Emory Bingham, a 16-year-old musician and content creator, discusses her upcoming horror-themed concept album centered on a fictional character named Valerie. She shares that the project involves a rich backstory, multiple unreleased songs, and music videos, with much of the creative process shaped by character development rather than personal experience. Emory draws parallels to artists like Lana Del Rey and Ethel Kane, valuing concept albums as authentic expressions of imagination over autobiographical truth. Her artistic journey began early, influenced by her mother’s horror media exposure, and has evolved through years of YouTube content, makeup tutorials, and comedic videos. She now blends horror aesthetics with rock elements, though remains cautious about vocal performance. Her creative process involves collaboration with a producer, and she acknowledges the challenge of balancing fictional narratives with personal identity. Emory also reflects on her relationship with her sister Monroe, who is often involved in her videos under strict direction. She emphasizes her artistic integrity, rejecting the label of "meme" and advocating for greater recognition of young women in online culture. Her music and content are available on all streaming platforms, with a strong presence on Instagram and TikTok. Emory expresses excitement about the future of her work, with hopes for touring and continued growth in music and storytelling.
hello and welcome to another episode of base news network my name is sophie aka jenna varka
i'm here with kayo aka punk revolution now and today we have one of the my most like
excited about guests emory bingham thank you so much emory for coming on say hi thank you for
having me yeah i'm excited thank you so if you guys don't already know emory she's a 16 year
old musician she is a youtuber content creator she's she's everywhere yeah emory tell me about
yourself tell me about your music what have you been up to well i am working on a lot of music
right now um i just got an i don't
know whatever i don't know how much i can say so i'm just gonna yap um keep it on the deal
so i have a new producer that i've been working with a lot and she's been great i don't know if
she wants me to say her name so i'm not going to um but she's um she's really great and i have been
writing a lot of songs i have like probably 20 like unreleased songs like in my drafts right now
and i'm working on an album oh my gosh um do you know when the album's coming out or is it still
kind of early process or uh no i have no idea i always i've got a date and then um it's always
wrong because i put out an ep in 2021 and i would say a date on like live stream like every week and
it was like never right that reminds me of lana del rey like she's always saying like something's
coming out and then it either just comes out or it's like i don't know i don't know i don't know
doesn't come out or it's like two months later and it has a different name which yeah which makes
sense like it's always it's hard to like say something publicly like also i bet you're like
excited about it so you're like i'm doing this that's coming out then but then you know you get
ahead of yourself yeah i always had all my people that like listen to music they'd never take
anything i say seriously now because they're like yeah that's kind of iconic though that's a great
thing to do but i don't know i don't know what to say i don't know what to say i don't know what to say
i don't know what to say i don't know what to say i don't know what to say i don't know what to say
i'm trying to think of if she'd be mad if i said i don't i don't know she's she's um
she does a lot of horror she's like in horror things oh cool she'll i mean you'll know who
she is when the album comes out i just don't a lot of songs she like doesn't oh my god what am i
saying she oh my god you can keep it quiet it's okay like we get the vision and the vibe um but
she there's just some songs that i don't like know she even wants to be attached to so i'm just like
i don't know you'll see when it comes out who she is she's amazing yeah
that's so cool where in the process of this album are you now i know you said you got like a bunch
of draft songs are you kind of just sort of working with the producer to pick out maybe
what songs you think are strong enough for the album or fit the album cohesively are you
continuing to write more songs like where is that right now so um the album is like kind of
horror themed i don't know if you guys saw my uh music video for killer but there's yeah
yeah the whole thing is like a horror movie i don't know if you guys saw my uh music video for
like scream vibe yeah so valerie's like a character that's going to be attached to the
album um and there's like a whole backstory to that and i don't want to i like it's going to
come out with like music videos you'll find out more about valerie and like her backstory and
like who she is and it's just this character that like me and my friends kind of like made up and
we're like oh my god this is actually kind of good like we should actually make this a thing
and then we love a concept album we yeah and so some songs are
kind of like i the person my producer who i'm like working with she's like very in love at the moment
and i'm like very i'm asexual and like very not dating and like not into that at all and so
there's a few songs that i'm like i'm never putting this out this sucks so much this is
um so it's also so it's there's a lot of songs that probably won't ever come out but
for the valerie album thing i have to
pick songs that like match that and it's kind of difficult to
make the vibe but um yeah interesting so like to the signs like the song's not like always
necessarily aligned with your true self because it's more of like a character like a concept that
you're doing yeah um most of them don't i because i feel like i've been writing we've been writing
a lot for her backstory and i'm like oh my god people are gonna think i'm like i have such a
people are gonna think i'm like being like abused and it's like i'm but for the valerie um
like i don't know it's a pretty i mean it's a horror thing like there's a lot of scary weird
dark things that we've come up with for valerie and um i'm a little worried that people are gonna
be like oh my god like there's something wrong with her but yeah most of the songs for valerie
don't align with me yeah i've heard like similar things from ethel kane like her album
preacher's daughter i don't know if you know yeah like i feel like because obviously ethel kane is
not even her name her name is hayden she's like you know that album is completely a concept album
it's a character it's not i mean probably there are some similarities with her her life and her
thoughts and feelings and stuff like that but it like i know people just assume the worst when it
comes to her like as far as like what she's gone through like no ethel kane was not literally
a story yeah but um yeah those are my favorite albums though i love i love concept albums i love
horror and music so there's not enough that's true it's true i think this is a really cool
way to write an album is like start with the character valerie and then like branch out from
there like i am very intrigued it sounds like a very creative process so i'm i'm i'm excited
thank you i am also 16 and i feel like i like don't
and i like i'm not about to write about a breakup obviously and that's like all anyone ever wants to
hear and so i was like easier to just make up something than to write about whatever the hell
i'm doing i admire that a lot that that certainly makes things more interesting
and more authentic it's more authentic like if you were to try to like
force a breakup song out when that's not like an experience you've lived just because you think
that's like what you're supposed to do and it's trendy that would not be a good work of art so
i think it's cool what you're doing thank you there's like this joan didion essay and not to
be like that but there's this one joan didion piece where she wrote about like on keeping a
journal and she talks about how like her journal or her diary whatever she writes like isn't always
accurate like she likes to like create stories and weave it in a unrealistic way but that to her that
actually feels more real to her than like if she actually like wrote something exactly as it happened
so characters are like a very very valid way to like yeah i love it yourself i've always loved
when artists do that i was like upset i still am obsessed but i was like unhealthily obsessed
with cry baby melanie martinez like oh my god yes
yes i would watch tag you're it on repeat when i was like seven tag you're it yeah
oh my god that was that was that was an interesting time
oh my god yeah no i know i those are always those are very fun very very fun things to listen to um
so is there like why why do you think you're like kind of attracted to the horror genre
and music like when did that kind of start for you and and like what does it mean to you
i don't know i've always loved like horror things like i have
when you scroll through my youtube channel there's like so many oh yeah
there's like really old videos from when i was like eight being like
really creepy kind of gory videos um and i think i remember those
iconic my mom got me into horror um and she like forced me to watch scream
and chucky when i was like uh i want to say like eight seven maybe i think i was
raising you right raising you yeah but i didn't want to watch scream at all i was
like this is gonna suck and now i'm scream is so good it's it's it's a masterpiece it really
like a great satire of horror but it's great in its own right too my mom also raised me
on horror so i can i can relate and respect that yeah i think one of the best decisions
my mom ever made was um one halloween when i had plans to hang out with some friends
and then my friends kind of like i don't know they switched up the plans and i was
like really bummed out my mom was like you're probably too young for this but
i think maybe we can stay in together and watch the blair witch project
Oh my God, that happened to me too.
Very similar story.
So that was a good move.
I'm glad my mom did that
because I came out of that viewing experience
a different person.
And I believed it was a real movie too
because my mom like didn't want to say
if it was real or not, you know?
So that is the right way to do it.
That's the right way to do it.
Oh my God.
Well, I'm glad that their plans changed.
Dude, I, oh my God,
I read it on Halloween every year until last year
and it literally sucked.
Like I missed trick-or-treating.
I hated it.
I went to like a party and it literally sucked.
Hated it.
Hated it.
I'm not a big party fan.
No, I was like, this is,
I was literally like covered in blood
dressed as Jennifer Check from Jennifer's Body.
Oh, cool.
Really dressed up.
And I was like, this is lame.
You guys suck.
I know.
I know.
If you're going to have a Halloween party,
like you should really go all out.
Like there's, there's an art to it.
Make Halloween school.
It's true.
It's my favorite holiday.
Me too, yeah.
Yeah, so I think I remember your like early like horror movie,
movie type videos from your YouTube channel.
Like I feel like I, it's been a while,
but I do, I feel like I remember like,
this might be a different video,
but I remember there's like a scene where like you get hit by a car
or is that, was that in the horror one or?
That was not a horror one.
That, well, that was, that's a dumb thing.
I don't know.
That's honestly, come on.
Let's make a sequel.
Let's make that.
No, like in the sense that like, yeah, no, we need, we need a sequel.
Well, that's like, I feel like there's a lot of like really iconic reaction
videos that have come out of like your early work on YouTube.
Like, how is that for you to like, does it just like come up organically?
Like, are you just scrolling and then you see yourself or is it more like people?
Do they send it to you or both or?
I did it all costs.
I mean, I'm, my digital footprint is insane, but I, I've,
my friends are always like, dude, like you have lived so many lives.
And I'm like, I guess that's true, but I'll, people will send character.
No, that's so true.
But my friends will send me like videos of me falling off a skateboard.
And thank you for sharing.
I don't, I, I lived it quick, but it's, I don't know.
I, I think it's,
it's funny, but I also, whenever I'm scrolling on like TikTok,
I come up a lot on my own page and I usually scroll as fast as I can because
I'm so traumatized with comments that I've just kind of not read them at all
and like not read captions.
So I just don't at all.
And people are always like, Oh my God, like, why don't you ever talk to us?
And I'm like, I am too scared to check my comments.
That's why I don't respond.
But it's like, yeah,
I usually scroll pretty fast because I'm like, I don't need to see that run.
That, that makes sense.
It makes a lot of sense.
Like, I feel like you're 16 and you know, you've been active online for like,
I don't know, like seven years or something like that.
Five or seven years.
Like, it seems like you've kind of done a lot of growing up on the internet.
Is, has that been like hard for you or like, do you think it's made you like a better person?
Does it like help you with your art?
Like, what do you think about that?
I don't really know, like what it would be.
Like to not, so I don't really know, but it's, um, I made my, I made my first YouTube video when I was six, six and a half and always like a me thing.
Like, I think people always act like, Oh my God, like your parents are making YouTube videos.
It's like, I've made, I've been making YouTube videos since I was literally like four or five.
I just didn't upload them so young, but then we found out how to upload.
And then I.
Made it that changed lives, changed lives.
Yeah.
Changed lives.
Low key, but I also, I feel like people, I was always very aware of what was going on.
Like when I was 11, people would come up to me and be like, Oh my God, queen icon, slay skinny legend.
Like, and like, it was funny to an extent, but also I like, it was almost condescending.
I felt like a lot of the times and people like that, they not know.
Did I know that they're making fun of me?
Like, I was just like, it's not like, I know what you're doing.
And like a lot of these like really big influencers are iconic, but they would, um, they would
like come up to me and they would be like, Oh my God, like you're such an icon though.
Like you're so, you're so slay.
And it's like, I was an 11 year old child and I was just like, I know what you're doing.
So I was like, it was, I don't know.
It was really weird.
You learned how to read people at a young age, it seems.
Yeah.
I just, I was like, people think I'm very stupid and it's like, I'm not, not when I
was 11.
Honestly, no.
And like, you can kind of tell in like the production quality of the like videos, like
obviously like you were a kid and like you were using what, like what you had, but I
feel like you did it like very creatively.
You clearly had like no budget.
Like I'm, I'm serious.
Like at that age, I didn't even know how to like turn my computer on.
And like, you were like editing these complex like videos.
And stuff.
So like, I don't know, there's like definitely something to be admired there for sure.
I mean, I don't know.
I don't really know what I would think of me if I wasn't me.
I'd probably be like, oh my God, she's really annoying.
But, um, I mean, it was just, I've been editing for so long.
I always really liked editing.
So I would always, I would like every single day I would go in my old house, which I like
just moved out of, which was really weird.
Um.
But.
I was like, I'm going to go back to my old house.
I'm going to go back to my old house.
It's you've done a good, you've done a service to the world.
oh i'm glad you guys loved it it changed a lot i i it gave me a lot of like i don't know like
obviously like the videos were funny but i think like you were trying to be funny though
like a lot of your videos like it's clear i was in the beginning like when in the
like people are always like that's why i was trying to say earlier when they're like oh my
god like they think i'm so dumb it's like they thought i was serious a lot of these times and
it's like i was actually literally a troll for so long like like i don't know and in that sense
they were dumber than you yeah you know what i mean so also they're probably like pushing 30
like in your comments like calling you not not old sorry 30 is not old but um get it get a job
challenge back off me it's so weird yeah
is it like so like as a musician now and like having like had that like past and people like
see you that way is it hard to like listen to ariana grande now or is it like kind of just
doesn't matter anymore um well my music taste is so different now i honestly don't really
oh that's problematic controversy oh that's not wait guys we have an exclusive emory has quit
ariana grande standing no just kidding
oh yeah no i said i've said that before and people get so upset about it i don't really listen to her
yeah it's like it's normal to like change your music tastes what do you think of her
new boyfriend oh my god so ugly sorry sorry ariana he's so fugly oh my god
you don't like spongebob ariana arianka
ariana just like that guy like does anyone like him he's so fucking
i don't think i don't think anyone likes like anyone likes him
and you know he's so weird i keep seeing jump scare videos
um well kayo's mom uh is a huge ariana grande fan um and she also hates she also hates him too
like i i think i don't even think even the arianators don't like him unless they're like
really delusional oh yeah i don't yeah he's spooky he's
i was never like a huge ariana stan but oh sorry you go ahead kayo i just wanted to know did either
of you watch the uh the wicked trailer i did i did but i'm like oh i love musical theater so
i and i love wicked it was like the first broadway show i saw so i did once because it was like on the
tv and i was like oh um i'm like i'm excited because yeah because i like theater and i like
musicals um but it's uh i'm a little
uh
i get weird vibes from it now but i'm i'll watch it but is it because it's like tainted by the whole
like drama yeah now that's all do you guys know who he plays in that movie i have no he plays
bach which is like the have you seen wicked yeah yeah like the munchkin guy who like likes glenda
oh my god yeah he's such a minor character honestly like he's like a minor character
which is interesting too that like yeah that happened he's he's got munchkin riz he has
oh god that hurt that hurt but okay yeah i'm i'm excited though because i i am a musical
theater stan to the day i die and it's like i can't even sing i was in theater in high
like school but i never did like musicals because i can't sing it's my dream to be able to sing
not that i think i could be ever on broadway or anything i just it's like a pride thing but um
why don't you get voice lessons um i don't the money's tight i don't know like i i want to i
think when like i'm i'm graduating soon and i like once i get a my full-time job probably like
sophie can definitely sing she's got a good she's her voice is a great tone she's great
get at whenever she sings along to a song she's
sings on pitch so she's got it i have pitch but i don't have the i don't know how to sing through
my diaphragm very well or like mixing a head voice chest voice i don't know how like i i have a bit
of vibrato i just i literally just don't know how like what breathing through your diaphragm feels
like i don't know how to support like i just don't know all right you should start girl i'm trying
i'm emery bingham voice lessons please
um are there like any dream roles you want to play like are you ever want to do broadway or
anything like that or is it more just kind of a thing for fun it's kind of a thing for fun like
but i love theater like i don't i don't think it's like my path but i do i do like it a lot and i uh
of i love like live theater oh dream roles oh my god i swear i had some and they just like left
my head i don't know i ever just done sweeney todd right who did you play i played joanna oh my
goodness it's like for people who don't know sweeney todd it's like i was singing at the top
of my range the whole time because she sings so high um yeah it was it was kind of rough but it
was fun it was i got to like shoot someone which was fun but i love i've never seen sweeney todd
i've been on my list um i feel like you would be a good um christine and uh
phantom of the opera or have you done it already no but i get that a lot people said that a lot
during uh sweeney todd because i was singing so high and they were like oh my god like you should
totally play her which would be that'd be fun i have i'm like i'm so delusional that i like
imagine myself playing her too just kidding
you got it queen do it
well i there's so many like in my car i sing like every time i'm in the car i i'm like singing
broadway songs and like lately i've been to into heather's like i i never like listened to the
musical before like i was a fan of heather's like as a teen like the movie and then i like
recently listened to like watch the like slime tutorial of the the slime tutorial for heather's
um and now i like now i think i can beat veronica even though i i can't
yeah actually maybe that i'll go with veronica because i never be good i never the bell and i
probably wouldn't actually be very good veronica it's i would like screaming basically stages
or two it's like the same character as joanna or like screaming singing really high so
um
yeah you would have you ever like wanted to do mean girls
um there's auditions for mean girls soon i was thinking about maybe auditioning i'm not
oh really like in your local area or uh in la because i'm moving down oh cool that's so cool
you should totally you should totally try out yeah i i might i would i would want like
like gretchen or something i feel like gretchen yeah oh my gosh
oh my god i i like her character a lot too i feel like i mean i i feel like they would cast you as
regina though just because of your vibe but not because you're mean oh i didn't mean it like that
sorry i i just mean like you're kind of like i mean you have like really good makeup and like
you're very slay i don't know it would be fun i felt that high but i like i like i like i like
hers too yeah yes regina no regina oh my god i'm a singer
yeah i think i'd like to be
um oh okay pumbaa from the lion king to sing
okay okay king i see it i see thank you honey thank you yes he's he's he can sing he's a
musician too he's a he's a punk musician actually so oh yeah i feel like timon and pumbaa are punks
they are they're pretty cool
speaking of like punk is there like oh sorry like is there any genre you kind of want to like
get into that you haven't done yet or um my i hate that it's so cringe because it's
i she has a name i don't anyways she's like really really really good at electric guitar
and so like a lot of the songs have been um a bit more rock vibes which is weird
for me um but i i like it um i'm not gonna be screaming anytime soon because i'm live and i
said that you were like primo era and i was like no um but that can't be good for your voice no
that's what i was thinking i don't know my mom yeah like metal chords screaming music and it's
like i can't um but but yeah there's been like a lot of like electric guitar going on in my new
music that's really cool
are you playing it yourself or is it um
my producer is like really good at it
oh oh i see sorry i got
yeah she um I don't know she's like can play anything and like it's really scary
so there's like a lot of electric guitar I know you said you weren't like playing it yourself but
are you like do you play any instruments are you interested in learning or not well like
I would like to try more but I'm just like scared because I'm like not very but I mean maybe I mean
I haven't tried that hard so maybe I should try but it's I mean there's only so much you can do
as well like um you know like you're also like a student right like you're still like yeah there's
a little haven't happened there's a lot going on like there's yeah there's only so much you can do
so no pressure but I feel like I don't know like I feel like you can do a lot of things
like you can sing edit comedy like makeup oh wait can we talk about your makeup you are so
good at makeup like how did you learn and like what's it to you with that I watched makeup
tutorials religiously when I was little I watched a lot of things when I was little um but yeah
everything everything I've learned I learned when I was like six I guess on like YouTube but um
I just watched a lot of girls I watched a lot of like really really really old Jeffree Star videos
oh my god yes not Jeffree that's right oh my god I feel like whenever I do like those makeup
tutorials it's like that one meme of like uh Shane Dawson when he's with like Jeffree Star
and he's like I'm getting better I think have you seen that or it's like he has really bad makeup
I'm getting I'm getting better I think that's me when I like think I'm getting better at singing
and I'm not but no people with girls and I get like I'm like not very good at filming them and
I like fast and so frantic and like I feel like it's just not very calming to watch at all because
I'm like and then and then this and then like finding my makeup I don't know it's not very
calming to watch but maybe I don't know maybe I'm all good because I used to do them a lot
well I mean I don't want to
like like put any pressure on you I think you're doing a lot of stuff right now but
I think the fans like the fans are hungry for it you know they want everything they're
because I literally was off the internet for so long but um yeah maybe I should they're thirsty
for new content they make it known so you've achieved a lot at a young age um is there like
as far as um like any any like your videos is there like a favorite video you've ever done
uh well I really like I really really like the killer music video
but besides that so cool did you do that yourself um I like directed it and stuff but I had a like
videographer obviously it looked amazing thank you it was it was filmed in my
old house so it was much easier because I didn't have like a what is going on oh my god my phone is
like attacking me with that sticker thing okay sorry I got really distracted oh I saw that it
looked like an orb it looked like you know it was like like horror like images with the orb and like
it's the killer it's the killer yes you know that Wendy Williams meme that Wendy Williams
she's like the killer or no yeah maybe yeah oh okay good you know that okay I thought it was crazy
yeah oh yeah so oh my god oh yeah it was in my old house so I didn't have like at all so we were
filming for so long it was a lot of like it was actually quite the workout because I like threw
myself down the stairs a bunch of times I like was running doing laps it was a lot I feel like I
like had abs but it was fun and I really like you've you've always like like gave it your all
I think like your content I am a star oh my god
me me I must ask this I only because like I feel like I have just like nostalgic memories of this
but like how how's your sister Monroe if you if this is appropriate to talk about good she's out
there uh I don't know hey queen Monroe yeah she's she is middle school now which is whack
um and people kind of harass her
me sometimes oh really yeah well they'll be like oh my god are you ever being a sister and she's
like no I don't know who that is um he's he's great she's um insufferable sometimes but that's
her job I guess as yeah as siblings must be yeah yeah I I remember
my I remember my mom used to watch oh you're good I remember my mom used to watch like your
videos for some reason um and um she she really um liked Monroe like I she thought Monroe was like
a good actress in your videos and stuff and I thought like I always found it really cute that
you guys would like make videos together like I never had a sister and I was always jealous
she basically had a gun to her head she didn't want to film like any of those at all like I can't
you know that she was excited about or wanted to do like every single one it was like forced against
her so I was like I don't know if I want to do this but I was like I don't know if I want to do it
but I was like I don't know if I want to do this but I was like I don't know if I want to do this
like I that's what that's a vibe I got so she was really she's good she was good yeah well I was
very very specific about these videos when I was like 10 and like when my family would like angle
the camera wrong I'd be like no restart um you were like born to direct no literally yeah no I
was really really thought of that I like do that
that's um for the Valerie thing that I was talking about we uh with everyone involved we've talked
about a lot of it and I get very possessive over like my music and like music like killer I was
like really crazy about because I was like has to be this way has to be that way um which is like
kind of I need to stop but um I definitely get a little like bossy sometimes when it comes to that
I mean it's your art like you should
be that way it like a lot of people are not assertive enough like me like I would be too
scared but like it makes sense that you'd like want it to be a certain way because it's like
yours you know yeah I've been like yelling at people since very little get it right what's
your line I'm so mad at Monroe and she would like forget her line I was like why don't
I would like insult oh my goodness abuse oh my god you're like hubris
hubrick so would you actually like write out scripts for your videos for Monroe or
is it more just kind of like talk it through sometimes a lot of times I would be like
say this I would say a whole monologue and then expect her to know it then how old was she
four I was like you're a disgrace you're a disgrace to the to the human race for not
knowing this I literally just told you I would get so mad there's so many videos
I mean literally literally abusing her like mentally um I used to get my mom would be
like calm down but I was so mad when she would like get it wrong oh that's really cute though
honestly like do you think your sister resents you for it or does she like have funny memories
or both she doesn't care I don't think she's like I don't even think she really remembers
it to be honest that much but she um I don't know if you saw our like descendants video
um oh yeah I've seen it that dramatic because uh there was this one clip I don't I don't even
remember what she said but it was like we were singing it obviously it was a song and oh my god
it was this one clip and she was like mother always knows best and she was like going best
and it was like not that big of a deal at all it's like not even but I was so
mad I was going off I was like what is wrong with you get it right why are you
like crying it was a whole thing oh my god I feel like this I do remember that one do you I feel
like I don't know if this one was a fever dream but like were there like was there like a Camila
Cabello or like a Selena Gomez like song battle one or something was it a song I don't remember
what it was but there was definitely a video thing I don't actually even remember what it
was because I haven't watched you you had a lot of videos and you were also young like I could
I don't I don't remember them if I remembered them that well I'd be psychotic yeah um
definitely like a thing that she was probably forced into so she and and she served she did
justice for Monroe though justice for Monroe real I'm gonna make a meme well maybe she doesn't want
me to make memes about her but that sounds like a good meme um
Maybe, yeah, we'll see.
but i'll just like get her permission but um there there's one like question i have about um
the there's like a very famous like fight scene of on instagram live you don't have to talk about
this but like no it's fine most people think most people think it's like it was a troll like you
guys were like fake fighting is that true or the troll because uh we did it in front of our friends
and they were like do it on live this is so funny and and like 7 000 people joined and it was it was
fake we were literally texting each other what to say but um yeah that was scary and it like
it's kind of like a extremely like famous meme like i yeah i've seen like celebrities tweet
i'm just like oh my god yeah yeah that's funny it's a it's like it's
it's very it's like have you seen those like tiktok videos where it's like like culturally
significant moments that i've always you're always in them you're always in them that one's been
there constantly and like i get it though like if i were in if i were like younger and like made
stuff like that and then like i saw it on like tiktok randomly like i would not want to watch it
but like as a fan it's like oh my god this was like genius like like and i i knew like you can
tell that it was like a joke but like it was still just executed so well you know we were we
were actors i guess i don't know i we really sold it we people really did hated each other for a
while and i was like it yeah it was like you could tell it was staged but like in a good way you know
like it was really funny yeah it was great yeah i always see it on tiktok and i'm just like
oh
i well i watched it once like a year ago like all the way through and i was like we kind of ate
you guys ate yeah god not a bit well before we like wrap up the episode um
do you want to like talk about like anything else like with like what where do you see yourself in
like 10 years oh my god no pressure just just at this point so so you can look back on this so
maybe someday i don't know or not maybe you will never want to listen to it again
no i don't know i i have something that i definitely can't talk about but it's like
i don't i have something like lined up right now that i like 100 can't talk about and should shut
up about it right now um i don't know hopefully like touring or something like hopefully my music
is just hopefully hopefully the valerie thing is done i don't know
maybe 10 years i still will be working on it we'll see
can you keep us waiting we'll we'll we'll stay loyal
it's like we're loyal there were more loyal than the the rihanna stands we'll wait for the music
yeah i'm a valerie stan i'm a valerie or a valerie or valerie truther why is valerie mother
i'm up with the valerie name because i don't know the valerie truther that's so i like i'm a
valerie truther she did nothing wrong i don't know if she does anything wrong in the story or not
this feels weird to say like i have no authority to say this but i feel like very like i don't
know like proud of you for like you just achieved so much at such a young age and like
i don't know like people that kind of like put you into a box and like kind of just like
i know disrespect to you like when you were the one like providing like the comedy you know and
the like the humor and like the talent and like i don't know like you have been like an it girl
and i you like you just like deserve all the respect and like success you know
thank you i appreciate that um but yeah it's uh thank you for like i know it was like
difficult too but thank you so much like as a meme account just like contributing so much to
meme culture you are like really important in that story and like i love i don't know like
like women in general women and girls are kind of like written out of the story of the internet and
like memes in general like so i feel like you know respect should be and credit should be granted
there but also like yeah
it's so cool that like you're just like working on your music and like um like i'm glad that you like
have the platform to like do that and like put that out yeah yeah i appreciate the meme people
because it like got me where i am so i feel like that's true for everyone like we like did stuff
that like we cringe or like feel weird about now but it like it was necessary for us to like end up where we are now
yeah yeah i feel like that's just uh part of being an artist in uh 2024 you know it's true yeah
artists doing that like they're like almost trying to be a meme and it's like it doesn't work
if you're yeah that's true it has to come from the heart and like
i could tell like you you were trolling on some of your videos and like definitely there was
humor but like you were like i don't think you were trying to like become a meme
like i think you were just trying to make people you know
we're still like they took effort i guess oh my god
um well you can just tell from the editing like it's very meticulously edited and like
impr like again like i don't know how you did that at like 11.
i think i'm destined to be a meme because literally i like once a year i do something else
that just happens to be a meme again like when i fell off the skateboard what was like literally
a salute like i respect i respect it so much it's art you've already you've yeah you've established
yourself as an artist in more ways so so so more art to come yes yes thank you well i think we're
at the end of the episode but um thank you so much for coming on here um i don't know i feel
really like blessed and lucky to be able to talk to you and um i know like my listeners are listeners
are gonna be just so excited to like hear this and um i don't know i feel like we got the exclusive
like emory bingham tea and yeah um yeah of course um can you tell us like where we can find you on
social media and your music and all that um my music is on all streaming platforms um my instagram
is everything on my channel it's uh my tiktok
is emery official i know how to market myself stream killer um stream killer true yeah well
yeah thank you so much emery yeah thank you thank you guys thanks super nice talking to you bye bye
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Emory Bingham, a 16-year-old musician and content creator, is working on a horror-themed concept album centered around a fictional character named Valerie, with a rich backstory and music videos.
The album is still in development, with around 20 unreleased songs in drafts, and Emory emphasizes the difficulty of aligning songs with her personal identity versus the character-driven concept.
Emory draws inspiration from artists like Lana Del Rey and Ethel Kane, noting that concept albums often involve fictionalized narratives that feel more authentic than autobiographical truth.
Horror and surrealism are central to her artistic vision, rooted in early exposure to horror media through her mother’s influence, which shaped her creative identity and emotional expression.
Emory’s online presence, including early YouTube content and makeup tutorials, reflects a long-standing creative journey that has evolved into a multifaceted artist with strong comedic, visual, and musical skills.
She is actively exploring rock and electric guitar in her music, though remains cautious about vocal technique and performance due to self-doubt and physical limitations.
Her sister Monroe plays a significant role in her content creation, often being directed or challenged to perform lines, leading to humorous and emotionally charged dynamics.
Emory values the authenticity of her art, rejecting the idea of being a mere internet meme, and emphasizes the importance of giving credit to women and young creators in online culture.
Summary:
Emory Bingham, a 16-year-old musician and content creator, discusses her upcoming horror-themed concept album centered on a fictional character named Valerie. She shares that the project involves a rich backstory, multiple unreleased songs, and music videos, with much of the creative process shaped by character development rather than personal experience. Emory draws parallels to artists like Lana Del Rey and Ethel Kane, valuing concept albums as authentic expressions of imagination over autobiographical truth.
Her artistic journey began early, influenced by her mother’s horror media exposure, and has evolved through years of YouTube content, makeup tutorials, and comedic videos. She now blends horror aesthetics with rock elements, though remains cautious about vocal performance. Her creative process involves collaboration with a producer, and she acknowledges the challenge of balancing fictional narratives with personal identity.
Emory also reflects on her relationship with her sister Monroe, who is often involved in her videos under strict direction. She emphasizes her artistic integrity, rejecting the label of "meme" and advocating for greater recognition of young women in online culture. Her music and content are available on all streaming platforms, with a strong presence on Instagram and TikTok.
Emory expresses excitement about the future of her work, with hopes for touring and continued growth in music and storytelling.
FAQs
The album is horror-themed and centers around a character named Valerie, with a rich backstory and music videos that will reveal more about her world.
Emory has around 20 unreleased songs in her drafts, many of which are being refined for the Valerie album.
No, the album is still in development and no official release date has been announced.
Emory's mother introduced her to horror films like 'Scream' and 'Chucky,' and she recalls a formative Halloween experience watching 'The Blair Witch Project,' which shaped her appreciation for the genre.
Most of the songs are based on the fictional character Valerie, and many don't align with Emory's personal experiences or identity.
Emory's music is available on all major streaming platforms, and her content is on Instagram and TikTok under the handle @emeryofficial.
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