Skye Isaac: Navigating Fame, Artistry, and Authenticity in LA's Spotlight

As the city of angels casts its vibrant glow, Skye Isaac joins us to recount the tale that led her from the unsuspecting audition for "Chasing Destiny" to the bustling life of a multifaceted artist in LA. Sky opens her heart, revealing the joys and jolts of reality TV and the pursuit of a solo career amidst the constant whirlwind of collaboration with mega-talents like Solange Knowles. Prepare to be illuminated by her candid discussion on the hurdles and victories as a woman of color in the spotlight, and how staying true to oneself and embracing community support can elevate an artist's journey.

Host KC Carnage (@iamkccarnage), and Skye Issac (@sykeissacmusic) 

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

You've been on reality TV.

Speaker 2: 0:01

Chasing Destiny yes.

Speaker 1: 0:03

And we want to know like was there a drama? Like how far did you get? Like what's the tea?

Speaker 2: 0:15

I will say yes. I think the show was about finding the talent. It was a really cool experience Like, what's funny about Chasing Destiny is when I found out Kelly was putting together a group, I didn't even want to audition. My mom submitted me behind my back. Oh, I didn't want to be in a group, I just always saw myself as a solo artist. I didn't even know about it until I got an email invite to come audition for them in Atlanta. Never let that crown say she stays thriving. That's it, that's all.

Speaker 1: 1:06

That's it, that's all. That's it. That's all, that's it, that's all. Is that really it, though? What up, what up, what up, what up. This is that's it, that's All. I'm your host, kasey Carnage, and today you know what I like to do A little artist spotlight, and I got my baby girl, the beautiful, the talented Sky Isaac. I'm so excited to be here. You know what we love to do here other than talking about what's going on. I like to showcase and highlight the amazing black artists that we have here in LA and eventually, hopefully, around the world Sky. You may have seen her on SNL with Solange Knowles, chasing Destiny with Kelly Rowland and eventually, hopefully, around the world Sky. You may have seen her on SNL with Solange Knowles, chasing Destiny with Kelly Rowland, and many other TV and film appearances. She's booked and busy. She's booked and busy, but anyway, I don't need to tell her story. She can tell her story. Sky, say hi to the people, hi people, hi. Podcast. So, sky, tell us about who you are and who you are as an artist.

Speaker 2: 2:06

Well, thank you so much for having me, KC. I'm so excited for you and so proud of you. This is such a beautiful space for black women like us to express ourselves when we're really not heard in a lot of different spaces. So kudos to you, girl.

Speaker 1: 2:21

You know we got to do it. If we don't do it, who's going to do it?

Speaker 2: 2:24

Exactly, exactly, exactly. So it's an honor to be here. My name is Sky Isaac. I'm born and raised in Lafayette, louisiana. I'm a Southern girl. Okay girl, hey, baby, yeah, hey baby. What's up? Baby, how you doing, baby, yeah.

Speaker 1: 2:39

I got it.

Speaker 2: 2:41

No, but oh my God, I can't wait to go back home. I'm going to be there in a couple weeks, but anyway, born and raised in Lafayette, louisiana, and I've been a singer, obsessed with arts, everything entertainment since I was a little girl. And now I'm here in LA pursuing my dreams full time as a musician, songwriter, actress. I like to do it all and I just say that music and entertainment really is my world. It always has been, and what's important to me is that I'm always doing it authentically.

Speaker 1: 3:18

And you do, and you do. And it's so funny because I remember.

Speaker 2: 3:21

I remember when I first met you and where was that it was at Sayers, and I'm going to tell you what happened.

Speaker 1: 3:26

I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you Okay. So when Sayers was open in Los Angeles, it was like a very music forward club and we had our things. I'm singing all the time, or whatever.

Speaker 2: 3:42

Don't we miss Sayers.

Speaker 1: 3:43

I do miss Sayers, sayers, come back. I, you know, I'm singing all the time, whatever, I go away. I do miss Sayers, sayers, come back. Um, I go away to China. I go away to China to do a gig for six months, right, and I come back and there's this cute black chick, young. I'm like who is she? Who is she? Oh, my god, and it's like, and the thing is, though, for me it's like, you know, you know, unfortunately, a like they feel like it can only be one of us, but the community there was so good and I immediately was like that's my boo, like what you need, what we need to talk about, whatever. And I really like, I really was not only impressed but just honored to be in your space, because I feel like, you know, it's not enough of group support, especially, especially women of color, especially women of a darker tone.

Speaker 1: 4:28

There's always a pitting against each other to see who is going to who can't, but it can be a much and we did that. We held that shit down.

Speaker 1: 4:35

We held it down we don't hold it down, but it was like your presence was just so breathtaking. It was a softer, it was something that was intriguing as to why I think I was drawn to you, not only as a sister, friend or colleague, but as a friend Like you know what I mean, like we know each other personally. We've gotten to know each other and it's been a great experience. But my next question I want to ask you is that, like you know, as artists, you know everybody goes, you know, by aliases, but you go by your birth name, yeah, why?

Speaker 2: 5:13

is that, or did you have any? Like other names you thought about calling yourself? Honestly, I've never had any other names. Um, sky Isaac is my full name. Uh, I don't have a middle name and I and I, I just always felt like my name was a perfect expression of me and I just kept it always. Sometimes I didn't know if I wanted to be just Sky or keep the Sky Isaac. But, um, I love my name and um, I love my dad a lot. Um, and I'm proud to have his name. I'm like, when I get married, what are we gonna do? No, I love my name. I really, really do.

Speaker 1: 5:50

I feel an attachment to it, so I'm gonna have to figure, I mean, it's a modern day world, like, yeah, it could be hyphenated, you might get the first my middle name right.

Speaker 1: 5:59

Well, one of my best friends, my best friends her, um, her, um, they only had sisters, so their you know, their last names are the same. And her sister did a hyphenate because, well, one of my best friends, my best friends, they only had sisters, so their last names are the same. And her sister did a hyphenate because it was just like they don't have any boys to carry on, and I know you have a sister, yeah.

Speaker 2: 6:15

So that's what she decided to do Was being an artist something you've always wanted to be or something that you found later on it's literally the only thing I ever wanted to be, or something that you found later on it was it's literally the only thing I ever wanted to be. You know, in school, whenever, like, you get into middle school and high school and they start asking you, you know what, are you gonna go to college? They always assume you're gonna go to college and they ask you what are you gonna go to college for? What are you gonna do this and do that? That's when I started exploring other things like, of course, like music theory and stuff. But I was exploring like mass communication and stuff like that. Um, but for me nothing, nothing seemed right but music to pursue from day one and I actually enrolled in school and everything. In like two weeks before I was like I told my parents I'm not going damn, did they send that check?

Speaker 1: 7:03

No, they hadn't sent a check. No, they hadn't sent a check. Yet Colleges don't refund. No, I know.

Speaker 2: 7:08

But what was crazy was like I they didn't know that I was thinking about it that seriously, Like I really don't think I'm going to go because I don't want to waste my time and I don't want to waste y'all money. And that's basically what I told them and they were happy because they're like don't waste it. Then, Okay, Don't waste it, Don't waste it.

Speaker 1: 7:27

But it's funny that you, like I asked that question in a lot of these artists spotlights because everyone's journey is different. Right, and I would say for myself, it's like it wasn't like I've always been in choirs, I've always been, you know, musical, I've always been, you know, talented, but you know talented, but like it wasn't a, it wasn't a forefront in my life, like my forefront, because of the, you know, the family that I came from, was like, it was very much like get a job.

Speaker 2: 7:51

Make sure you're stable.

Speaker 1: 7:52

Do this and that, like that, and I'm just kind of like well, the skill sets that I've learned along the way is always going to make me stable, because if some disc crumbled, guess what?

Speaker 2: 7:59

I'm gonna build something else over here, like you know what, absolutely.

Speaker 1: 8:02

And so I went to school from communications and it's funny and you can do both. You can do both. And it's a thing where, when I decided to start this podcast, it was mainly out of the fact that I felt like I wasn't using the degree that I paid for, even though I was traveling the world in music performing everywhere.

Speaker 2: 8:21

Yeah, it's like you didn Traveling the world in music.

Speaker 1: 8:23

Performing. It was still a part of me that wanted to hone on all of the talents that you have.

Speaker 2: 8:29

I love that.

Speaker 1: 8:32

And so I do know that you're a triple threat as well. Where you trained in dance. Tell me about your journey into your artistry.

Speaker 2: 8:41

Well, my whole life I was in arts academy school, so all my schools had arts programs. So because of that, um, either dance, choir, piano, that was a part of the curriculum that I was in in school and I would take classes and you know all of that. So it was always a part of my life and I've been training since I was about like eight. I started in dance and voice and piano. I started maybe around like six, but I was always training and like trying to perfect my arts and my skills so that later on I could use it.

Speaker 2: 9:23

Because I'm one of those people like when I go into a situation, especially musically in my career, I don't want to be like the one in the room that knows the least. I want to know a little bit about theory, I want to know a little like. I want to know the terminology. I want to be able to express my ideals so that I can really like have a fair stake in the, because you know we're in a male-dominated industry and a lot of times they went to school for years to learn you know all this theory and terminology and all the notes and all this and that. So it was important for me to at least know the basics.

Speaker 1: 10:00

Um, but back back then I knew a lot more well, it's definitely, I mean it's definitely like a muscle, right, yeah. And the thing is like Sam, like all my schools we had like there was science and tech and then it was gifted and talented.

Speaker 2: 10:13

That's how they categorize it.

Speaker 1: 10:14

So, sam, like I was in all the dance classes, I was in all the choirs, things like that. So it was just something that I just had a skill to do, something that I just had a skill, yeah, to do. So integrating here into LA to do that didn't necessarily I wouldn't say it didn't necessarily come easy because, like you had a lot of the skills though I had a lot of the skills and at first it was like fake it till you make it and I realized like wait, there's a lot of people around me that really know what's going on. So it made me like dig deeper, it made me listen more, it made me, you know, uh, concentrate more. It was a little. It went from me just being a natural to actually being technical and skillful same.

Speaker 1: 10:51

And it's definitely a thing, because a lot of, a lot of the things where you um you, a lot of the things where you try to achieve what you're doing is a you know, it's a benefit, but it's also like you know it's a gift and a curse, right?

Speaker 2: 11:14

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1: 11:15

But when you were in school, was there something that you, um personally like, gravitated to the most?

Speaker 2: 11:24

Um, it's funny, I was always a vocalist but I couldn't stay in choir. I did it two years and in middle school and then, once I moved on to high school, I didn't do it, but I was always. I started doing theater, um some, just something a little bit more expressive. Uh, that kind of encompassed all the things I liked dance, acting and stuff like that. Um, so I would say that and talent shows. I was a cheerleader too, so that took up yeah, so that took up a lot of my time.

Speaker 2: 11:57

That was also a fun way to express, um, my individuality, um, so I'd say the. The thing I gravitated towards the most, probably, was like we had talent shows like twice a year, and that's the thing that I would. Baby, I was pulling out all the stops. Okay. The year before I was thinking about, okay, what am I going to do next year? And and you know, that was the most fun for me because I feel like I could be like Beyonce- okay, so what was your favorite?

Speaker 1: 12:27

what was your favorite one? What was your favorite? One like like your favorite performance in your talent show you know what I would say.

Speaker 2: 12:33

It's funny because my favorite one I was not, it wasn't a huge dramatic thing I literally stood there and sang uh, if I ain't got you, I sang that. And I don't Got you, I sang that and I don't know, for some reason that year I wanted to just show that I could sing and it went really well. I won hey.

Speaker 1: 12:54

Congratulations. Okay, girl, so you know I gotta get some of the tea right.

Speaker 2: 12:59

Yeah, one second. Is there a napkin or something? I feel my tears about to drop right here.

Speaker 1: 13:04

Are you crying? I know, my eyes water, girl, even when.

Speaker 2: 13:08

I'm performing, girl on stage. Lights just make my eyes water. You got to carry a fan. I know I'm trying to figure out what will.

Speaker 1: 13:17

You got it Okay. So you know, we got to get to the tea right, what tea you on? Girl, so you want, so you know maybe kind of you've been, you've been.

Speaker 2: 13:26

I was like that's how you've been on reality tv.

Speaker 1: 13:27

Oh yeah, destiny, yes and we want to know like was there? Like, was the show really about? Like, finding the destiny? Was there a drama like how far did you get? Like, what's the tea?

Speaker 2: 13:46

I will say yes. I think that the show was about finding the talent it was a it was a really cool experience.

Speaker 2: 13:52

Like what's funny about, uh, chasing Destiny is, when I found out Kelly was putting together a group, I didn't even want to audition. My mom submitted me behind my back. Oh, I didn't want to be in a group, I just always saw myself as a solo artist. So we I saw it and me and my mom were like, oh, that's so cool. But I was like I think I'm good. My mom submitted me behind my back.

Speaker 2: 14:17

I didn't even know about it until I got an email invite to come audition for them in Atlanta. So it was Kelly, roland and Frank Gadsden. They were holding auditions all over the country. They did some here in LA, houston, new York, atlanta, chicago I think that was all the places. So I went to Atlanta and I auditioned and it was like a whirlwind. It was crazy. There were so many girls there. I still didn't know what was going on. Like what the heck? My mom had submitted me months before that. So I still was like what is going on here? But I auditioned and they picked 15 girls and I was one of them and then we filmed here. So it was a great experience. I thought it would be a little bit more challenging or, like you know, like making the band, they had you working on it, they had you sweating. Laurianne was like boom, got, got, got. You know like. It was like I wanted someone to, just you know put me in a shape.

Speaker 2: 15:23

Yeah, that's what I wanted, but I still wouldn't have changed anything.

Speaker 1: 15:26

But you know what's funny? Because Kelly Rowland is not Beyonce. Like I feel like if Beyonce found out, y'all would be doing that. But Kelly is a very like sultry, like I'm going to sing here and I'm going to be pretty or whatever. So it kind of makes sense that, like her group, that she would be like a.

Speaker 2: 15:43

Kelly is one of the most physically beautiful.

Speaker 1: 15:47

Oh, my God. And internally beautiful people I have ever. Her voice is so soothing Like I want to hear her on like ASMR.

Speaker 2: 15:56

Like I just want her to talk to me and, yeah, she, everything about her is just like it feels like a I don't know. She, her presence, her spirit, um, even her speaking voice is so soothing, like it makes you feel comfortable right away. So, like I said, I wouldn't have changed the experience. She, um, um, and she changed my life in many ways. You know she's the one that introduced me to Solange, you know. So Kelly is like that's my girl, but the experience on the show was just exactly what I needed at the time, I think I think I, um, I made some beautiful connections. I learned a lot during that time, like that show showed me I had a lot of growing to do, like growing up period and growing as a vocalist. You know there were some incredible singers there and I actually feel like if I was on the show now, it would be a different story of course you know, because you know more well yeah and you go through things and, like you know, you get feedback and you decide what you're gonna do with it.

Speaker 2: 17:02

Are you gonna say, oh, they don't know what they're talking about, which there were a couple people on the show that were like that they weren't really trying to hear nothing about themselves. But you know, you can take the criticism and be like, okay, I got you.

Speaker 1: 17:17

I got you.

Speaker 2: 17:17

Which is what I did.

Speaker 1: 17:18

But it also, too, like you get to a point where it's like you do know what you're talking about. Now, you know what I mean, and it's a process, like you said. At that time you were in a spot where you felt like you needed that.

Speaker 2: 17:31

I needed a push, you needed it. I wanted to get Like it was a boot camp in a sense.

Speaker 1: 17:37

Yes, maybe not as intense as you would have expected. But it was but in a sense it was like because you're going off of things where you are school trained which is like you know, if you go to you know a district where it's like that is focused, it definitely helps.

Speaker 2: 17:52

But TV, but like to have a, like a direct, yeah, definitely helps but like to have a direct yeah, and like TV, and like you're being trained and critiqued by. Like Frank Gadsden, who was, you know, he choreographed for En Vogue, he danced for Michael Jackson. He's like Beyonce and Destiny's Child's first choreographer Like all of the crazy iconic choreo you know comes from him. So you have somebody like him critiquing you and talking to you and actually caring enough to tell you work on this, do this, do this, which frank and I are still in touch to this day, so grateful for that, and I've always been one of those people tell me, tell me so I can, like, get it to the next level. So it it did a lot for me awesome, awesome.

Speaker 1: 18:39

So I know that you're also a songwriter. What was one of your first songs you ever wrote?

Speaker 2: 18:46

oh gosh, my for one of the first songs. Okay, y'all don't laugh, i'ma sing it.

Speaker 1: 18:55

That's what you're here for.

Speaker 2: 18:58

It's kind of funny, but then it's kind of cool.

Speaker 1: 19:03

But it's funny.

Speaker 2: 19:03

Are y'all ready? It's not that far. One Cause you make me feel like a butterfly, make me flutter, and I never want another. You're my monarch. Love it, yeah.

Speaker 1: 19:18

Okay, I like the wordplay which is like modern butterfly, like a monarch.

Speaker 2: 19:22

Make me feel like a butterfly, Make me flutter. Yo, I thought I did the damn thing with that song. I thought I was like it's over and I was like Mariah Carey's going to hear it, Because and I was like Mariah Carey's going to hear it because, you know, she on butterfly I was like it's over, it's over. Oh my God, Y'all that was like that was years ago.

Speaker 1: 19:43

Okay, okay. So, speaking of Mariah Carey, I'm sure that that would probably be one of the answers to my next question.

Speaker 2: 19:49

What's that who?

Speaker 1: 19:49

are some of your biggest influences and how did you come up with your sound?

Speaker 2: 19:57

Oh, and how did you come up with your sound? Oh yeah, mariah is the reason that I sing. She's the absolute reason that I sing, because she was the. She was the uh music that my mom would play all the time in the car, that she made me want to even see if I could sing. You know, I was trying to emulate her voice and and all of that. So, um, she's the reason I'd say that I desire to be a vocalist. And then, oh, so many, um, there's so many artists that inspired me, not just vocally. I was heavily inspired by, like TLC, aaliyah, um, even stuff like the Carpenters Hall Oates. I experienced and I was exposed to so much music growing up, from different times in history, from different genres, so I just have so many that are dear to me, but Mariah is definitely one of them.

Speaker 1: 20:57

Okay, she's really special to me would you say you're like, how would you describe your sound, like your vibe of music and your sound like?

Speaker 2: 21:05

a sweet edgy pop sound.

Speaker 1: 21:10

I feel that yeah. I can agree, I would.

Speaker 2: 21:12

I've heard her voice before, and it's beautiful. I can agree, thank you. There's like always a hint of sweetness in there, but I like to add an edge and, yeah, I'd say like sweet edgy pop, something like that. Okay, nice.

Speaker 1: 21:27

So in all of my shows, I like to play a game. Okay, and this game for you is called who's your Jam? Who's your Jam, who's?

Speaker 2: 21:35

Your Jam.

Speaker 1: 21:36

Who's your Jam? Who's your Jam? Okay, and you're gonna tell me who you prefer.

Speaker 2: 21:39

Okay, ready.

Speaker 1: 21:39

Alright, diana Ross versus Gladys Knight.

Speaker 2: 21:44

Oh, I gotta go with Diana, me too.

Speaker 1: 21:47

But I do love Gladys Same.

Speaker 2: 21:50

Like it's yeah, gladys her song You're the Best Thing that Ever Happened To Me. That's my song that I dedicate. Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me. That's my song that I dedicate to my family.

Speaker 1: 21:59

Midnight Train to Georgia yeah, you can't say nothing to me, that song come on.

Speaker 2: 22:02

I sang that at a wedding last weekend. Girl, it was a hit on the midnight train Georgia on the midnight train.

Speaker 1: 22:09

It's so good. It's so good, okay. Lauren Hill versus Queen Latifah.

Speaker 2: 22:15

Oh, it's Lauryn.

Speaker 1: 22:16

It's Lauryn.

Speaker 2: 22:17

Yeah, I didn't even have to think about it. I love the queen, but Lauryn, she broke so many records being herself being a beautiful brown girl with locks that she took over the world. I agree.

Speaker 1: 22:35

I agree, and it's just yeah she's everything to me, so this is a trick one, and this is only for those who know. 3lw versus the Cheetah Girls.

Speaker 2: 22:45

Oh God, wait, Wait, can I even Wait?

Speaker 1: 22:54

Wait, hold on Hold on. Hold on. Hold on Wait, I on Hold on.

Speaker 2: 22:57

Hold on, wait, I couldn't.

Speaker 1: 23:02

Yo, that is hard, because why would?

Speaker 2: 23:09

Okay, because why was I singing? I don't want to be like Cinderella.

Speaker 1: 23:17

Why was I singing that the other day in the?

Speaker 2: 23:19

kitchen. Yo, we got people in the studio.

Speaker 1: 23:24

They are falling out of this question? No, because this is serious, but technically they're the same group. Wait, no one member is different, but they're the same group.

Speaker 2: 23:36

Yeah, but they are the same group. Yeah, but those one, those one or two members Make a difference. They do make a difference. I mean Smythe and Simone Swapped out.

Speaker 1: 23:44

What's her name? Swapped out, what's the Notori?

Speaker 2: 23:48

Notori yeah, yes.

Speaker 1: 23:50

But they're the same group, but you know what I'll have to. This is how I'll have to Okay, who you going to choose? Who you going to choose, guys?

Speaker 2: 23:55

I have to think about it, I have to say Cheetah Girls.

Speaker 1: 23:57

Cheetah Girls yes, cheetah Girls, they have me in a chokehold. Cheetah Girls. Okay, jennifer Hudson versus Fantasia.

Speaker 2: 24:06

Fantasia. Fantasia is one of those artists that I feel like I need to see her life yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, always for me.

Speaker 1: 24:16

That was a hard one when I was writing this up. It was a hard one because let me tell you why I love me a singing ass girl, and they are both some singing girls like they were singing, but something about Fantasia.

Speaker 2: 24:28

It's like it's the pain in her voice, like it's the struggle she has so much energy, like she has so much energy and she does not hold back one cell of her body At all when she's singing and when she's on that stage. And she's actually on my list. I need to see her live. She's absolutely incredible.

Speaker 1: 24:46

Yes, agree, agree. Okay, H-E-R her or LMA LMA you know what I'll say?

Speaker 2: 25:07

her, because she's so multi, multi-talented. She is, she is, she plays every instrument she's doing, she did.

Speaker 1: 25:09

okay, that's fair faith. Evans versus mary j blot versus Mary J Blige oh dang, yes, we do that here.

Speaker 2: 25:18

Oh dang, that's a tough one because I love me some Faith Evans. But I got to give it to Mary because I grew up listening to Mary.

Speaker 1: 25:26

All those albums. Shout out to Faith, but Mary got you in the chokehold. Yeah, Mary had you in the chokehold.

Speaker 2: 25:33

Yeah, she's like part of the soundtrack to my childhood for sure.

Speaker 1: 25:37

Okay, okay. Next one, alicia Keys. What about the Mary dance?

Speaker 2: 25:46

Mary, she didn't care, I love it, I love it, so the next one Alicia Keys versus Toni Braxton.

Speaker 1: 25:54

Oh Toni.

Speaker 2: 25:55

Toni hands down. Okay, Also part of the soundtrack to my Tony. Tony hands down, Also part of the soundtrack. Here's my thing.

Speaker 1: 26:01

Tony Braxton as a singer, but Alicia Keys as a songwriter.

Speaker 2: 26:06

Yeah, I would agree with that.

Speaker 1: 26:08

I was like Tony Braxton she had the hits.

Speaker 2: 26:10

Well, I was thinking, yeah, I was thinking vocally, vocally, yes, but all together, but as a songwriter because don't get me wrong like people trying to hate Alicia Keys, but she writes some good songs and she gonna write the anthem of the summer.

Speaker 1: 26:21

She gonna be in the Olympics. She gonna write the song for the special Olympics.

Speaker 2: 26:25

She gonna write the song for, like Alicia Keys, her penmanship you can pin hit cult classic song girl on fire yeah, I mean if I ain't got you.

Speaker 1: 26:42

If I ain't got you, people still people gonna be singing. If I ain't got you, to the day we die and those are, those are crossover records like that's another level.

Speaker 2: 26:50

When you're pinning songs like that, nobody can't say nothing about you Nothing, nothing, all right.

Speaker 1: 26:56

Last one Anita Baker versus Chaka Khan. Ain't nobody love me better than Chaka, okay, be Chaka.

Speaker 2: 27:11

I love me some Chaka. I love me some Chaka. You know we be singing Chaka down. I love me some Chaka.

Speaker 1: 27:16

But you know, anita Baker feels like if she did all the screaming and yelling at Chaka it would be Anita Baker, because Anita Baker does all that extra.

Speaker 2: 27:24

but it's like that low, smooth end. Oh, but her voice is so beautiful.

Speaker 1: 27:28

It's literally one of the most beautiful voices in the world to me, like Anita Baker, is just like the smoothest. Yeah, like it's like milk.

Speaker 2: 27:38

It's like when you put milk chocolate in milk and you stir it up, it's like it's different so did you know that, tony Tony Braxton, how she got discovered when she was demoing for Anita Baker? That makes sense that makes 100%.

Speaker 1: 27:47

Did you know that Tony Braxton was also um from my school?

Speaker 2: 27:52

really university. Yes, yes, yes, okay.

Speaker 1: 27:57

Well, that's the end of what's your jam so what's your gym? Okay, let's get back into your song because you know, like again, we're here to spotlight you and we're here to, you know, dig into the artistry of sky isaac. Let's talk about the song you're going to share. We're going to share her song today. Guys, um, one dance. What was the inspiration behind it? And the video is so cute. It was giving me like Janet Jackson futuristic, like yeah, what was the inspiration behind that?

Speaker 2: 28:27

well. The inspiration behind the song was like the feeling of feeling like you miss an opportunity, feeling like you miss somebody and this could be a romantic relationship or friendship or someone who's passed on and the feeling of you know missing them and just feeling like that train has left and like that part of your journey is over and you wish you could relive it again and maybe you would do some things differently. So around the time of the release, the pandemic was happening. So many of our loved ones were passing away. There was so much loss happening, whether it whether it was, you know, people in relationships having hard times, and I was in the studio in Lafayette, back home, with my producer, roy Chip Anthony, and I was just like I feel like I need to write something to express what's happening right now. So that's the inspiration behind the song and the music video. That's just the vibe I was feeling.

Speaker 1: 29:41

I mean, it was vibey. I was like she was dancing. She was dancing, she was just like feeling herself. But it was so sweet. So, without further ado, we're going to play One Dance by Sky Isaac, sky Chips on the train.

Speaker 1: 30:13

Oh yeah, regrets how many of us have them? Feel like we missed the train. Never to have that feeling again Again. I rest. How many of us give in, even when it's what matters the most, we never treat it like what it is, what it is.

Speaker 1: 31:01

But I didn't know. When you touch love, you don't let go. And I'm so sick cause I was so wrong. Now look at me up all night writing a song Without you. Without you, it's real blue. I miss you.

Speaker 1: 31:28

If I could, I'd take it back one time. One dance. If I have a chance, I'd go back in time. I'd change my mind. I would take it back. You know I've been needing that. You know I've been needing you. You know I've been going through Some changes.

Speaker 1: 31:58

If I had the chance, if I had the chance yeah, hard to hide Before we find it right from the start, but now we're going and play hard to get. I could say all my feelings and I'd never let you in. You got so tired of feeling like just a friend. When you touch love you don't let go. And I'm so sick cause I was swore. And now I'm up every night singing this song Without you, without you. It's real. It's real. I miss you. Take it back.

Speaker 1: 32:53

One time, if I had one more dance to show you, I'd go back in time.

Speaker 1: 33:08

I would change my mind. I would take it back. Take it back, I would take it back, take it back. I've been needing you, I've been needing you, I've been needing you. I've been going through In my head I'm chasing For one more dance, baby, take it back, take it back, take it back, take it back. I love you, I love you. I really, really love you. I want you, I need you. So come and let me show you. You know I love you. Sky, baby, yes, and that's Sky, isaac. One dance, thank you so much. Well, sky, thank you so much For coming on the show. I like to leave messages At the end of my show for whoever you want to leave a message to, or your younger self. So if you had to leave anything for the viewers out there, or maybe if you had a message for young Sky growing up, what would you tell her about becoming the artist that she wants to be, or just becoming the person and the woman that she wants to be?

Speaker 2: 34:46

That is so beautiful, casey. If I could speak to my younger self, my inner child, I would tell her no matter what it looks like your gift will make room for you. Okay, gift will make room.

Speaker 1: 34:54

All right, sky, tell them where they can find you where can they find your? Music. What can they say where?

Speaker 2: 34:59

can you find me? Where can you find me? Tell them where you're at? Social socials, social socials, social socials. What's going on? Sky Isaac everywhere. So skyisaccom S-K-Y-E-I-S-A-A-Ccom at skyisacmusic on Instagram, and tick tock and just sky Isaac everywhere.

Speaker 1: 35:23

Okay, well, you heard it here. Guys, again, you know what we're about. We do these early spotlights to showcase a lot of the artists black artists that we have here in LA and, again, like I said you know, manifest in the future, hopefully around the world. But, at the end of the day, if you have any questions for Sky, you got any questions for us. Please like, subscribe, share, do all the things. We're going to post all her information on this video and tag her and everything we do. So if you want to hear her, you heard her. Sky Isaac, thank you so much for coming, and that's it. That's all.

Speaker 1: 35:58

Desert. That's All is written by me, Casey Carnage, and produced by myself and Rick Barrio-Dill. Associate producer Brie Corey. Assistant producer Larissa Donahoe. Audio and video engineering and studio facilities provided by Slap Studios LA with distribution through our collective for social progress and cultural expression, slap Studios, la, with distribution through our collective for social progress and cultural expression, slap the Network. If you have any ideas for a show you want to hear or see, please email us at info at slapthepowercom and, as always, go to dasitdasolcom and sign up there to make sure you will never miss a thing. See you next show.