Bedroom music is anything that is ultra-personal. Whether it be bedroom pop, punk, or whatever, I usually think of it as usually self-recorded or semi-lo-fi.
The word bedroom is used because what is more personal to someone than their room? A safe place that is completely their own, cut off from the rest of the world, and free from its judgement.
Colleen Green started her solo career in her room after she moved to L.A. and had been diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease. It was a turning point in her life and she channeled that emotion into recording and writing and figuring out how to use a drum machine by herself. Now, 4 albums later, Colleen has moved out of her room and into a studio, collaborating with others on her latest release.
I really wouldn’t call Sky Ferreira bedroom-pop in the recording sense, but definitely in the sense of content. Sky has been the victim of abuse, and when she was writing her album she thought a lot about the way people are treated and about not letting what has happened to her define who she is. She writes songs based on ideas, not always experience. Her main goal is to be honest and speak to people. She writes simple lyrics to get her points across clearly. Sky Ferreira is taking the most personal events and sentiment and trying to help others.
Mariam from Bong Wish said she started making music when she felt her life was missing something. She started recording songs in her room on her own. From there the band progressed and came out of her room. Which is a great thing, that she could take something intimate and share it with people.
I have nothing but respect for anyone who takes their emotions and turn it into an art to help and share other people who have felt the same things.
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