DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH AUTUMN PAIGE

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Autumn Paige - “Down The Rabbit Hole” EP Out Now

About a year in the making, and countless hours of hard work with photoshoots, writing sessions, late nighters, all nighters, jet setting, orchestral arrangements, and more… Autumn Paige releases her debut EP, “Down The Rabbit Hole.” As the cover and namesake suggests, this EP is a peek into her world at the moment. To date, the Baggage music video is the only one out that tells the story this project is telling which you can find out more about here. But the next videos will also continue the story to form a short film. And Autumn is no stranger to acting, having recently appeared in multiple commercials and Dick Wolf’s new series “On Call.”

But we’re here at the moment for the music side of things, in which Down The Rabbit Hole is a 6-track EP executively produced by Emile Ghantous. Opening up with her first single “Topless”, Autumn laments on being tired of the guy she’s with only being after one thing in the end. It’s an upbeat cheerful song, juxtaposed with lyrics about somebody missing the mark romantically and her needing something with more substance. You can’t just want her when the girls are exposed.

Topless transitions into “Baggage”, a whimsical pop ballad that feels like it came straight out of the doo-wop era. She’s moved on from the last bum and had resolved to not getting into anything serious again… but here comes this new guy making her fall in love all over again. Doing all the cutesy stuff we all dream of and letting go of her past relationship traumas. Make sure to watch the video to see how this budding relationship turns out. She makes sure her new boyfriend understands the point.

Track 3 is the first brand new record of the project, “Rotation.” It’s a nice change of pace with a funky baseline and infectious bounce with a familiar hook. She gleefully sings about how girls can be players too and she keeps a roster of dudes in rotation at this point. Autumn also released the video for this today to coincide with the EP’s release. This video ties up the open ending from Baggage and really wraps up the story nicely, which you can watch above. It’s a great song for ladies cruising down the PCH with their homegirls, with the top down laughing at the guys in their DMs and texts trying to be the only one. Safe to say to she’s completely done with trying to fall in love at this point in the story and is enjoying her villain era.

“  GIRLS  CAN  BE  PLAYERS  TOO
WE  CAN  SWITCH  IT  UP  LIKE  THE  FELLAS  DO
GIRLS  CAN  BE  PLAYERS  TOO
PUT  YOU  UP  ON  GAME
LIKE  YOU  NEVER  KNEW
KEEP  ‘EM  ON  ROTATION   ”

“1 4 U” is a fun and sexy vibe all about if you give her what she wants, she’ll be the 1 4 U… at least for the moment. She knows what she wants and not settling for less. Don’t cheap out on the funds and merriment, play the right music, lay pipe properly and promptly, and you’ll have a good time. Stay woke though gentlemen, you’re only renting her time here.

"Room in Vegas” comes in feeling heavy and sultry. It feels like a lapdance at the end of a night with a nice pour of something brown in a glass that cost entirely too much. Personally, I think this is the standout song that gives the same feeling as SZA’s smash hit Snooze although that’s where the similarities end. Autumn really dives into sensuality here and seems to be falling for someone again, singing about hanging up her player ways and taking the show off the stage. Loving how she can’t get this person off her mind and that they need some private time. And what happens in Vegas… well, you know.

The project closes out with “Good In Me,” a surprising change in mood with a country-inspired trap-leaning pop banger. It brings the story full circle and she’s completely fallen for this guy from the previous record. She’s fallen for the new guy and proudly sings about not caring whether or not it even works out long term, admitting that the good in her keeps winning out. Like so many of us in real life, the player or “just having fun” era doesn’t last forever because it’s not who you we’re to begin with. She’s back from that rebellious side of the streets and is happily back in her soft girl, lovergirl era.

When asked on the creation of the project:

ASPIRE  :  First  off  congraTULATIONS  ON  YOUR  DEBUT  PROJECT.  how  does  it  feel?

AUTUMN  :  IT  FEELS  AMAZING!  IT  FEELS  LIKE  A  BIG  ACCOMPLISHMENT.  I’VE  BEEN  WORKING  ON  mUSiC  FOR  YEARS,  AND  IT’S  KINDA  LIKE  I  CAN  STEP  OFF  THE  TIGHTROPE.  I’M  REALLY  SHARING  IT  WITH  THE  WORLD  FINALLY.

ASPIRE  :  so….  why  down  the  rabbit  hole?

AUTUMN  :  SOMETIMES  WHEN  YOU’RE  IN  LOVE  yoU  MAKE  GOOD  DECISIONS…  SOMETIMES  BAD  ONES.  SOMETIMES  YOU  GO  BACK  TO  oLD  HABITS  THAT  AREN’T  NECESSARILy  GOOD.  AND  I  WANTED  TO  PICK  A  TITLE  THAT  REPRESENTed  THAT.  the  big  inspiration  is  obviously  alice  in  wonderland,  but  specifically  the  movie.  SO  IN  the  newest  ALICE  IN  WONDERLAND  movie  WHEN  SHE  FALLS  DOWN  THE  HOLE,  ITS  LIKE  “WHERE  AM  I  ,  WHAT  IS  THIS?”  which  a  lot  of  people  can  relate  to.  that  feeling  lost  and  not  knowing  what’s  going  on.  but  in  that  movie,  everyone  she  came  across  was  like  “alice?  is  that  alice?  noooo.  can’t  be…  it  is!  no  that’s  not  really  her.”  NOBODY  BELIEVED  THAT  SHE  WAS  ALICE,  so  there’s  kinda  this  identity  crisis  for  her.  AND  THAT’S  HOW  I  FELT.  SOMETIMES  YOU  GO  INTO  A  RELATIONSHIP  NOT  KNOWING  WHO  YOU  ARE,  OR  RATHER…  DISCOVER  YOURSELF  IN  THAT  RELATIONSHIP.  but  you  gotta  go  down  the  rabbit  hole  to  do  it.

ASPIRE  :  absolutely.  nothing  teaches  you  who  you  are  better  than  a  relationship  with  someone  else.  so  there  seems  to  be  an  overarching  storyline  here,  what  inspired  you  to  put  all  of  it  together  instead  of  throwing  a  bunch  of  singles  together?

AUTUMN  :  SO  THEY  ACTUALLY  ARE  A  BUNCH  OF  SINGLES  BELIEVE  IT  OR  NOT.  THESE  ARE  THE  ONES  THAT  STOOD  OUT  the  most.  BUT  the  crazy  part  is,  THEY  FLOWED  SO  WELL  THAT  IT  STILL  TOLD  A  STORY  THAT  IS  MINE.  maybe  i  was  connected  to  those  moments  the  most  so  it  just  played  out  that  way  in  the  performance  and  writing.  but  IT’S  A  BIG  DEAL  THAT  PEOPLE  ARE  ABLE  TO  SEE  A  PATTERN  AND  AN  ACTUAL  STORY  FOR  THE  THINGS  GOING  ON  MY  LIFE  here.

ASPIRE   :  its  actually  pretty  crazy  to  think  the  patterns  in  your  life  stand  out  to  much  that  even  when  picked  almost  at  random  they  still  paint  your  story  in  order.  so  what  do  you  hope  your  fans  come  away  with  after  hearing  down  the  rabbit  hole?

AUTUMN  :  I  HOPE  THEY  FALL  IN  LOVE  WITH  IT  LIKE  I  DID.  I  HOPE  IF  THEY’RE  GOING  through  SOMETHING  SIMILAR  TO  A  SITUATION  LIKE  MINE,  THAT  THEY  CAN  FEEL  SEEN  AND  HEARD  AND  KNOW  THEY’RE  NOT  THE  ONLY  ONES  GOING  through  IT.  ALL  THE  SONGS  INVOLVE  LOVE,  SO  ultimately  I  REALLY  HOPE  IT  MAKES  THEM  FEEL  GOOD.

ASPIRE   :  any  parting  words  on  what  to  look  for  next?

AUTUMN  :  MORE  NEW  MUSIC  AND  GREAT  STORIES  ARE  ON  THE  WAY.  BE  ON  THE  LOOKOUT  FOR  MULTIPLE  PODCASTS,  ON  THE  RADAR,  AND  MORE!

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