Today we’d like to introduce you to Micah Christensen
Hi Micah, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
This might be a lot to digest. But this is my life and my art and everything I stand for.
Im Micah Christensen or also known as “miicah”. I was born January 31st 2000. I don’t necesarily know when it started. There has always been something that lived inside of me. I began production in 2013 when I was 13. The first time I wrote a song (lyrics, vocals, production) was in 2016. My first instrument was a Ukulele. I was just a young 16 year old when I went to my first real concert. The band I saw was “twenty one pilots”. The singer and writer of their music said to us during a speech he gave at the end of the show “dont put a cieling on your dreams”. After their show I was so inspired. I was battling heavy Depression and Anxiety along with not being able to find the right dosage of antidepressant (If you take them, you know that messing with dosage is a nightmare.). I also struggled very heavily with a strong diagnosis of ADHD. It made it hard to focus and pay attention in class which made it even harder to make friends because of the way teachers and students treated me for my inability to focus. Growing up with ADHD feels like your a born bug in the system. I felt like I was a problem, and a burden to everyone around me except for my mom. My mom got me through some really tough parts of my life. No one on this planet is as loving as she is. From a young age I battled thoughts of suicide and being able to become so connected with twenty one pilots music, I felt a sense of hope. I wanted to create something that inspires. Over the next 8 years I would spend my free time writing songs and trying to create narritives to a story like the pilots have done. And after thousands of songs/demos I have now arrived to the project of “miicah”. Prior to miicah, I wrote music in a band I started called “ziricote”. Ziricote touched on topics of depression, spirituality, addiction, and hoplessness. I wanted to write a more inspiring narritive. One that I connected to more that should feel more authentic to who I am. When I began miicah, I had no idea what I was starting.
Beginning with Gardners we start with the concept of ideas and where they come from in my own perspective. I have always felt like my best ideas are the most spontaneous. So to be sure I never miss a great idea, I wrote this ep as a reminder to always stay disciplined and consistent with writing. The Idea/story with gardners is that my brain is like a garden. I need to nourish it. I need to take care of my body and feed my mind good thoughts so that I can write inspiring songs. What ever I choose to believe based off the experiences that I have will have an outcome of the same effect. The “gardners” in my head is essentially my ADHD. When an idea is ready to be used, the gardners will harvest it and bring it to shop and if I don’t catch it early, it will be gone and that specific harvest of my life is gone and not as fresh nor inspiring. This explains why I feel my ideas are so random and unique and come out of nowhere.
Next we come to the album “bad holiday”. This album represents the space of change. Inspired by “the liminal space” I drew inspiration to write this one. Liminal spaces feel familiar but they are uneasy and eerie. I had also recently gotten home from living in Chile for 2 years. So to see my hometown and friends was so familiar but so much had changed. This concept was actually introduced with the first song from gardners. Bad holiday feels like a dream. A very introspective dream. Lessons being learned and waking up from that dream coming to find that everybody left you on a holiday. No one invited you. No plans were made with you. Its a very isolated and lonely feeling but the album is about finding peace in that. The last song on the album sets us up for the new album I am releasing in October. The song title is “someone else” and the lyrics are “the midnight stars and the full lit moon all tells me that we’re not far from a new beginning.” The moon is a very key element in the story/world I am building. I even named my white fender telecaster guitar “Luna” which is moon in spanish. Music has always been the dim light in very dark times of my life. The moon is a great representation of how music helps me. Even though its dark and dreary, the moon is shining showing me that the sun is just around the corner and it never really left me. Its gonna come back eventually. For now I just have to focus on the beauty in dark times. The stars and the moon.
This sets us up to dive even further to darker times of my experiences. This is also where I bring the concept of time into the story. Before, in bad holiday, time doesn’t really play a role in this space of change. Its not the focus. But the new album “fatamorgana”. Time is a wierd thing. fatamorgana dives deeper and explores how we base our grasp of reality and time by past and future. it kinda holds us in the present and from losing our minds by the fact that time doesn’t even actually exist. it’s just what makes sense to the human brain. in focused on the pride it’s kind of a moment when you realize you aren’t the “i” you wish to be because of choices. the constant pursuit of becoming our best self (i) is how we make it out alive. so essentially the past is the antagonist because it doesn’t do any good for us unless we use it to learn from it. if we fall into old ways, then we aren’t using it for good. it’s easy to fall into bad thinking patterns about yourself and your life
Time and Space and The Human Experience. All I am really trying to do with my art is better myself and use the lessons I learned as key inspiration to write music. And honestly, it comes so naturally to me that I just have to show up at this point. I know many will be disappointed in my next statement but I dont even know the names of notes, keys, or chords. I just play what sounds right to me. I dont know any music theory. I dont even know what is the lettered tuning for guitar is. I’m purely selft taught on everything I know in music. And also thanks to my mentor, Hunter Flick who is a musical genius. He is a music major. He has played music with me since Ziricote.
The way I see myself in terms of all of this is that I am an artist with a message and I am in a constant pursuit of learning about myself and bettering myself. Music is just my paint, paintbrush, and canvas.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It has not been a smooth road, in fact, I have been super close to giving up many times. Actually just yesterday I felt super discouraged. But as it goes, I finally broke through and felt the clarity of where Im going with the album. The biggest struggles along the way is showing people my art so early on in my life. I was so afraid of so much but I had a passion that I couldn’t ignore. So I just eventually stopped caring what anyone thinks and started making music for myself. Many other personal struggles as well but Im so grateful for all of it. Its taught me so many amazing truths that I live by now. And its helped me form my purpose through music.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Miicah is a compelling pop performer from the thriving music scene of Provo, Utah, who deftly incorporates indie pop elements into their style.
Miicah’s work displays a distinctive fusion of catchy choruses, hazy atmospheres, and introspective storytelling, drawing inspiration from a wide spectrum of musical influences. Love, self-discovery, and the intricacies of interpersonal relationships are topics that frequently appear in their songs. Miicah has a way of relating to listeners deeply and personally by conveying a sense of vulnerability and nostalgia with their beautiful voice and passionate delivery.
Pop sensibilities and indie aesthetics are prominently blended in Micah’s music. Their talent for crafting memorable tunes and fusing them with sumptuous music results in a sound that is both refined and catchy. Miicah’s music never fails to enthrall and make an enduring impact, whether it’s the shimmering synths, the intricate guitar riffs, or the throbbing beats.
Miicah stands out as a musician who is not afraid to push boundaries and experiment with various aural textures in the constantly changing world of pop music. Miicah is establishing their own niche in the music business with their distinctive fusion of pop and indie elements and enthralling listeners with their honest and approachable music. As they continue to create waves in the mainstream music market with their contagious songs and compelling performances, keep an eye out for miicah.
Do you have recommendations for books, apps, blogs, etc?
Andrew Huberman
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Linktr.ee/miicah
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miicah.wav
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/track/06nvOu5YtZbNuQMLVxGYcE?si=8e14802133764bec
