Host of the Month Triple Charm

the hotel room. It was such a fun experience and one I will never forget.

together. We danced, explored, and stayed up having late night talks in

Gabriella, and one of my best friends all went. We had the best time a trip to New Orleans. It was for a dance competition and me, Raena, so I wouldn’t forget it. Amalia: One of my core memories was going on in the clear water on the beach. It was pure bliss; I took a mental picture

Raena: There was one moment when we were in the Bahamas, floating simple things in life. I love when I can just sit outside in the sun, listen to the birds chirp, and watch everyone go on with their day while I’m still.

Gabriella: I would say that I’m the happiest when I take in the small, beginning and end of the music video. the piano. The piano also represents the story visually as well, in the

Final – SILLY! - Question (for all of you): When and where were you the happiest?

We initially wrote “Thrive” as a letter to our younger selves about what we would’ve wanted to hear when we decided to go after Triple Charm full-time. It’s a reminder to commit to yourself and your goals to reach your full potential because you deserve to “Thrive.” Before our writing session for this song, Amalia had written a few lines in her notes app, one of them being “Baby, we’re alive.” When we went into the session, we started with a rough track and wrote around that. We all really liked that line that Amalia came up with and started the chorus based on it. The word “thrive” was thrown out as we were first trying to figure out the rest of the hook, and we knew immediately we wanted to base the song around it. It represents the ultimate feeling of living life to the fullest. We wrote the chorus, and then started to create the story arc for the verses. The rest of the song fell into place fairly quickly. We wanted to show our audience a different side of us, which is that we play instruments. With this song, we wanted to dive more into our abilities to play and use

Behind the Music story on how this particular tune came into being?

Gabriella, we’re tremendous fans of the tune Thrive! What’s the VH1-

Amalia, how much of a boon has social media been to getting the word out about Triple Charm?

It’s such a blast getting to make music with my sisters! It started out as just us, but now there’s a growing audience listening to our music, which makes us so happy! I’m so thankful we get to do what we love, together.

Raena, what’s it like working alongside your two sisters to create music and bring it out to the masses?

Gabriella: With each song comes a different musical inspiration, but one person that I love and am inspired by is Miley Cyrus. Amalia: I have so many different musical inspirations. Meghan Trainor is a big one, because she started writing music at a young age and also produces her own music. I have also started getting into music production, and took a class at Berklee College of Music for it, so she is someone I am very inspired by. Raena: I’m inspired by Taylor Swift’s crafty songwriting and storytelling as well as her incredibly catchy melodies.

A question for all of you: Musically, who inspires you?

Touring is a big goal of ours and something we look forward to doing in the future. At the moment we don’t have any dates we can give, but definitely keep an eye out for some pop-up shows in 2023.

Gabriella, can fans reading this look forward to checking Triple Charm out on the touring circuit in the coming weeks and months?

Typically, when we are working on a new song, the first thing we come up with is the concept or overall message we want to convey. After that, we’ll get with our producer and come up with some ideas for a track. The girls and I like to write a track, because the vibe of the instrumentation can really change up how we want the message to come across lyrically. Once we get the general groove of the song, then we’ll start writing lyrics and creating a melody.

Amalia, as singers and songwriters which comes first typically for the group when composing new music – The lyrics or the music?

Social media has been instrumental in helping us build an audience for our music. We’ve been able to build a platform of over 6 million followers, and create a community of people from all different countries and walks of life. It is amazing the amount of people you can reach through social media. It has given us the chance to share our music, and reach a point that wouldn’t have been possible as independent artists without it.

How is the upcoming album similar to some of your past the current running through it and tying everything together. is one of my all-time favorites. This record gets to be all mine, and I wanted to put all of myself in it, without feeling like I’m too much or like I need to squeeze into a neat and tidy package. My songwriting, my voice, my emotional life is

Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne, which that can get you in trouble in the industry. I remember I once had a record label executive tell me, after playing him two songs, that he wouldn’t know how to market me because the first song was a dancey pop song and the second was a ballad. Yikes! As a completely independent artist, I knew that I needed to take advantage of the opportunity to have complete creative control over my debut album, so I really wanted to flex all my songwriting muscles. There are mostly pop and rock influences, but there are also flavors of country, grunge, emo, and hip hop. I love when artists explore a lot of different sounds in one record, a great example of that is

For this record, my first full-length, I knew I wanted to pay tribute to all of my most important musical influences—and there are a lot of them!! I’m someone who loves to perform in all different genres, and loves to write in different genres too, and sometimes

Major congratulations on your upcoming new record! Can you give our ever-inquisitive readers a hint or three as to what they can expect with this forthcoming release?

Thank you thank you!! This summer has basically been about shedding all distractions and lightening my obligations so that I can finish my record, and it’s working—we’re in final mix revisions as I type this, just about ready to submit to mastering. This was honestly how I dreamed of spending my summer, so I am thrilled.

We’re super-excited to be speaking today with acclaimed singer-songwriter and actress Ren Martinez; greetings and salutations, Ren! Before we mosey down the proverbial Q&A musical pathway, how has the summer of ‘23 been treating you?