In 2019, Amber Mark was in her bedroom in New York, working through a thicket of feelings. The multi-talented performer couldn't shake a lingering sense of imposter syndrome. "I was questioning myself a lot, in terms of being an artist, a producer, a singer, a writer. I felt like I could do all of those things, but I couldn't do any of them really well." Even with hundreds of millions of streams, a co-sign from Sade and two successful projects to her name by her mid-twenties, she still felt unsure.
And so she poured those worries into the sumptuous, soulful single "Worth It", which unpacks how quick we can all be to judge ourselves. Its message of self-love serves as a personal mantra for Amber. More than that, its self-affirming outlook anchors her highly anticipated debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, due out on EMI/PMR Records. Her trademark husky vocals blow like delicate smoke over self-produced beats on this breathtaking, sonically diverse body of work that tells a story split into three segments: Part 1: WITHOUT, Part 2: WITHHELD, and Part 3: WITHIN. In the album, she moves from insecurity (part 1) to forced confidence (part 2) to an understanding of her place in the world (closing out, in part 3).
"When I'm writing, I know I'll always start from the truth, even if I don't yet know where I'll end up," she says. An intense period of self-exploration blossomed out from her bedroom to a group songwriting session in Ojai, California, helmed in late 2019 by her trusted friend, producer Julian Bunetta. She allowed herself to get vulnerable. "There was no stress," she says, "and it ended up being the best session experience I've had." As a result, she has added to her wildly impressive range of musical genres, textures and modes.
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And so she poured those worries into the sumptuous, soulful single "Worth It", which unpacks how quick we can all be to judge ourselves. Its message of self-love serves as a personal mantra for Amber. More than that, its self-affirming outlook anchors her highly anticipated debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, due out on EMI/PMR Records. Her trademark husky vocals blow like delicate smoke over self-produced beats on this breathtaking, sonically diverse body of work that tells a story split into three segments: Part 1: WITHOUT, Part 2: WITHHELD, and Part 3: WITHIN. In the album, she moves from insecurity (part 1) to forced confidence (part 2) to an understanding of her place in the world (closing out, in part 3).
"When I'm writing, I know I'll always start from the truth, even if I don't yet know where I'll end up," she says. An intense period of self-exploration blossomed out from her bedroom to a group songwriting session in Ojai, California, helmed in late 2019 by her trusted friend, producer Julian Bunetta. She allowed herself to get vulnerable. "There was no stress," she says, "and it ended up being the best session experience I've had." As a result, she has added to her wildly impressive range of musical genres, textures and modes.
In 2019, Amber Mark was in her bedroom in New York, working through a thicket of feelings. The multi-talented performer couldn't shake a lingering sense of imposter syndrome. "I was questioning myself a lot, in terms of being an artist, a producer, a singer, a writer. I felt like I could do all of those things, but I couldn't do any of them really well." Even with hundreds of millions of streams, a co-sign from Sade and two successful projects to her name by her mid-twenties, she still felt unsure.
And so she poured those worries into the sumptuous, soulful single "Worth It", which unpacks how quick we can all be to judge ourselves. Its message of self-love serves as a personal mantra for Amber. More than that, its self-affirming outlook anchors her highly anticipated debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, due out on EMI/PMR Records. Her trademark husky vocals blow like delicate smoke over self-produced beats on this breathtaking, sonically diverse body of work that tells a story split into three segments: Part 1: WITHOUT, Part 2: WITHHELD, and Part 3: WITHIN. In the album, she moves from insecurity (part 1) to forced confidence (part 2) to an understanding of her place in the world (closing out, in part 3).
"When I'm writing, I know I'll always start from the truth, even if I don't yet know where I'll end up," she says. An intense period of self-exploration blossomed out from her bedroom to a group songwriting session in Ojai, California, helmed in late 2019 by her trusted friend, producer Julian Bunetta. She allowed herself to get vulnerable. "There was no stress," she says, "and it ended up being the best session experience I've had." As a result, she has added to her wildly impressive range of musical genres, textures and modes.
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And so she poured those worries into the sumptuous, soulful single "Worth It", which unpacks how quick we can all be to judge ourselves. Its message of self-love serves as a personal mantra for Amber. More than that, its self-affirming outlook anchors her highly anticipated debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, due out on EMI/PMR Records. Her trademark husky vocals blow like delicate smoke over self-produced beats on this breathtaking, sonically diverse body of work that tells a story split into three segments: Part 1: WITHOUT, Part 2: WITHHELD, and Part 3: WITHIN. In the album, she moves from insecurity (part 1) to forced confidence (part 2) to an understanding of her place in the world (closing out, in part 3).
"When I'm writing, I know I'll always start from the truth, even if I don't yet know where I'll end up," she says. An intense period of self-exploration blossomed out from her bedroom to a group songwriting session in Ojai, California, helmed in late 2019 by her trusted friend, producer Julian Bunetta. She allowed herself to get vulnerable. "There was no stress," she says, "and it ended up being the best session experience I've had." As a result, she has added to her wildly impressive range of musical genres, textures and modes.
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