I’m Ella Red! I’m 20 years old, a little psycho, and I only knew I wanted to be an artist almost 2 years ago. I didn’t even know song writing was an option until I was 16 and deathly afraid of the stage – I thought I would just be a ghost writer! I performed for the first time without my guitar only less than a year ago after I released ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ and I was given the opportunity to give it my all at KTCL’s holiday show last December, and I think that show was the moment I realized I could sink or swim, and I was being given the shot of a lifetime to kick start my dream. Since then I’ve kicked myself into high-gear and made a system that works for balancing my social media, rehearsals, shows, and of course songwriting!

I hate to put myself in a box, but I like to say I chose alternative pop and pushed in every direction! I want my branding to clearly display the stark contrast between my music/lyrics and my image/vibe; a princess with a mind that’s eating her alive. I think we’ll be able to uncover more of this story in the coming months, and ‘I Like You Best’ is just the beginning.

Hozier is definitely one of my top influences currently when it comes to my lyricism. Him, Adele, FINNEAS, Billie Eilish, and Sofia Isella just have the most beautiful poetry woven into their songs and that’s what I prefer to focus on in my music and continue to improve on.

‘I Like You Best’ is definitely one of my bolder songs and I couldn’t be more grateful for the support and love everyone has shown it. I knew I wanted to write a song about sex from the woman’s perspective, and not in a gross or over-sharing way but in style that was still true to me and my relationship. I had been brewing on this idea, trying to think of a way to begin, and my co-writer/producer Justin Mauriello brought up the idea one day of writing a “shocking song”- throwing out some lyrics like “I like you best when you’re far away from me” or “I like you best  when you’re 6 feet under” and I had said, “Why not ‘I like you best when your head’s between my legs’?” And I remember him screaming over the phone as soon as I said that- he said “Yes! Yes that’s it!” I think I stayed up a little too late that night working on the chorus, but just that one line led to all the inspiration  for the rest of the song.