Wellington Bullings New Single: Flame
Describe the music you create. The music I create is multi-faceted and influenced by many genres. I’m heavily influenced by Soul, R&B, and Jazz. My goal is to heal, inspire, and uplift my listeners with my music. Who are your influences that have shaped your career in music? There’s a long list for that question but I’ll try to keep it short. I would say Billie Holiday, Ella Fitgerald, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Norah Jones, Esperanza Spalding, D’angelo, Sade, Lianne La Havas….the list goes on.
Tell us about your inspiration for your new single, Flame. I wrote ‘Flame’ as a love letter to blackness. 2020 was a year of distress for many reasons…one being that we were all exposed to the racial injustices that re emerged throughout the year. Because black people were bearing the brunt of it, I wanted to write a song that would focus on uplifting the black community. My goal was to write a song that would celebrate black beauty and brilliance.
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