Harley Alaska
Music so personal, writing so direct, production so instinctive; the 20 year old feared the vulnerability that would come with revealing his musical expression.“I felt if I just flew under the radar, I couldn’t be shot down”, he reflected. So his sonic musings remained a tight-lidded capsule for so long. Weighed down by personal mental health issues, Harley’s capsule became an insular, introspective emotional catchment.
Harley Alaska was scared. Scared of limelight, scared of anonymity.
Ironically, the isolation of the pandemic provided an unexpected solace and source of new found connection. After quietly setting up some social media profiles in early 2020, the internet allowed Harley a means to quietly telegraph his music to small pockets of people; anyone who would listen, really. Testing some original song ideas, throwing out relationship conundrums, reinventing pop covers. Through that process, the secret musician drew in quite the following-now with 150,000 followers and 2mil likes on TikTok no-longer under the radar.
Harley Alaska revels in modern pop, anchored to undeniable songwriting and pop production that feels at once DIY-bedroom-bound and arena-ready. An authenticity in his craft elevates his songs to the level of his peers like Jeremy Zucker, Dominic Fike, Chelsea Cutler.The emotional depth does not compromise either, spanning issues from mental health to heart-break.
