By Andi Aguilar and Kenzie Trikouros.
“My song ‘Juno’ and my following EP Kid were born because I couldn’t pretend anymore… I knew I had to make music, and I knew I had to make music that felt like me.” Glenna Jane shared
With that honest spark fueling her latest work, our lovely Andi sat down with the iconic Glenna Jane to dive deeper into her new single, “Juno.”
ANDI: It has been an honor to see some of your journey thus far, and I have a feeling this is only the beginning. Can you tell me a bit more about how “Juno” came to fruition?
GLENNA: I checked my voice memos, and I wrote “Juno” on March 16, 2023. At the time, I had just pulled a project from streaming and only had one song out. I think I was so wrapped up in this resignation that I couldn’t make music, that I had to follow the same path that my peers were taking. Going to Princeton and spending most of my first year post grad surrounded by alumni, success always seemed to be measured in 80hour work weeks at some big finance/tech/consulting company… It was stifling, and I didn’t feel emboldened to create despite harboring a deep desire to. Ultimately, I found myself at the intersection of passion and realism, working in the music industry but adjacent to the thing I love most: making music.
GLENNA: “Juno” started like all my songs do–me, in my bedroom, playing guitar in open D. I worship at the altar of pop, so the pre-chorus and chorus came first. I then wrote the verses like I was writing in my diary… I wanted the recording process to be filled with whimsy and play. I honestly just wanted to have fun and to exercise creative agency. Ben and I rounded the 4 chord acoustic song out with 90s-esque record scratches, slumber party gang vocals, reversed drums, glittery mandolin, a wall of electric guitars, bouncy bass, wobbly synths.
ANDI: What is your dream in music?
GLENNA: A queer audience singing my songs back to me! I just want to tour the world and foster spaces where my fans feel seen. I want to keep making music that is authentic to me. I want to make pop music and weird music and everything outside and in between. I want to keep growing and expanding my artistry and my taste. I want to produce my own music and produce for other artists. I want to write every day.
ANDI: What is a piece of advice you’d give to your younger self?
GLENNA: It’s okay to be a kid! I spent so much of my childhood and adolescence thinking 5-10 years ahead, envisioning what college I was going to, what company I was gonna be the CEO of, where I was gonna have my first big girl apartment, when I was gonna experience everything for the first time. I was just so serious and so ready to step into an even more serious adulthood. Now that I’m the age I always dreamt of being, I feel more and more like a kid. I always say that I’m coming of age at twenty something. The older I get, the younger I feel. I try to hold onto this kid like whimsy I’m not sure I ever had when I was younger because I want to marvel at life. I want to always be excited by life. I want to learn. I want to be creative. I want to be unserious.
Please check out Glenna Jane’s new single “Juno” out now wherever you get your music!