GALE presents her latest musical offering, ‘D Pic,’ the third single for her upcoming debut album. The song touches on the ever so prevalent scenario of receiving an unwanted photo of someone… or something, if you know what I mean. And the message is clear: don’t cross her boundaries.
Named an “On The Rise” artist by Billboard, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter recently received her first Latin Grammys nomination for Album of The Year for her work as a songwriter in Christina Aguilera’s ‘AGUILERA.’
Following her latest release ‘Problemas,’ which reached the Top 15 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, ‘D Pic’ further introduces her edgy and unique sound paired with her brutally honest lyrics. The track arrives with an official music video via Sony Music Latin that shows GALE’s rebellious spirit.
GALE spoke to Flaunt about her new single, her upcoming album, and the start of her career.
Was singing always a passion?
I always, always knew I wanted to be an artist. Since I was really little. I was always extremely connected to music. I don’t even know how to explain it, because it’s something that I have always known, and I have never doubted it. It’s my call. I wrote my first song when I was 7 years-old, and then just never stopped. My parents saw my passion and put me in classes. I studied in La Escuela Libre in Puerto Rico, which is a school that specializes in music, and I trained in classical singing, then I went on to college and studied Musical Theater. Then I was like ‘okay, I need to move.’ Not because I couldn’t work in Puerto Rico, but because I needed to be somewhere more established to do what I wanted to do. So I moved to Miami.
You started your career as a composer first, right?
I’ve always been very driven. When I have a goal, I put my mind into it, no distractions, and I achieve it. And so when I decided to go to Miami, I didn’t have a record deal yet, but I knew how to write songs, so I decided to work in that, writing songs for other artists. I started building relationships, I bettered myself as a composer, I got a publishing deal as a professional composer, and then eventually I started my career as a solo artist. I got my publishing deal a year and a half after doing sessions at all hours of the day with anyone for free. I got offers from Universal, Sony, Warner, Doctor Luke Prescription in LA… But I decided for Warner because they had been the first ones that believed in me.
How was the transition from writing to singing and being in front of the camera?
For me, it didn’t feel like a transition since I always wanted to be a performer, and it always came naturally to me. It wasn’t like other artists that I admire so much like Julia Michaels, who was a composer first and foremost, and still to this day calls herself a composer. For me, I was always waiting for the spotlight. I was always aiming to become an artist. So more than a transition, it was a plan. I was getting ready for this.
What did you learn from being a composer?
Composers are like therapists. Being a composer in a room with an artist, you try to get in their feelings, and understand their minds in order to write the best, most beautiful song possible for them. I loved it, and I always thought that when I started singing myself I wouldn’t need a composer, because I was already that person. But even therapists need therapy.
I found Dani Blau, my great friend and incredible composer. She’s from Costa Rica but lives in San Diego, and she’s already been in 5 or 6 songs for my upcoming album. We did ‘Inmadura’ together, which was the first single, and the next one that’s coming out, ‘D Pic,’ I also wrote with her.
How did the leap from composer to artist finally happen?
I had been working on this project on the side, and I remember I was in a composition session with Wisin & Yandel and Afo was there, the president of Sony, and he pulled me to the side and was like ‘I’ve heard you have a musical project of your own, why haven’t I heard it?’ and I was just like ‘Afo, yes. I have the songs ready.’ And we scheduled a meeting that same week for him to listen to it. And they loved it.
GALE presents her latest musical offering, ‘D Pic,’ the third single for her upcoming debut album. The song touches on the ever so prevalent scenario of receiving an unwanted photo of someone… or something, if you know what I mean. And the message is clear: don’t cross her boundaries.
Named an “On The Rise” artist by Billboard, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter recently received her first Latin Grammys nomination for Album of The Year for her work as a songwriter in Christina Aguilera’s ‘AGUILERA.’
Following her latest release ‘Problemas,’ which reached the Top 15 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, ‘D Pic’ further introduces her edgy and unique sound paired with her brutally honest lyrics. The track arrives with an official music video via Sony Music Latin that shows GALE’s rebellious spirit.
GALE spoke to Flaunt about her new single, her upcoming album, and the start of her career.
Was singing always a passion?
I always, always knew I wanted to be an artist. Since I was really little. I was always extremely connected to music. I don’t even know how to explain it, because it’s something that I have always known, and I have never doubted it. It’s my call. I wrote my first song when I was 7 years-old, and then just never stopped. My parents saw my passion and put me in classes. I studied in La Escuela Libre in Puerto Rico, which is a school that specializes in music, and I trained in classical singing, then I went on to college and studied Musical Theater. Then I was like ‘okay, I need to move.’ Not because I couldn’t work in Puerto Rico, but because I needed to be somewhere more established to do what I wanted to do. So I moved to Miami.
You started your career as a composer first, right?
I’ve always been very driven. When I have a goal, I put my mind into it, no distractions, and I achieve it. And so when I decided to go to Miami, I didn’t have a record deal yet, but I knew how to write songs, so I decided to work in that, writing songs for other artists. I started building relationships, I bettered myself as a composer, I got a publishing deal as a professional composer, and then eventually I started my career as a solo artist. I got my publishing deal a year and a half after doing sessions at all hours of the day with anyone for free. I got offers from Universal, Sony, Warner, Doctor Luke Prescription in LA… But I decided for Warner because they had been the first ones that believed in me.
How was the transition from writing to singing and being in front of the camera?
For me, it didn’t feel like a transition since I always wanted to be a performer, and it always came naturally to me. It wasn’t like other artists that I admire so much like Julia Michaels, who was a composer first and foremost, and still to this day calls herself a composer. For me, I was always waiting for the spotlight. I was always aiming to become an artist. So more than a transition, it was a plan. I was getting ready for this.
What did you learn from being a composer?
Composers are like therapists. Being a composer in a room with an artist, you try to get in their feelings, and understand their minds in order to write the best, most beautiful song possible for them. I loved it, and I always thought that when I started singing myself I wouldn’t need a composer, because I was already that person. But even therapists need therapy.
I found Dani Blau, my great friend and incredible composer. She’s from Costa Rica but lives in San Diego, and she’s already been in 5 or 6 songs for my upcoming album. We did ‘Inmadura’ together, which was the first single, and the next one that’s coming out, ‘D Pic,’ I also wrote with her.
How did the leap from composer to artist finally happen?
I had been working on this project on the side, and I remember I was in a composition session with Wisin & Yandel and Afo was there, the president of Sony, and he pulled me to the side and was like ‘I’ve heard you have a musical project of your own, why haven’t I heard it?’ and I was just like ‘Afo, yes. I have the songs ready.’ And we scheduled a meeting that same week for him to listen to it. And they loved it.