Rain Bisou
By Crimson
We were lucky to have recently had the opportunity to sit and interview the incredible Rain Bisou. She is a talented singer that everyone should discover. I want to personally say thank you to Rain for meeting and sharing herself with us.
E.M: Tell us about yourself: What do you do? R.B: Hello Episteme Magazine! My name Rain Bisou, born Rina Cervantes, and I'm a music artist from Norwalk, CA. I’m Mexican, Salvadorian and American. My parents are both immigrants. I’m Bilingual— actually, I’m trilingual! I speak some Italian. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in Women’s Studies and English, focusing on creative writing and communication. I have a 13-year old daughter that I gave birth to while I was in college. Her name is Liliana Camille.
For a while I was working in the corporate world until I got into teaching. I was a substitute teacher for 5 years and then decided to quit because I landed a couple of sponsorship opportunities which enabled me to essentially retire from working in the classroom to focus on developing a career as an artist and professional singer. Since then I’ve been making music full-time for about 3 years. I’ve dropped a few EPs: “I Give to You” with Ron Martyn, "Lucid Dreams” with Steelo Free, and 'Lucideity' with Steelo Free and Drew Kapner. I also just dropped my debut album, “High Art,” on New Year's Eve 2021, a collaborative work with Executive Producer / Artist Developer YelloBlac and his label Let’s Experiment. I am a professional singer— I travel all over the country and I also get to be in the studio writing and recording new music for myself and other artists for a living. I do all this while raising my daughter and enjoying a beautiful relationship with my business and romantic partner, Yelloblac. I’m having a good time out here in L.A., pretty much living the life of my dreams and I really just want to expand at this point. |
E.M.: What got you interested in singing?
R.B: I started classically training at the age of 14, but I’ve been a singer pretty much my whole life. I started writing songs... Actually, I started writing poetry in middle school and then turned my poems into songs. I was 16 when I recorded my first song.
E.M.: What type of music do you sing/write?
R.B.: I’ve always been interested in writing R&B music. I was always really attracted to R&B and Hip-Hop because I personally felt the most emotionally invested in it. It is the music that resonated with me the most.
E.M.: Are some of your songs personal?
R.B.: Every single one of them! I can go down the line and tell the personal story of each. “Ghost,” the most popular song I have written, is about breaking up with someone whom I thought was my soulmate. “Block List” is obviously about cutting off people who no longer belong in my life. “Mesmerized” is about falling for someone whom I'm not supposed to be in love with. And “High Art” is about falling in love with a player! (she laughs).
E.M.: Tell us a little about your music and process? R.B: My partner, Yelloblac, whom I previously mentioned, is simply amazing. He handles the production side of things. All of the soundscapes that we work with are curated by him. Many of the song themes that we operate with are subjects that he thinks up but there are also concepts that we work on together and some that I write on my own. I write the lyrics and melodies for every single one of my songs, and that's something I’m really proud of.
I also sometimes write songs for other people, and not necessarily songs for other artists to sing, which I also do, but songs that are dedicated and written from the perspective of other people. Sometimes, while I’m writing these less personal songs, I feel like they are perhaps channeled messages for someone out there in the world whom I don’t even know. It might not even be my story, but I feel like it’s somebody’s story. I feel like I’m put on this earth to share some of those stories and to affirm the existence of some of the individuals that are out here, providing them with comfort and joy through the stories that I get to tell with the voice that I’ve been presented with, that I was born with. I’m here living for the music and living for the art and living for love and for affirming self-love to people on my creative journey. I hope I can promote peace and healing through my music. Some of these songs are heavy songs, and some of these songs are much more light-hearted. All I want to know is that whomever gets to listen really feels it, and that it provides some sort of comfort and joy for them. You know, something that they can really identify with because we have a lot of lonely people in this world. Sometimes music is the only thing that people can turn to. |
E.M.: What are your career goals?
R.B.: I’m happy that what I'm currently doing is sustainable, but definitely the goal is growth. I want the music to reach as many people as possible, which is why it’s such a high-volume songmaking situation at this time.
I don’t sit on songs for longer than a month, because I know people will get bored. Also, I’m competing with a lot of different artists, including well-established majors. I really want to make a name for myself here first and foremost because I want to be able to have more so that I could do more. The life that I’m envisioning for myself is one where I’m working with as many talented artists as possible. Talented artists, musicians, make-up artists, videographers. I’m interested in collaborating with as many individuals’ visions as possible because art is revolutionary, transformative and evolutionary. Mainly, what I do this for is because I know that my spiritual purpose is aligned with my creative purpose.
I really feel like my voice, not just my singing voice, but my voice as a human with the words that I have to say, with the messages that I give in the songs that I write is a divinely guided instrument for a surrender experiment that I'm on while I’m here. It’s the mission that I'm on. Ultimately, I’m really grateful for the people whom I come across and whom I get to share the mission with including my partner in all of this, Yelloblac.
I don’t sit on songs for longer than a month, because I know people will get bored. Also, I’m competing with a lot of different artists, including well-established majors. I really want to make a name for myself here first and foremost because I want to be able to have more so that I could do more. The life that I’m envisioning for myself is one where I’m working with as many talented artists as possible. Talented artists, musicians, make-up artists, videographers. I’m interested in collaborating with as many individuals’ visions as possible because art is revolutionary, transformative and evolutionary. Mainly, what I do this for is because I know that my spiritual purpose is aligned with my creative purpose.
I really feel like my voice, not just my singing voice, but my voice as a human with the words that I have to say, with the messages that I give in the songs that I write is a divinely guided instrument for a surrender experiment that I'm on while I’m here. It’s the mission that I'm on. Ultimately, I’m really grateful for the people whom I come across and whom I get to share the mission with including my partner in all of this, Yelloblac.
E.M.: Rain, thank you so much again for taking time out of your busy schedule to sit and speak with us. It was great meeting you and we wish nothing but greatness for your future. We look forward to seeing you again and watching your career continue to grow.
Episteme readers, be sure you check her out! More information and links to find her work and follow her are below:
Website: Rain Bisou
Spotify: Rain Bisou
Apple Music: Rain Bisou
New Album 'High Art': Rain Bisou
New Music Video 'Accepted': Accepted
All photos credit and copywrite by: JimGar Photography