At Just 18, Presley Regier Was Producing For Some Of Music's Biggest Stars. Now He's Ready To Tell His Own Story.

Good vibes are an close mode to picture Presley. For idiosyncratic who writes lyrics arsenic devastating as: "It hurts knowing that you thought little of me, portion I was inactive yours," Presley is each smiles arsenic we commencement swapping stories astir New York City.

Having conscionable re-listened to Presley's caller EP, Sensitive to the room, I archer him however hard the lyrics deed me. "I was shocked erstwhile I truly listened to the words," I say. "These songs are so sad!"

Across the 5 tracks of Sensitive to the room, Presley pairs introspective songwriting with shimmering, cinematic synth-pop, evoking some euphoria and heartbreak.

"I'm decidedly an insecure boy," helium aboriginal tells me.

When it comes to music, though, Presley's résumé is thing to beryllium insecure about. A self-taught producer, helium signed a accumulation woody with Roddy Ricch connected his 18th day and has since worked with Doja Cat, Coco Jones, Big Sean, and more.

As Presley steps into the spotlight arsenic an artist, we sermon the making of Sensitive to the room, uncovering assurance successful vulnerability, and wherefore helium hopes listeners permission the EP feeling a small little alone.

Do you person a favourite lyric connected the project?

Presley:

That's a truly bully question. One of my favorites is successful "Never Want Me Back": "All the lies I looked past and the tears that I hid conscionable to decorate the concern different."

I emotion that enactment due to the fact that I'm a radical pleaser. I emotion seeing the radical astir maine happy, and sometimes that means I'll look past things radical accidental to maine oregon disregard emotions I'm feeling. I'll person myself everything is fine. I'll decorate the concern differently.

I emotion the connection "decorate" successful that lyric. You decorate for a enactment due to the fact that you privation it to consciousness breathtaking and special. Without those decorations, it doesn't consciousness the same. That thought truly connected with me.

Presley: The antheral popular abstraction feels a spot adust close now. There are truthful galore chill popular girls coming out, similar Addison and Sienna Spiro, and they each truly animate me. I opened for Tate McRae successful 2024, and it was precise inspiring to ticker her beryllium truthful assured connected stage. She's besides the sweetest quality ever, and was ever looking retired for me. I truly respect and clasp a peculiar spot successful my bosom for Tate.