Haven Madison on Her Debut Album 'Roses,' Touring, and Songwriting

Debut Album 'Roses'

• 🌹 Haven Madison describes her debut album, 'Roses,' as honest, unhinged, and authentic, reflecting her most personal music to date.
• 💡 The title track's lyric, "now I buy my own red roses and I can keep on all my clothing," is particularly meaningful, symbolizing empowerment and self-sufficiency in blooming.
• ⚠️ The song "If You're Into That" is highlighted as incredibly unhinged with wild lyrics, a track Haven fought to include on the album after holding onto it for over two years.

Songwriting and Creative Process

• ✍️ Haven admits to being hard on herself during songwriting, sometimes getting lost in the technicalities and forgetting to be authentic.
• 🧠 Her creative process is fueled by good food, often joking that she can't write a second verse until she's ordered something to eat.
• 💖 The emotion that drives most of her music is sensitivity, stemming from her awareness of people's energy and intentions.

Touring and Early Career

• 🎤 Touring with Stacy Ryan has been a highlight, filled with inside jokes and humor.
• 🌟 Chicago was the most surprising city on tour, featuring one of the loudest and most invested crowds Haven has experienced.
• 🎶 Her debut single, "Castle," exploded to the Top 40, and she recalls hearing it on the radio for the first time while getting mozzarella sticks at Sonic.
• 🎤 Early inspirations include Katy Perry, whose "Dark Horse" performance solidified her desire to pursue music.

Personal Insights and Advice

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Haven stays grounded through her supportive family and friends, often visiting them in Nashville to decompress.
• 🚀 She advises her younger self that it's okay to dream big at a young age and fight for those aspirations.
• 💡 A piece of advice that stuck with her is from Alanis Morissette: people fall into three categories (love, hate, or don't care), which allows for authentic self-expression.
• 🎭 She's recently ventured into acting, attending auditions and working on new projects.
• ✈️ Her life motto is "well-dressed chaos," and her most impulsive act was getting a tattoo that says "rare" on her neck in New York City after a meeting.
• 🧟 She believes she would survive a zombie apocalypse due to good survival and problem-solving skills, plus a family bomb shelter in the South.