Leilani Patao

Leilani Patao is trying to figure it out, and they want out of streaming. The Los Angeles born and Brooklyn based singer-songwriter is a recovering jack of all trades, and they’re ready to share all of their secrets with you now, but only if you’re willing to chase them down. daisy, Leilani’s latest EP is pure experiment. Their voice is transformed, nearly unrecognizable through effects and chopping. Surrounded by whistling synths, distorted guitars and all sorts of bells and whistles, Leilani’s honest, painful lyrics are there, but they’re guarded. They’re only half telling you the truth. But despite their ambivalence in their sound, Leilani was adamant: They don’t want this music on Spotify, they don’t want their story to only live on social media, and they wanted to stand on their morals with this release. With CEOs treating our art and our livelihoods as data to be traded, AI contributing to the destruction of our planet and the commodification of art, and any money made seeming to still end up funding genocide and systemic oppression, filling the pockets of those who Leilani speaks against, they wanted out. This release is just as much of an experiment of sound as it is an experiment of sharing this music.