100 days ago, I uploaded my first single for my new darkwave project. In the weeks afterwards, I've released two other singles.
This is all with organic growth, predominantly from TikTok, where I have amassed 191 followers from 0. I've probably posted around once or twice a day on average throughout this time.
After eight years since deciding to take music seriously, from being in a band to now as a solo artist doing absolutely everything myself and attempting loads of different ways to get heard, this is by far my most successful project yet, especially considering I've spent next to nothing on promoting it (I boosted two of my TikTok posts with like £10 to see what would happen, results were not significant).
My previous project, which was a more dance music oriented project, for that I didn't really believe in it since I wasn't 'giving it my all'. I didn't do vocals on it or feel as connected to the project as I now do with this one. This project is raw, it's painful, it's so much personal but it's significantly more rewarding - especially that people now seriously like it and giving me all sorts of positive reinforcement through likes, saves, comments etc.!
I'm feeling really good about the future, and I intend to stick this one out in the long run. Finally don't feel like a failure anymore.