Step Into Your Power

By Lucy LaForgeโ€‹

Introduce yourself! Who areย you?
Well, hi! Iโ€™m Lucy LaForge aka artist โ€œLucy & La Merโ€.

What is one thing no one really knows aboutย you?
If I donโ€™t set an alarm I wonโ€™t wake up until 1pm. No matter what time I go to sleep. So I set many alarms as backup.

What wouldย youย say to 16 year oldย you?
Omg I would just hug her so hard. Iโ€™d let her cry until she wasnโ€™t holding anything in anymore.

What is your greatest fear?
Not reaching my potential.

What message doย youย think every woman should hear?
The sooner you step into your power, the sooner another woman will, too. Show each other how strong we are and support each other when we are strong.

What is your favorite thing about whereย youย live?
You can find a hot cocoa at any hour in Los Angeles.

Doย youย remember a specific timeย youย overcame adversity?
I was pushed around by male producers when I first started in LA. Theyโ€™d tell me what not to wear, how to sing, who to talk to. I never listened, of course, but I had a hard time standing up for myself in the studio. And then one day Iโ€™d just had it and snapped back and it felt SO GOOD. I was scared of being labeled a โ€œdivaโ€ or being hard to work with. But really, they work for me. So I only hire feminist producers now.

What is the biggest lessonย youโ€™ve learned along the way?
Patience isnโ€™t just a virtue, itโ€™s a must. Itโ€™s going to take a long time to get where you think youโ€™re supposed to be going. Enjoy the daily work and small victories. Donโ€™t pressure yourself into thinking you should be further along. Youโ€™ll get where youโ€™re going so enjoy the ride.

What motivatesย youย most?
The feeling I get when I hear a song that understands me. Iโ€™d love to make music that helps people feel understood.

What doย youย do on a daily basis to grow and move forward?
I say โ€œthank youโ€ right when I wake up and right before I fall asleep. Gratitude changes the whole day.

What is one thing people would be surprised to hear aboutย you?
I donโ€™t have my ears pierced still. Despite piercing my nose and belly button, my ears are just off limits.

Didย youย always know whatย youย wanted to do as a career?
Nope, I thought Iโ€™d be a psychologist or therapist of some kind. I like listening to peopleโ€™s stories and exploring and uncovering feelings.

Were you scared to start the process?
Terrified. I cried in a bathroom before my first open mic at a pub. I tried to use eye drops to get rid of the redness but missed my eye and smeared my makeup to make it even worse. So I talked about it on stage (stage = dirty corner of bar where bar stool was) and we all laughed and then I nervously played a Bright Eyes cover.

Ifย youย werenโ€™t doing the jobย youย have now, what wouldย youย be doing?
Iโ€™d be in college studying to be a therapist

Where doย youย findย inspiration?
The little small moments and subtleties in daily life. Theyโ€™re bigger than we think.

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Lucy LaForgeโ€‹

Lucy LaForge is the singer/songwriter for the LA-based indie project, Lucy & La Mer.

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