Combining music and storytelling, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Dezelle continues to enchant audiences all over with her musical proposal. “You make me feel so loved” is the latest single from the artis, and it is a very clear ode to Love itself as a creative force of the universe.

In this song, the many forms of love are manifested in a mature, understanding, and respectful way, as this feeling should ideally be.

(…) You see the world as full of possibility.

and when things don't go your way,

you ask "what is this teaching me?"

you stay conscious, but you're really off this

cancel culture reposting nonsense

you're not afraid to disagree but respectfully

with humility (…)

She was very young when she first got into music. “I was one of those toddlers who would just stop and stare at musicians. I was transfixed by it and I just knew I wanted to be a part of that magic. I have one vivid memory of playing a toy piano in our backyard when we were still in Texas and my mom picking up on the fact that I was in a different place when I was doing that and asking if I wanted to take piano lessons. That was when it all started. The singing started as soon as I was talking, and they couldn’t get me to stop”, she said in a recent local interview.

Today, Dezelle, writes and composes for her own projects as well as for other musicians, film, and TV. She has played The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, The Bitter End in New York, the Ain't Nothin' But Blues Bar in London, House of Blues, 6th street in Austin, Folk Music Festival in Arizona, the Uncancelled Music Festival and other venues and festivals.

We had the opportunity to talk to her and this is what we get

One of the things I liked the most about this song is that it locates you and makes you appreciate how wonderful it is to feel loved. I think it's okay, at least from time to time, to sing to beautiful love, that makes you feel good, that makes you a better person, that is reciprocated. What inspired you to write 'You make me feel so loved?

In 2020, one of my favorite writers Zadie Smith released a book “Imitations,” and in it, she wrote about love being “an essential part of the universe … like the color red — from which all particular examples on earth take their nature.” I read the book in quarantine and that line stayed with me. I thought about how love takes different forms and but like the color red, it suddenly seems to be everywhere in various forms when you look for it. Sort of like playing I spy as a kid. This song was about stopping to look for all the unique ways different people show you love and receiving and appreciating it. It is presented as romantic, but it’s really about noticing the idiosyncrasies of the people you love and feeling gratitude for the way they each carry a unique expression of love.

How would you describe this song?

Optimistic.

The person/love you describe in the song is pretty close to perfection. Is that how you imagine? Hahaha

:) this song is both a vision, a letter of appreciation to various people l have loved and aspirational. It’s about who I hope to be. It’s not about any one particular person. (Very few of my songs are.)

I also liked the simplicity of the sound. Your voice and a guitar is more than enough to make you feel emotions and convey the message. How has your music been accepted in an environment that is well 'overloaded' with sounds and how does that make you feel?

I’m glad the simplicity spoke to you. The reception of music is always sort of unpredictable. I’m sure different people feel different things. Listening to a song and the emotions it inspires is such an individual experience; I think everyone hears songs differently. I always feel an indescribable joy and fulfillment when people tell me they connect with a song or a story, but I also accept it won’t be everyone. I just do it because I love it.

We know that your music has been placed in numerous films, TV shows, and trailers. You had written for Hallmark, Bravo, Mar Vista Entertainment, Parkside Pictures, Dailey advertising agency (Nestle and Fender), Lifetime, UpTV, as well other brands and studios. What has that experience given you?

It’s taught me a lot and introduced me to really wonderful creative minds. Writing for sync is a different experience and a great practice in empathy. I enjoy it because you are starting with someone else’s vision, or a character, or a feeling, or scenes from film. And if someone uses a song I’ve already written it’s exciting and humbling for a song to find a home in someone else’s art.

Could you say that you have found the musical style that defines you?

I can’t. I really like to explore.

We wonder if this song will be part of a larger musical material and what are your plans in the medium term?

There are more songs on the way.

We want to know your history within the industry. When and where were you born? How it all started, how it has happened and where are you now in your career?

I was born in Houston, TX. Grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and London, moved back to the states when I was 22. I started playing music and performing very young. I was always writing and singing, but started releasing music about 10 years ago. Music and writing has always been and will continue to be the place I feel most myself. It’s already given me so much more than I could have dreamed. Anything that happens with it moving forward is just icing.

DEZELLE SINGS TO THE LOVE AS CREATIVE FORCE OF THE UNIVERSE

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