Emmalee Rainbow “Origin”
Origin is a project that hits hard on so many different levels. When jazz meets pop, usually something amazing and unusual would happen. Emmalee Rainbow’s music brings a type of melancholy and immersive vibe that reminds you of Lana Dal Ray. She has the westcoast sunset and ocean in her songs, setting the scene in the city of Angels. “Origin” pays homage to the city she grows up in, but her lyrics dive much deeper to those feelings that seem to be the theme of Los Angeles.
Like many, who came to Los Angeles with a dream and a goal, Emmalee Rainbow relocated to the city of Angels when she was three years old. Since then, she appeared on national commercials and television series. In many people’s definition, that already screams success, but there’s always more behind the scene. “Lived right in this city, for a decade, but sometimes still lose my way.” “Somebody’s son, lost int he lights of this town.” “Trying to stand out from the crowd, will he be found.” It speaks the story of so many souls in the city.
Emmalee Rainbow is such a powerful storyteller. Everything she writes seems to be effortless and right from her heart and head, but every line of her lyrics hit harder than another. Her story, in many ways, represents what we are going through, collectively. Everyone can find a piece of themselves in her story.
“Playing Dead” talks about her personal story as a child actor, who still feels lost in the Hollywood machine after more than a decade of being a part of it. As if she’s shredding an old skin and rediscovering herself. There’s goodbye as well as nostalgia in her music, but there’s searching and new beginning.
In “Trust Fall,” she writes about family from the perspective of a child, vocalizing the unresolved problems, fear and pain that every child has gone through with their parents. It’s a perspective that seems so rarely represented in today’s music scene. A reflection and learning happens at the same time as she expresses her feelings. It seems that whether you’re listening from a child’s perspective or a parent’s, there’s something that you could take home with at the end of the song.
