There’s a moment right before something begins where everything feels quiet.
Not empty… just still.
Like the world is holding its breath.
That’s where Cherry Red Summer started.
I didn’t sit down thinking, I’m going to release a song.
I was thinking about something much smaller.
A feeling.
A memory that doesn’t really belong to one specific moment, but somehow feels like it belongs to all of them at once.
Warm nights.
The hum of a radio.
Headlights stretching out in front of you.
That sense that life is just beginning — even if you don’t know where it’s going.
There’s something about summer that makes everything feel more alive.
Like emotions sit closer to the surface.
Like time slows down just enough for you to notice it.
And at the same time… you know it won’t last.
That’s what Cherry Red Summer became.
Not just a song — but a snapshot of that feeling.
The image that kept coming back to me was simple:
A cherry red Camaro.
Parked outside a Tastee-Freez.
Music playing softly through the speakers.
Nothing extraordinary.
But everything meaningful.
It’s funny how the smallest moments are the ones that stay with you.
Not the big milestones.
Not the things you plan.
But the quiet, in-between moments where something shifts… and you don’t even realize it until later.
Releasing this song has been something I’ve thought about for a long time.
And if I’m being honest… I was scared.
Not because of the music itself.
But because putting something like this into the world means letting people see a piece of you that isn’t filtered or controlled.
It’s just… there.
But at some point, you realize:
You can’t keep waiting for the perfect moment.
You just have to begin.
So, Cherry Red Summer became my first release.
Not because it was perfect.
But because it felt real.
And maybe that’s what this is really about.
Not chasing something flawless.
But capturing something honest.
If you listen to it, I hope it reminds you of something.
A night.
A person.
A feeling you can’t quite explain.
That sense that for a moment…
everything was exactly the way it was supposed to be.
This is just the beginning.
💜
— Lairissa
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