by alex grainger
photo courtesy of avery lynch
Avery Lynch, having fallen in love with the pensive yet gentle melody she created in the calm of her room, knew she had to bring the story of “useless information” to life. A story studying all the pointless information she remembers about people she once knew. As the first independent release by Avery in two years, “useless information” came as a product of collaboration with her closest friends and biggest supporters. The single is the true and vivid essence of who Avery Lynch is as an artist — authentic, passionate, gentle, and observant.
What’s so brilliant about “useless information” is the obscurity of the thought. Avery’s ability to write with an observant outside perspective on a relationship or a specific feeling provides the vehicle and prompt to think deeply about, in this case, who you once knew. This track captures the beauty of music and the talent of Avery Lynch shown by how her mesmerizing melodies and introspective lyricism is able to reach listeners.
“useless information” shares the story of wondering where all the information you know about someone goes after they are out of your life. Can you take us deeper into the story? I’m curious to know, did you find where these pointless facts go?
Avery: “I noticed all of the little pointless things I still remember about people in my life that I haven’t seen or even spoken to in years. It’s kind of sad how you always know the most about the people who have hurt you the most. I remembered specifically my high school boyfriend and how I can still recall the street he grew up on, the sports he played, etc. And I still know my ex-friends’ crushes and their orders at restaurants and random things like that. To be honest, I don’t think the information goes anywhere, you just start to forget it little by little but most of it will just stay there. (Also so weird that there are people out there that you’ll never be close to again who will remember random things about you forever).”
“useless information” is your first completely independent release in two years. Can you walk us through the writing, recording, and producing process for this single? Looking back on your independent release from two years ago, how do you feel “useless information” shows how you’ve grown as an artist these last few years?
Avery: “I wrote ‘useless information’ with one of my close friends and favorite collaborator, Neisha Grace. It started with the chorus melody with the line ‘where does all the useless information go’ and I immediately texted her and we wrote the rest of it that next day. I recorded it in my room, and my boyfriend, Jordan (jordanlilvee) produced it. I wanted this song to be like my favorite songs of mine, production-wise, and feel the most like me, and Jordan has produced most of my songs that fit in that category. Looking back on my independent release from two years ago, I feel like this song has shown how I’ve really grown into my voice and my sound as an artist.”
What originally inspired you to create this song all on your own? Did you originally go into this song with a collaborative mindset or was it always going to be a solo endeavor?
Avery: “The moment I wrote the song I knew I had to keep it close to me. It’s my favorite song out to date, and I feel so much pride in my music when I keep the team around it limited. Doing it all myself with the help of my two biggest supporters and favorite people ever made the song the way it is now: authentic, passionate, and the most Avery song ever.”
It’s a difficult position to know so much about a person with no way to apply it once they are out of your life. While writing the song, did you ever think of anything you didn’t want to let go of from various relationships in your life? How do you draw the line of what to unlearn and maybe what to keep?
Avery: “To be honest, I’m glad that I still know things about people I don’t have in my life anymore. To me, that means that I cared about someone and learned from the relationship. Even if it ended in a fiery explosion it still matters that it meant something to me at some point. I feel like you don’t get to choose what stays and what goes, but it is kinda funny how some small pointless things you could never forget. Certain information just sticks for some reason.”
You mention how more in love you are with “useless information” than any song you’ve created in quite a while. Why is that? Are you in love with the story coupled with the accomplishment of the song’s independent release? Or is it something else entirely that you find so special about this single?
Avery: “My love for this song is the combination of a lot of things. For one, it’s the first song I wrote since I cut ties with previous management and without a distributor, meaning no one heard it before. That was something that felt so liberating to me. In writing the song, the melody is the first thing I fell in love with and the reason why I wrote the rest. There was something about the chorus melody that felt so good and so much like me that I was too excited to finish it to wait until my next scheduled session with Neisha. Then I kinda went as hard as I possibly could with the lyrics and it became my favorite thing ever. If I imagined the song being someone else’s that I randomly heard on my Discover Weekly on Spotify, it would be something I would save immediately and wish I wrote. All of that is why this song is so special.”
The song and its supporting visual elements were all created in your room. What about your room makes it a thriving space for your songwriting?
Avery: “I only ever write and record in my room and being able to have the visuals be taken in that space with just me in my sweatpants makes it feel very full-circle. It’s the room that the song was written, recorded, produced, mixed/mastered, and distributed. I just love that it’s all so me.”
How does “useless information” represent your unique sound as an artist?
Avery: “I think ‘useless information’ represents my sound as an artist so vividly. The delicate and almost observation-type writing when it comes to feelings and relationships and how weird they are is my favorite thing. I feel like the melodies and the lyrics are so me. I just think it perfectly matches me and represents me.”
What can we expect from you in the coming months? Any new singles?
Avery: “I have plenty of new singles I want to release, and one I am hoping to release in May. I’m very excited for this new chapter and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on. :)”