Willa Amai began her journey writing songs about heartbreaks she had yet to experience, losses she had never felt, and social injustices she didn’t even know existed. With eclectic inspirations – from Regina Spektor records played during bath time to the poetry books her parents read to her – this Los Angeles native quickly amassed a body of work revealing lyrical complexity far beyond her years. She also created imaginative melodies, something she partly attributes to synesthesia (a neurological phenomenon in which one sense triggers the perception of another sense, like seeing letters and words as color).
The “Too Close” acoustic video is the perfect way for people to get a glimpse into my interpretation of the song. I want everybody to have their own interpretation of it and to take away what they need to take away from it, but for those wondering why I myself need this song, the acoustic video is the place to see it.
