DogStar - D. Santos

um so solo i would say recording and doing the the like the things on my own um that was about 20 2024 2023 okay yeah it was like probably ending of 2023 beginning 2024.

And so you're living in Minnesota.

Yes.

What else is going on in your life that's inspired you to write a song or release a song?

I think life experiences because I've been going through depression, mental health, and I've been in a really bad relationship.

That one really almost got me messed up.

But I'm so glad that my spiritual faith started growing since then I was with the person.

And then after things took a totally different turn than I was expecting, I was like, you know what? There's nothing else to do left, like left to do.

So what can I do? And I just remembered that I used to write poems in Brazil when I was in Brazil.

I used to write songs over there too.

Okay, none of them were good.

I understand that.

But with new experiences and a different point of view as well, I think that really helped me.

And I think it was when I got to the point where I was like, maybe this is the end.

but maybe not so I decided to see a positive side of it and then I started writing of course the big like my first songs were a little like depressed but of course I didn't release them and then I started like getting better with my mental health And after that, I started writing songs that I'll be like, you know what? I think this is I can release because it's a good

one.

And so, yeah, is that first song, September 2023, the first single off your album? Was this even before then?

No, there was a single before my first album.

I think my first album I dropped back in December 2023.

okay yep so yeah we're talking about the same thing so yeah before you dropped that single did you have the album done or Did you know that it was going to be on an album later on?

I had an idea of what I wanted for that album.

And it came together along the way.

So I had a couple singles already out.

And then I had a few that I didn't release before.

And I was like, you know what? Let's just get everything together and then put them in one album.

um so solo i would say recording and doing the the like the things on my own um that was about 20 2024 2023 okay yeah it was like probably ending of 2023 beginning 2024.

And so you're living in Minnesota.

Yes.

What else is going on in your life that's inspired you to write a song or release a song?

I think life experiences because I've been going through depression, mental health, and I've been in a really bad relationship.

That one really almost got me messed up.

But I'm so glad that my spiritual faith started growing since then I was with the person.

And then after things took a totally different turn than I was expecting, I was like, you know what? There's nothing else to do left, like left to do.

So what can I do? And I just remembered that I used to write poems in Brazil when I was in Brazil.

I used to write songs over there too.

Okay, none of them were good.

I understand that.

But with new experiences and a different point of view as well, I think that really helped me.

And I think it was when I got to the point where I was like, maybe this is the end.

but maybe not so I decided to see a positive side of it and then I started writing of course the big like my first songs were a little like depressed but of course I didn't release them and then I started like getting better with my mental health And after that, I started writing songs that I'll be like, you know what? I think this is I can release because it's a good

one.

And so, yeah, is that first song, September 2023, the first single off your album? Was this even before then?

No, there was a single before my first album.

I think my first album I dropped back in December 2023.

okay yep so yeah we're talking about the same thing so yeah before you dropped that single did you have the album done or Did you know that it was going to be on an album later on?

I had an idea of what I wanted for that album.

And it came together along the way.

So I had a couple singles already out.

And then I had a few that I didn't release before.

And I was like, you know what? Let's just get everything together and then put them in one album.