We had the pleasure of interviewing Julianna Joy over Zoom video!

Due out in 2022, the prodigious pop singer-songwriter’s EP Garden of Eden sits in the crosshairs of youthful innocence and profundity beyond her years. Its seven songs span escapist dance bops and contemplative ballads, taking musical influence from alternative rock, pop, classic rock, and psychedelia.

Co-written with Grammy-nominated producer Teddy Geiger (Shawn Mendes, Maroon 5, Lizzo), Garden of Edenincorporates these styles into an impressively uniform sound. Joy creditsGeiger’s abounding creativity and open-mindedness — not to mention her impressive roster of collaborators like Danny Parker, John Ryan, Mags Duval, Juan Ariza, and Evan Voytas — as a creative spark that helped expand her own artistry.

Full of synth keyboard and percussion textures, layered with acoustic guitar strumming and electric guitar solos, sampled strings, jazzy basslines, and more, the musicality on Garden of Eden seems to reflect the emotional chaos of its songs: Joy only graduated high school in December 2019 before taking a leap of faith to move from the Chicago suburbs to Los Angeles and peruse music full-time.

These themes present themselves throughout Garden of Eden. The hilarious “Teenage Boys,” which was written in the same iconic studio where Fleetwood Mac recorded “Rumors”, details Joy’s frustrations in dating. “Prescriptions” truthfully describes the struggles of finding the best mental health regimen. “California,” a haunting, yet uplifting ode to her new home, always sparks her synesthesia in hues of teal like the color of the water off the Pacific Coast Highway.

While the songs on Garden of Edenhighlight Joy’s growth and musical exploration, she’s been a prolific writer since childhood. Having composed more than 200 songs in her teen years, she attended Grammy Camp in Los Angeles at age 15, where she studied music with industry professionals, fellow performers, producers, and instrumentalists. By the summer of 2019, Joy returned to LA to record her first EP, Cherries, which was released in February 2020. And thanks to the focal track, “Cherry Bomb” (which has been streamed almost 1.5 million times on Spotify), she’s begun to lay the foundation for a loyal fan base across even more platforms — through Spotifyeditorial playlist placement (SALT) and Apple Music editorial placement (Breaking Singer/Song-writer) and several TikTok influencer playlists. Joy is currently signed to a publishing deal with Hipgnosis Songs.

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