![]() ![]() I can relax a bit and just enjoy the success. True to me, not allowing other people’s judgments to affect mine.Īugust 2019 is when I decided that I was going to change my name and, then January is when I put it into action. My hand is in every pot as an independent artist… overseeing everything and just making sure that it was authentic. I can breathe now and can celebrate a little bit. All the ups and downs and people quitting or not having the right energy was worth it.Īll of these things that I was dealing with behind the scenes it really was kind of difficult for me. A year and a half later, now having a giant hit shows me that it is possible. ![]() We started in January 2020 and it was literally just me and two other people. It was tough because number one, we were at the beginning of a pandemic. In the beginning, when I started Supergiant Records, I was trying to find people to fill the different needs. I definitely get a lot more opportunities now. How has your life changed since "Hrs and Hrs?" The loving message behind the chorus definitely re-surged that nostalgic sound in soul music that was needed back then to make a sensational R&B single viral in today’s day and age. Long connected with to talk about her philosophies on love, why she redirected her career, and the chartbusting influence of social media. With patience and steady fortitude, Muni Long is enduring a soulful metamorphosis to reinvent her art and herself for the promising future that is ahead. The aftershock of Muni Long’s hit solidified the now, 33-year-old’s ascent towards longevity as a recording artist. The single recently surpassed RIAA’s Gold status ranking and is Muni Long’s most-streamed song. "Hrs and Hrs" went from a few hundred thousand plays on Spotify to over 50 million in just a few months. Muni Long’s velvety croon was a unifying voice for multiple generations, and re-enforced the power of digital tools to give artists a larger platform. The romantic, singalong serenade led to an explosion of loving cyberculture within the app and spurred users to #HrsandHrs in celebration of their partners. Yet TikTok was the real ignescent digital force that sparked Muni Long’s explosion into the mainstream (and to its now platinum status), bringing "Hrs and Hrs" (pronounced "hours") at the forefront of internet virality. The resulting debut EP, Public Displays Of Affection, was released in November 2021 and has been a bursting musical channel for lovers and dreamers. Muni Long has been building the infrastructure of the creative house in which she can thrive from the ground up, even funding for her own art. She even developed her own independent label, Supergiant Records, during the initial stages of the pandemic. The young artist reintroduced herself as Muni Long to the music industry in 2020, steering clear from her past as a creator for others. that was as a songwriter and that was not my ultimate goal.” “They were like you are, you've built such a reputation and that name holds weight. “A lot of people didn't want me to change my name,” Priscilla Renea says over Zoom. In 2019, Renea made a challenging career choice to transition away from recognizability and into a new phase of her life. Yet Renea's words had the most resonance as a songwriter, Renea used her pen to generate salable radio-played singles for artists including Kesha, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, and others. The Los Angeles-based musician put in the self-work, and eventually signed to Capitol Records where she released her debut album, Jukebox. Born to parents who happen to sing, in her formative years, Priscilla Renea knew she was destined to be a recording artist. ![]()
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