Hi River! Thank you for speaking with me!
What have you been working on lately?
Lately, I have been working on Music and visuals. A lot of amazing new business ventures as I prepare for release of my first EP. I have also been working with organizations such as The Phoenix Dream Center on collaborations to give back to children and families in need. Coming from experiencing a similar homeless situation it is a mission to inspire others and bring awareness to such a worldwide issue.
Who or what first got you into music?
I have been into music for as long as I can remember, I remember running into my parents room when I heard Michael Jackson then became a big fan of artist like Usher and Chris Brown. My step father was a producer so I often played in his studio learning to record and produce as well as putting on shows for my family. I grew up admiring Michael Jackson and my mother is a huge Prince fan. So with inspiration from these greats and others my dream of Super Stardom grew and continues to.
What about your music would you say is rebellious or unconventional?
Prince once said that “One can`t be different by being racey today. It’s not interesting anymore. Sexiness is in the mind, in the imagination. When you lose that it’s just skin.” In my music and who I am as an Artist I consider myself an innocent Badboy. For my looks and passion may seem to allude to the physical as it pertains to love, but that is merely the aesthetic of the body being that I am fit, tattoos, attractive to society standards yet my lyrics are always deeper. I speak with poetry and innerstanding of love. I wish for more love and imagination for music and the world. So though my appearance may speak to one’s physicality my tone and art speaks to the depths of all hearts. I am love. Inspired by the greatest in music that were also often seen as rebels of their times.
Has your musical journey had a deliberate direction, or did it gradually evolve in the direction you found?
My musical journey has had a deliberate direction as everything about my Art from poetry to music has to do with Love. It has definitely evolved as I have evolved and so does love. Be it on a Romantic level or Worldly type of love (Unity, Friendship) or self love, this love has and will always be the goal in everything that I deliver to the world. My lyrics have grown and with experience comes more to sing and write about. As real life is an inspiration for my Art and relatable to the World on whichever level is needed at any given moment.
What are your top three albums of all time?
Michael Jackson DANGEROUS
Chris Brown HEARTBREAK ON A FULL MOON
Justin Bieber Purpose or Journals
Top three artists to listen to on any given day?
Chris Brown
ZAYN
ASIAH
Any upcoming projects you want to talk about?
Purple Fantasy is a single that I recently released as well as Survivor, a defining moment in my career and life. I will be releasing visuals for both very soon. I am also teaming up with another artist for a 9 city promo tour that is also in collaboration with The Phoenix Dream Center and like organizations looking to bring hope, love, and awareness to the world. This is all in preparation for my first full project. I am very excited and looking forward to showcasing how I have grown as an artist. Much has changed. I have changed.
Please let everyone know where to keep up with you and your music!
RIIIVER JORDAN on all streaming services. Also on all Social Media platforms @RIIIVERJORDAN
