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We had the pleasure of interviewing Brandon Jenner over Zoom video!\xa0

Brandon Jenner\u2019s music feels like a lot of different things\u2014often all at once. In some ways, it\u2019s like your childhood best friend disclosing an important truth by the glow of a beach bonfire. In other ways, it\u2019s like the moment you stop worrying about what other people think and can laugh and smile anywhere without apology.

However, the Los Angeles-born singer, songwriter, and producer describes what his music feels like best.

\u201cI try to make it feel like a warm, cozy blanket,\u201d he laughs. \u201cI hope I\u2019m able to be that way in life as well!\u201d'

Music always gave him this warmth. With a singer-songwriter mom, he went from \u201cbeing a fly on the wall\u201d in his stepdad\u2019s studio (just Google his stepfather!) to developing his own relationship with music when Ben Harper\u2019s \u201cForever\u201d got him through his first true breakup. After a pair of EPs and major syncs as one half of Brandon & Leah, he launched his solo career with the independent Burning Ground EP in 2016. The title track amassed over 26.5 million Spotify streams as he claimed coveted real estate on popular playlists such as Your Favorite Coffeehouse, License to Chill, and more. In between touring with the likes of Rachael Yamagata and Joshua Radin, he unveiled the Face The World EP [2018], Plan On Feelings EP [2019], and So Childish EP [2020]. After a whirlwind of gigs around the world, marriage, and the birth of his twin sons, he personally wrote, recorded, and produced his Nettwerk debut EP, Short of Home, in the middle of the Global Pandemic.

Coupling life changes with a lifetime devoted to music thus far, he opened up like never before.

\u201cI think I\u2019ve gotten better at giving myself the license to be truly vulnerable,\u201d he admits. \u201cIt\u2019s about what the songwriter is willing to let the listener in on. I\u2019m not trying to overcompensate for the blessings in my life anymore. I\u2019m writing about the changes in my life. I wanted to go back to what got me to play music in the first place, which is singer-songwriters with songs that make you think and feel deeply. For the first time in a long time, I have a label partner too, and I\u2019m really excited about that.\u201d

He introduces Short of Home with \u201cSomething About You.\u201d Faintly plucked acoustic guitar wraps around his intimate delivery as he delivers a love letter to his wife.

\u201cThe lyrics just seemed to roll out like a runaway train,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was an overwhelming feeling that brought me to tears. I\u2019m so happy and grateful. It captures my first impression of my wife and my love for her.\u201d

Originally penned in some \u201chipster-y hotel in New York,\u201d slide guitar echoes underneath dusty verses on \u201cThere You Are\u201d as his high-register hypnotizes on the hook.

\u201cIt\u2019s mostly about how society forces us to lose sight of the fact the only thing we have is the present,\u201d he admits. \u201cWe spend so much of our time planning for the future\u2014which causes stress\u2014that we spend very little time in the present. It\u2019s a reminder we have lungs that work and hearts that beat. You\u2019ve got to silence the noise of society and be in the moment.\u201d

\u201cGive It All You\u2019ve Got\u201d rides along on upbeat guitar towards an affirmation to \u201clive life without filtering yourself through the opinions of others.\u201d Then, there\u2019s \u201cLife For Two.\u201d Written at the request of a dying fan in Denmark, he gives her two children \u201ca song about what their mom went through.\u201d Everything culminates on \u201cWolves.\u201d A piano-laden rumination, he croons a heartbreaking refrain, \u201cNo, you\u2019re not special to me anymore.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s the moment when you\u2019re over someone,\u201d he comments. \u201cIt was written with a lot of emotion because it\u2019s what I was going through at the time. It\u2019s honest. I\u2019m not trying to do anything other than express myself. I found myself in an energetic shift that needed to take place.\u201d

In the end, Brandon Jenner\u2019s music really feels like home.

\u201cIn the past, I just wanted people to respect me as a musician,\u201d he leaves off. \u201cWith my last name, it was something I was hung up on. I don\u2019t care so much about that anymore. What I really want is for somebody to feel the emotion I did\u2014to feel better, safer, more inspired, and like the world has meaning. I went through so many challenges and changes and found relief. If you do as well, it\u2019s all worth it.\u201d

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