Isabel Dumaa Shares ‘A Diary Entry of Self-Reflection’ With New Single, ‘C’est La Vie’
Rising artist Isabel Dumaa may still be new to the scene with just a handful of singles under her belt, but it hasn't taken her much time to captivate audiences everywhere.
With tracks including "Quarter Life Crisis" and "Always Leaving You," Isabel put herself on the map with infectious pop vibes and masterful storytelling, cementing her as an artist with her own powerful point of view. Today, she dropped her newest dreamy single, "C'est La Vie," and it's our favorite yet. It's a vulnerable and introspective track about self-acceptance that we can all learn something from, and it will appear on her newly announced debut EP, Just My Nature, out in October. In the interview below, Isabel shared her thoughts on the song and what's to come with her first EP.
The Story Behind 'C'est La Vie'
Isabel Dumaa: The first line that came to life from this song was "I give my best but theirs is better" and the whole song pretty quickly fell into place after that. The whole song is essentially a diary entry of self-reflection, laying the parts of me I'm working on out on the table. It's about acknowledging one's faults, but coming to terms with what you don't have control over, and finding the beauty and self love within that.
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What 'C'est La Vie' Means
ID: It's a really vulnerable song, and it was really important to me that everything I said in that song was authentic to myself and what I was experiencing at the time (and still am). Honestly, my hope is for someone to be able to listen to it and find some solace in knowing they aren't alone with what they are feeling.
Isabel's Favorite Lyric
ID: I have a few lines that I like. One is: "Apologize and apologize some more. Like all I am is just something to be sorry for. What am I sorry for?" I think part of being a woman is just having that innate feeling to cater and accommodate others, always wanting to keep the peace. I have that in me to the point that I find myself always apologizing for everything, even things I'm not involved in at all! It's a bad habit, and writing it down was almost a way of keeping myself honest about addressing it and working on it haha.
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On 'C'est La Vie' and Her Just My Nature EP
ID: "C'est La Vie" bridges "Quarter Life Crisis" and the new songs on the EP. The song essentially is a dump of all the things that are "just my nature." A lot of the other songs on the project, even if about other topics, at the end of the day have stemmed from different aspects of myself, and 'C'est La Vie' is the baseline for all of them.
It's coming this October! I am so excited to finally be putting out a project and new music. I feel like I've said "I have an EP coming soon" about a thousand times, so it's surreal for that to finally be true. It's been a multi-year journey to put out this project, lots of growth and learning, and I feel like you can hear that in the track list. I will reveal that while "C'est La Vie" and "Quarter Life Crisis" are upbeat songs, the EP has some slower moments which I'm especially excited about because that's a side of me I haven't gotten to show yet.
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