Shoegaze has always felt like a dream you can step into, all haze, distortion, and emotion bleeding into each other. I fell in love with that sound the first time I heard Wisp, the feeling of losing yourself inside layers of quiet vocals and distorted guitar. I discovered Shoegaze because Gen Z is reinventing it for a digital world. We’re not just recreating the classics; we’re reshaping them with laptops, plugins, and bringing it back alive.

In my latest playlist, “Echo Chamber,” I’ve hand-picked tracks that have influenced my music and defined the genre. It features my own atmospheric originals, alongside the artists who continue to inspire me: Midrift, Trauma Ray, Whirr, Glare, Wisp, and more.

I believe that every coming-of-age story deserves its soundtrack, and my Sweet Sixteen Concert was exactly that: a night to come together and celebrate music and life. I performed a mix of my original songs and covers of some of my favorites, including Arctic Monkeys, Chappell Roan, Nirvana, and more. My originals, indie rock, new and unreleased at that time, were shells of what they were to grow to be later. And the covers? They were my personal reinterpretations and