WW Radar Report: Aleja Ajela (Artist Spotlight & Review)
What’s good everyone? You are back tuned in with the WW Music Forecast blog! Once again, bringing you the insight and updates to the best artists you have not heard of yet. Don’t even trip, we know that Spotify library (or whatever streaming service) needs to be updated immediately! I know this week we introduced you to Pope the Hermit, but the rains of inspiration continue to glaze the western front with much needed love and positivity. It has been even more recent that a new artist stumbled onto the radar. It was not long ago that our in field team down in San Jose was covering some live music events in the area. During his time, he encountered the one and only Aleja Ajela. The most stand out feature that I noticed was how good her live vocals were sounding in the footage they had captured. Immediately followed and took a deeper look into her personal catalog.
For those who are unfamiliar with the god child herself, she hails from the Bay Area, San Francisco area to be more exact. A region near and dear to our heart’s here at the WW Music Forecast, this time around the talent is a bit different than we are used to. We are not a one genre type of platform, we love an artist that can effortlessly cross between genres. If you are like us then you are in for a treat. Aleja Ajela is a muscian specializing in overall lyricism, rapping, singing, acting, modeling, and live performance. Her sound weaves between the interstitial space that connects soulful R&B and golden era Bay Area hip-hop. Her cultural roots shine through her energy from the short amount of time we have been tuned in.
With a quick google search, her name is unique enough to immediately be the first thing seen. Quickly finding her music on streaming services, there’s a good base for new listeners to get into. With 6 singles released in the last year and a handful of collaborations as a featured artist, you can tell Aleja is taking the time to put in the organic groundwork and rubbing shoulders with other independent spirits, such as Dregs One and her management group via 1015MGMT. Finding more interest in the multiple creative outlets this artist promotes, we stumbled onto RFLXN PROD, which is her own multimedia production services for her community. A very relatable and respectable grind. We salute her efforts to bring shine to her community, which is a goal similar to ours. Now let’s get into the music!
Up above you’ll find the video for the official audio to “401K” featuring Jxm.Bxm & Drae Davis. This one is the one caught my ear and has been on heavy rotation. It’s seldom, you find a record with that level of awareness. The emotional output that can initiate such a visceral reaction in your physical. It’s comforting, serotonin inducing and takes you away from your worries if only for a moment. There’s a shortage of love it seems and this song serves a source to help you find it in your own life. Speaking on personal experiences of what she may have gone through or witnessed first hand when it comes to trying to have enough for two people in yourself. However, you know what they say, you can’t save anybody from their selves. It doesn’t matter how much you love someone, or what they say to you, if they continue to play in your face then you are doing yourself a disservice. Alas, recognizing that is easier spoken than being put into action.
“Why don’t you try a little tenderness, tenderness and put your pride aside and let me in, let me in. Just let me in.”
Just because your occupy a space doesn’t mean you are really there. It feels good to have company, as they say it thrives in misery. If you are going to be unhappy with anyone, at least it’s me, right? The logical doesn’t align with what the heart yearns for. We all go through things and there’s the reasons why we with cope with it the way we do. If you have love for someone, you’ll see their heart as a product of what they have endured. A deeper level of empathy, if they have a different type of trauma than you, how can you ever know what they feel? Words are a hint of what actually rests onto the mind but actions are the manifestation of the psyche. It’s a superficial way of thinking to put up with someone’s ways without at least speaking up or doing things that uplift yourself. Take your time and come to that conclusion on your own. If there’s not a chance of bringing life to your garden and enriching the soil that it’s set in than remove your roots to find an emotional ecosystem that will allow you to thrive in whatever ways you require.
“We both deserve the loving that you don’t get yourself. I’m a leave you to your devices. I’ve decided, my love is priceless and the way you ghosted me, I hope it haunts you.”
It comes a point when you realize there’s more to give and more to offer but it has to be done elsewhere. Taking power back in yourself and how you choose to share the empathy is the force of love. Recycling back into yourself to charge your own batteries. Once you take possession back from another’s hold over you, they begin to feel its absence and in turn will leave them feeling empty after the well runs dry. Use it for yourself and hold on to it, even if you choose to share it again, never let it all go for you’ll find yourself in more drought. If you can relate then maybe play this a few times to find yours again. This song has served me in many positive ways since coming across it. Now go enjoy for yourself.
Since this release, Aleja has dropped a collaboration with Cash Campain titled “Want You.” A lovely tune about the duality of love between two individuals. A deeper perspective on relationship dynamics in a very insightful way. We have included this one at the bottom of the page along side the social media links for Aleja Ajela and Cash Campain, another talented R&B artist. Thankful for discovering such raw talent, we had to share it with the WW community. Did you enjoy 401K or any other songs by Aleja? Let us know on our socials and until next time, RUN IT UP!
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