LORENA Opens up about her journey as our first ever interview!
For anyone discovering you for the first time, who is LORENA, and what do you want people to feel when they step into her world?
I’m a singer-songwriter from Austria who moved abroad at 19 to chase my dream of becoming a singer. Music has been a part of me for as long as I can remember and it has always been my biggest passion in life.
More than anything, I want my music to touch people and make them feel again. In a world that moves so fast, where technology and social media often distract us from ourselves, I want to create a space where people can reconnect with their emotions, their dreams, and who they truly are.
I want my music to feel like home, even for someone who has never quite found theirs. A place where you feel understood, where you’re allowed to be vulnerable, to dream, to hope, to fall apart, and to feel free.
If someone discovers my music today and follows my journey, I hope they get to experience a world full of hope, dreams, and a whole spectrum of emotions. A world where they can escape for a moment, find comfort, feel less alone, and, most importantly, find their way back to themselves.
You describe yourself as ‘’the girl who moved abroad to chase a dream’’. What has that journey taught you about yourself, both as an artist and as a human?
Moving abroad as a 19 year old was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
At times, it was deeply painful and overwhelming if I am being honest, but looking back, I’m grateful I found the courage to take that step. Leaving behind your family, friends, and everything familiar is a unique kind of challenge. You’re not just building a new life; you’re learning who you are when everything you’ve always known is no longer around you. The biggest lesson this journey has taught me is to trust myself. As a teenager, I was often insecure and constantly tried to fit into places where I never truly felt I belonged. I adapted to the people around me because I thought that was what I had to do.
Over time, I’ve learned that I don’t need to change who I am to find my place in the world. I’m allowed to trust my intuition, listen to my inner voice, and make decisions based on what feels right for me, even when I can’t explain why. Sometimes, that can be as simple as choosing which street to walk down. I’ve learned to pay attention to those little feelings instead of always questioning them. As an artist, this journey has been just as transformative. Over the past four years, I’ve worked and collaborated with people from different backgrounds, cultures, and musical genres. I’ve explored jazz, R&B, urban, rock, ballads, and so much more.
I’ve always been open to experimenting and stepping outside my comfort zone, and every experience has taught me something new about myself and my music. Through that exploration, I’ve gradually discovered my own artistic identity: the sound I want to create, the stories I want to tell, and the values I want to stand for. I’ve realized that finding yourself as an artist takes time, courage, and the willingness to explore without knowing exactly where you’ll end up really. Ultimately, moving abroad has taught me that finding my voice as an artist starts with finding my voice as a person. The more I learn to trust who I am, the more authentically I can express myself through my music. I’m still growing, still discovering, and still learning, but today, I feel much more comfortable embracing the parts of me that make me different rather than trying to fit into a mold. And I think that’s what this journey is really about:
learning to trust yourself enough to become who you were always meant to be.
Your latest release, My Own Little World, is out! Congratulations! What inspired the song, and what does it reveal about you that people might not know otherwise?
I have to say that performing live is probably what I love most about being an artist, maybe even a little more than being in the studio. There’s something truly magical about standing in front of an audience and experiencing how people connect with your music in real time. I love seeing their reactions, watching how a song makes them feel, and witnessing how music can bring complete strangers together through a shared emotion or experience.
I’ve always been fascinated by the power music has to connect people, and being able to create those moments myself is something I feel incredibly grateful for. Even if my music touches just one person in the audience, or makes them feel something they couldn’t quite put into words before, that means the world to me. The studio, on the other hand, is where I get to explore my creativity in a completely different way. When I’m alone in my room or in the studio, writing and experimenting with melodies, I can let go of expectations and simply follow whatever comes to me. There’s something very intimate and vulnerable about that process, because it’s often where my most honest thoughts, feelings, and ideas find their way into a song. But I also love creating music with other musicians.
There’s something so inspiring about bringing different perspectives, talents, and ideas into one room and seeing what happens when they come together. Sometimes, the most beautiful things emerge from moments you could never have planned on your own. I think that’s what I love about making music: whether I’m alone, creating something deeply personal, or standing on stage sharing it with hundreds of people, it always comes back to connection. First, connecting with myself through the music, and then finding a way to share that feeling with others.
If someone discovers your music today and follows your journey from this point onwards, what would you love them to see, hear, or experience as you grow as an artist?
I’d love for people to see my growth, not just as an artist, but as a person. I want them to hear the honesty in my music, connect with the emotions and stories behind each song, and feel like they’re growing alongside me. As I evolve, I hope my sound continues to develop while staying true to who I am and where I come from. Most importantly, I want anyone who discovers my music today to feel like they’re part of the journey from the beginning, witnessing the progress, the challenges, the wins, and everything in between.