OSHUA
We are so honoured to present Oshua as the second artist Project Unheard is proud to work with
Oshua from Perth, Australia is a diverse singer/songwriter who has given us both upbeat and lo-fi songs that showcase his influence from artists such as, Tyler, the creator and Playboy Carti
We have been working closely with Oshua to present his latest single 'Waste my time' releasing 11th December.
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The inspiration for “Waste My Time” came from mindlessly scrolling through my newsfeed –
I felt like I was wasting time and I recognised that, but I also found myself not stopping. This
is what inspired the hook “When I waste my time, wanna waste more time"
With the consistency Oshua has shown releasing tracks throughout this year, he has really established himself as a serious artist receiving a lot of praise and a exponential increase of listeners.
We already did an 'Artist Insght' segment with Oshua to ask him a few questions on why he pursued music and to get to know him better so go check that out!
'Waste my time' gives some personal insight into what I think about/experience when I’m in my bedroom – I hope people can relate, some thoughts progress quickly and become overly happy or sad and some thoughts just wonder for no real reason, to me, this bedroom retrospective is also a form of “time-wasting” – someone might argue that daily reflections are a form of self-improvement and have positive benefits but I’d argue that when your
reflections are consistently out of your control every single day and night it is the complete opposite of helpful – I find it hard to think my way out of negative reflection.
Here's a clip from his previous single 'Monke'
"Do you usually look for an instrumental first? Or do you write lyrics and then produce the
instrumental?"
I almost always find the instrumental first, whether that’s through co-production
or beats that I am sent, I usually find a vocal melody first once I’ve found the beat, I then
come up with a concept and then write my lyrics to fill that concept and vocal melody.
"Do you feel like “waste my time” could be a reflection on 2020, with a lot of people stuck at
home?"
100%, I feel like a lot of people have had more time to reflect and have that daily
bedroom retrospect because of the impact of COVID-19 and quarantine. Whenever there is
nothing to do your brain is given the chance to wonder and this is definitely applicable to
being stuck at home/in your room.