Lydia Briggs Creates A Sense of Dark Mystery With ‘Fall Back To You’

Cleveland, United States based singer, musician and songwriter, Lydia Briggs joins us to talk all about her tenth single release, ‘Fall Back To You’, released through AWAL (Kobalt Music Group).

With a life destined for the stage, Lydia’s musical journey began at the age of just five, playing the piano non stop and at the age of thirteen, she began writing her own music.. Only one year later, Lydia was in business with her label, Gin House Records.

Reminiscent of a blend of Birdy, Sara Bareilles and Fiona Apple, Lydia Briggs’ music is filled with the sounds of blues inspired piano and pure and authentic vocals.

The latest single release from Lydia Briggs, ‘Fall Back To You’ takes you through a journey of the emotion felt in a coming of age story of young Lydia.

Produced by Jim Wirt, the song contains the mysterious and deeper bluesy tones, highlighting some of the darker feelings felt along the journey, with a feeling of a ‘tender death march’ and features the sounds of bluesy guitar lines, subtle keys and harmonies that blend effortlessly with the consuming vocals of Lydia.

A big believer in building a song through the coming together of musical minds, Lydia Briggs brought in the talent and minds of Tuck Mindrum and Javier MK Davis to help her build the track to the sound you currently hear.

“Tuck Mindrum and Javier MK Davis were brought in as studio musicians when I first started working with Jim Wirt at Superior Sound. I’ve played with Sean Dougherty in previous bands and lucky for me that he’s working at Superior now and came along with the studio rental.”

You can listen to ‘Fall Back To You’ below:

Tell us a little about who you are in everyday life.

I’m currently in college at Belmont in Nashville studying contemporary vocals and song writing.

I get up at really early to work at coffee chain – and I seriously love it.

I practice a lot of self-care.

And my dog, Bowie, is the love of my life.

What was it that first got you into music?

I pretty much sang around the house nonstop since birth.

My mother jokes that I came out singing.

I began taking piano lessons since I was five.

When I was 12, I started studying vocals.

At 13, I began writing music and lyrics.

At 14, I filed for my first business, Gin House Records.

At 15, I started copyrighting my work and began recording.

In 2019, I brought in a few songs to Superior Sound Studios in Cleveland.

I was only 15 at the time.

Producer Jim Wirt (Fiona Apple, Incubus, No Doubt) took interest in my work.

How would you describe the feel of your music?

Cathartic.

You are releasing your new single, ‘Fall Back To You’… tell us a little about how this single came about.

I wrote the beginning of this song when I was about 11 or 12, I think.

I kept it around until my last time in the studio.

It felt like it fit the other two songs I was walking in with.

I pulled it out and polished it off.

What does ‘Fall Back To You’ mean to you?

The first line of the song was written directly from words someone had said to me: “Put the gun up to your head…” I was very, very young. They were intimidating.

I’m naturally a forgiving person, they took advantage of my kindness.

Fall Back is the “spinning” cycle of a toxic relationship: tension, incident, reconciliation, calm.

It is about is recognizing how I failed to break the cycle and allowed the relationship to continue.

While I was working so hard to be kind, it was unimaginable that someone would work that hard to be cruel.

It was an unhealthy cycle and I’m glad I broke free.

Writing, producing, and releasing this song was a way to forgive myself and claim control. 

What is your creative process like, when you are creating your music?

I play piano almost every day.

But when I’m feeling something powerful, I turn the piano for comfort.

I’ll eventually start to sing along – just making vocal sounds.

I’ll record that on my phone.

And at some point, I’ll turn to my journal for lyrics that correspond to the feeling I had when needing to play. I write pretty fast.

Even in the studio when I realized a song has to be longer or needed something extra, I can knock out lyrics pretty quickly.

I think that comes from a lot of creative writing practice.

Has there been anything along the releasing process that you would do differently next time?

I am interested in exploring other studios in Nashville just to learn new things and meet more musicians. 

What would success in your music look like to you?

Playing out and building up an audience.

Getting back into the studio to record.

Tour and get my music out to a wider audience.

And enjoy every moment.

Is there any message that you would like to share with your audience?

I’ll be releasing my LP in the very near future with a new song, County Line.

And I’ve been working on a handful of songs to take back into the studio soon as well.

Where can people go to find your music?

Lydiabriggs.com and I’m on all streaming platforms.