Quack Squawk Honk welcomes Symønne to the roster

Feeling Nice is Symønne's debut EP on Quack Squawk Honk complete with her own production, vocals and a detailed storyline. The intro draws you into the theme of the EP, a girls night out that reminds you who you are and gets you out of that funk.

Symønne’s sound is one of a kind, her voice is recognizable and her lyrics draw you in. The production behind her sound is bouncy and danceable but it leaves room for her vocals to shine through it all.

Symønne is an electronic music artist, producer and DJ known for her genre fluency, taking audiences on journeys across scenes, sounds, and cultures.

She unapologetically centers Black dance music in a sound she’s dubbed Booty Club, a fluid movement through house, hardgroove, ghettotech, breaks, juke, booty bass, and global club. Think cheeky lyrics, live vocals, and big basslines. If it shakes or grooves, it’s official club business.

Symønne has shared stages with Charlotte de Witte, Carl Craig, Moodymann, DJ Minx, Shiba San, J. Phlip, LOVEFOXY, and more, performing in eight countries and at festivals including Lightning in a Bottle.

Her music has been released on Aliens on Mushrooms and Humble House Records, and Quack Squawk Honk. Her recent collaboration with Gettoblaster, THICC BEAT, reached #17 on Beatport’s Tech House chart.

As the founder of the Blaque Mária collective, Symønne is passionate about impact beyond the decks and champions Black and femme representation in electronic music through curated events, education, and community.

Here is a short interview between Quack Squawk Honk and Symønne to get you acquainted with who she is and what this EP is all about:

Q: I would love to chat about the concept of your EP, what story did you have in mind putting these songs together and what feelings do you want to come across through your work?

Symønne: “Thank you! It’s so exciting that it’s out in the world now!

I was 4 months pregnant when I wrote the title track, “Feeling Nice,” so I wasn’t exactly going out much. I wanted to make a song that played with that, and one day the line just popped into my head: “I don’t even party, like maybe once or twice a weekend when I’m naughty — more if I’m feeling nice.” It made me laugh, and the whole EP basically worked backwards into a story and concept from there.

I was physically removed from nightlife while writing music about that part of myself, and the EP became a way of accessing that energy through these three characters. I started playing with “sugar, spice and everything nice” — what little girls are supposedly made of — and flipping it on its head.

Suga and Spice emerged first, and then while writing “B.A.B.Y.,” Baby showed up as the fearless wild-card friend. She even introduces herself with a nod to the other two: “I can be sweet as Suga, but I’m quite a Spicy girl.” That’s when I realized they were three alter egos, all representing different sides of me and talking to each other across the project. (Fun fact: they also map to my Big Three zodiac placements.)

The EP became the story of a girls’ rescue mission: your friend is down, so you pick her up, get her out of the house and embark on the kind of slightly chaotic night that reminds her who she is. It’s really my ode to friendship and to the people who can pull you back into yourself. Those bonds have saved and restored me multiple times in my life: during the hardest moments of pregnancy, from the depths of depression after my father died, when I needed to find the strength to leave a toxic relationship, as I endured 80 hour workweeks at a corporate job to fund my dreams. It’s not actually about the party but the lifeline of the friendship.

That’s also why the two-minute intro mattered to me. Spice walks Suga through “Bad Bitch Affirmations” that are actually based on things I tell myself when I’m struggling with self-doubt. Underneath all the cheekiness and party energy, that’s what I want the project to leave listeners with: confidence, joy and the reminder that nothing and no one gets to steal your glow.”

Q: For new listeners who haven’t heard you yet, what is one song you would like them to listen to first to get to know you and your sound? (Can be any song you’ve ever made)

Symønne: “Oh gosh.. I’m not sure if I’ve made the quintessential Symønne song yet. Of what’s released, probably Baby Mama. It’s got the cheeky vocal, the P-funk-influenced bassline, and the dual-rhythms so you can choose your own adventure of what you dance to. But honestly? My sound has evolved a lot since then, even since making this EP, so the ONE song is probably sitting on my laptop near-finished right now. And by the time it comes out, it’ll evolve again. That’s one of the things I strive for as an artist.”

Q: For anyone going through a rough time, what message would you have for them?

Symønne: “Well, the Bad Bitch Affirmations are there for you! But really.. you know, 2023 was the lowest of low points for me. I genuinely wasn’t sure I could make it through.

I was so deep in depression, I thought it would never end. What saved me was that I knew I was not alone, even when I felt like I was. You are not alone. Things WILL get better. Find your safe person to talk to. And follow the joy. Even if it’s inexplicable. Find that one tiny thing that makes you feel like yourself, that brings you joy, and follow that thread of joy out of the labyrinth little by little each day until you’ve found your way through.

For me, it was music. And therapy. Every day, no matter how small, I would do one thing that brought me joy (or used to), and I would just cling to it and roll around in it and tell myself: I’m not alone, and this is not forever. I will be happy again.

When you get to the other side, it will be just one more example of your strength you can draw from the next time you need to remind yourself that you can make it through the rain.”

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