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Frecksis comprised of one twenty-one-year-old, a queer member named Jayden from Portland, Oregon. Jayden has been writing music since her early teen years and draws inspiration from all aspects of her life. Pulling from concepts of introspection and undying love, she aims to tug on heartstrings with dreamy guitar riffs and haunting melodies.
For the longest time, I struggled with feeling like I wasn’t being heard or seen among others around me. I think one of the main reasons why I felt this way is because I’m generally a quiet person who doesn’t say much or doesn’t like to get involved with things that don’t bring value to my life. So, being that I’m a quiet person at times people can perceive me as shy or perceive me as stuck up. Which there have been times where people have perceived me as stuck up and I was like hmm me? I don’t think I’m stuck-up but what do I know. Anyway, one of the ways that I’ve tried to get past this is just to realize that everyone has their own perspective of yourself including yourself and it’s up to you to decide if you want to accept what others think or deny what others think. More often than not it’s best to just ignore other opinions and just live your life.
When I first heard about Freck’s song “ 222”, I was first introduced to Freck’s captivating voice that just hits you hard. I also had this overwhelming feeling of introspection and just felt like I was on a cloud when I was listening to Freck sing. Freck has this way of writing lyrics and instrumentation that just catches your attention and keeps you hooked throughout the whole time. And you just feel all warm inside. Not only that but in 222 Frecks haunting melodies and dreamy guitar is just the perfect thing to really put you into the mindset that Frecks had when Frecks was writing this song. The thing that I got out of this song is it’s talking about how someone goes through life wanting to be seen or heard and when they feel like they’ve found that person or felt like they are heard it turns up to not be it and they are just left in the background wondering what happened.
Here is what Frecks had to say about 222. My favorite lyric of the song is at 2:10 where I sing, “When you think of me, is this the only thing you see? I hope you see me for me. I hope you see me” That chunk of lyrics really emphasizes how I feel when beginning relationships. I tend to try and perceive myself through my partner’s gaze. Although it’s nice to feel beautiful, there is so much more to me as a person than my body. Being the hopeless romantic that I am— I hope that the person I’m seeing can see me the way I want to be seen. Because it feels good to be seen.
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