With an incredible artistic career behind and in front of her, California based indie-pop artist GERLE, makes us reconnect hard emotions with "Terminal". A painful song with an enormous capacity to release emotions, through the recognition of vulnerability and melancholy.

The song is a cry of lamentation, and the lyrics put it quite clearly by saying that "a shot to the chest would be less painful."

As an artist and a human being, Gerle describes herself as changeable, evolutionary and a perfectionist, and she's certainly not shy about admitting the role that pain plays in that ongoing process.

"Terminal" is a song with a dramatic atmosphere and we're dying to know what inspired you to write it.

It was the end of a relationship, a painful and blunt one. It was very tragic and deeply emotional and I wanted that to ooze from the track. I guess I’m just drama ;).

We read that you consider that music has been a tool to heal wounds or fill spaces within you. Is that an ongoing process? where is that going?

Oh, for sure! I think what music has been for me, and I think most people can resonate, is a way to get back into your body and out of your head, it can be like therapy. It is also like a musical novella, a way to tell a story and remind who ever is listening of our connection to each other as humans. No matter who we are, where we are, shit happens, and here take a listen to all of mine!

This new song has a stern outlook on a lot of situations in life. Does it still fit in that scheme of healing wounds and filling voids or do you think it explores something different?

I definitely think it fits. I think the deeper you can feel something and the more you can admit to yourself that something is not right, or somebody has been lying, and let yourself feel your heart break, the quicker you get thru it. Maybe that sounds crazy, but in my experience, letting it all move thru, creates a release. And Terminal is a release, every time I listen to it, I feel it.

The pandemic has been a moment for humanity in which it does seem that everything is more fragile and terminal than usual. What did you do during this time? Have you been focusing on music?

I am always focusing on music I can’t help it. It’s a blessing and a bastard!

Apart from music, what other activities do you value in your daily life?

Does try to make it thru the day count? ;)-

We know your tracks have been featured on shows like Jersey Shore, Married to Medicine, and Snooki and JWoww. Do you feel like that has helped you grow your audience in the way you want it to?

Not that I know of. They were very short clips, like cough and you miss them. However, it was very cool when it happened and I got a lot of calls from excited friends.

What are the achievements that you value most in your artistic life and why?

I have learned to let things flow a little better and not question and analyze too much. And respect that as I change, my art and voice will change, and maybe that isn’t a terrible thing, or maybe it is. TBD :)-

If you had the opportunity to go back to a moment in your artistic life to change it or make it better, what would it be and why?

I would always go back, that’s where I can get myself into trouble, I get so involved the songs are like my babies. Which is why it helps to work with people that I trust who call me on my shit. Otherwise, I am such a perfectionist, I’d spend 700 years on a song.

“Terminal” is Gerle’s new Catharsis - Interview

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