs is relatable.
This shows how much each song means to him and how each song is a step closer on his journey to being a “Free Spirit.”įor an artist to share his struggles in life gives fans hope that they’re not alone in what they’re going through. However, “Free Spirit” took a couple months to develop. “My Bad” and “Bad Luck” were each written in 10 minutes comprised of freestyling. Each song is different and personal to Khalid in different ways. “I feel like I’ve learned so much about myself and how I like to write that it’s allowed the music to improve” Khalid said to Billboard. He explains that the music he is writing now is self-reflective.
“Free Spirit” shows maturity and what he went through in his life on his journey to write all the beautiful songs in this album.
Khalid is very open with his audience and now his transition from his freshman album “American Teen” including all of his EPs like “Suncity”.
Listening to a voice that is so calm and peaceful amongst all the chaos that is your life. My first reaction to the album was instant tears.
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