

And the way to get that out in a therapeutic way is writing these organized pages of lyrics that I can like read off separate from the music,” he shares. “It feels like there’s something in me that I want to say that I’m just not able to say in everyday life. As an introverted person, writing has been the preferred method of expressing himself in his truest form. “I got used to the idea of not really worrying about my weaknesses and just focusing on making music that I like listening to and writing lyrics that were special to me,” he says.” “It probably wasn’t until my first album came out, and I started doing some tours and just playing around with things when I was vocally getting more comfortable.”Įven though Gallant battled his insecurities about his voice, he’s always felt more confident about his songwriting. He didn’t allow the criticism to get the very best of him, though. “I just got used to people saying - whenever I would try to sing - they would kind of just be like, ‘Oh, you know, it’s not that good.'”

He admits it took a while to get comfortable with his voice, especially when he had naysayers early on.
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It’s a bunch of series of paradoxical qualities that she somehow put together.” It’s like a raspy kind of tone, but then it’s fragile yet strong at the same time. I feel like nobody was sounding like Brandy, especially on the first two albums. It just seemed like she was cool with whatever and she was down to just be her.” “At the time, I was really insecure about my voice. I knew it sounded like a voice that existed in a different dimension,” Gallant shares with Rated R&B. “When I heard Toni Braxton for the first time, I didn’t know what I was listening to. He lists Toni Braxton and Brandy as the two artists that inspired him to embrace his dynamic voice. Not only is he celebrating his latest project, but also honoring women in R&B who have influenced him in light of Women’s History Month.
