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Blue Capricorn Questions Love on ‘WILL YOU AFFECT ME?’

Published

3 years ago

September 8, 2023

Rodrigo Caraballo-Marin is a Latinx musician from Dallas who goes by the stage name Blue Capricorn. He is a unique musician who works hard to combine several musical genres with his original sounds. The vocalist and multi-instrumentalist makes a comeback with his brand-new song, “WILL YOU AFFECT ME?”

‘WILL YOU AFFECT ME?’ was written in November 2022, at the halfway point through his brand-new EP, ¡AYÚDAME!. It’s a stand out track on the project for Blue Capricorn as he was in a very isolated time during this recording. He lived alone in an apartment far away from anyone he held dear to his heart. He was inspired by the sense of loneliness, but also by how madly in love he was.

Blue Capricorn was extremely vulnerable when creating this song. He thought the way to have it stand out was to make it complex by creating an ethereal atmosphere. Although he believed that ballads were the perfect way to close a project, this tune just happened to work.

He had his friend Skyler help with some guitar work which challenged them both to lay down the foundation of the track. Having a producer like Michael helped bring ‘WILL YOU AFFECT ME?’ to life. After it was ‘finished’ the first time, Blue Capricorn sat on it for about eight months. After this time, he revisited it and decided it was not going to be the final mix because it didn’t resonate with him the way he intended it to. After several revisions, it’s closer to the sound I’d like for Blue Capricorn to explore more.

Blue Capricorn comments on the track: “’WILL YOU AFFECT ME?’ is about letting myself be worthy of love. I had truly never been as vulnerable as I was when I recorded the track. I was in a deep state of isolation, but also love. I really dug deep into my thoughts and I didn’t know I felt so strongly about where my heart had been lately. It was in a place it’s never truly experienced that was rooted in pure love. It’s my realization that love can present itself in so many ways, and to be accepting of it once you let it be a part of your life with pure intentions.”

Blue Capricorn is still making his mark as an emerging star in the music business. He is renowned for his high-quality productions, his expanding creative abilities, and his overall passion for music which all contribute to his songs.

ABOUT BLUE CAPRICORN

Blue Capricorn is known for its eerie soundscapes and ambient moodiness in its songs. ‘It’s Cold, Yet Warm,’ his debut EP was released in 2020 at the height of the global pandemic of COVID-19, and four stand-alone songs were released the following year in 2021. His second EP, “¡AYÚDAME!.” will be released on September 8th, 2023, and has a more layered sound inspired by love and loneliness. It will be preceded by the tracks “CULEBRA,” “PALO SANTO,” and “THE STARS WILL ALIGN.” He collaborated with Michael Briggs and aimed to record a sound that didn’t divide up his sound. In his second EP, Blue Capricorn is at his most broad and subtle. He draws inspiration from boleros, jazz, experimental, and dream pop. Rodrigo referenced Nicolas Jaar, James Blake, Portishead, Nick Hakim, Billie Holiday, Frank Ocean, and Willie Colón as his biggest influences.

‘WILL YOU AFFECT ME?’ is available on all streaming platforms.

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Phoebe June Traces Love, Distance and Heartbreak on New EP ‘Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate’

Published

2 days ago

September 11, 2026

Joni Jones

For Phoebe June, some stories are easier to tell through music.

Her new EP, ‘Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate’, is an intimate collection that traces the emotional journey of a relationship from the exhilaration of falling in love to distance, uncertainty, heartbreak and, ultimately, learning to let go.

Inspired by artists including Gracie Abrams, Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers, Phoebe June combines diary-like lyricism with melancholic ballads, subtle uptempo moments and an understated, emotionally honest production style.

At the centre of the project is ‘Thursday’, a bittersweet track about loving someone from a distance and holding onto the hope that the connection might survive.

Written after Phoebe left a country that held deep personal meaning, and left someone she cared about behind, the song looks back at the relationship from its beginning. Even its title is personal: the two first met on a Thursday.

The song captures the complicated feeling of walking away from something meaningful without believing that it necessarily has to be over. It’s about distance, memory and the possibility of finding your way back to someone, while recognising that hope only works when it goes both ways.

Across six tracks, the EP develops that story in sequence.

‘Everything You Are’ opens the project with the warmth of new love, while ‘Dead Sea’ explores the security of finding someone who helps you stay afloat through difficult times. As the story progresses, ‘Thursday’ introduces separation before ‘Getaway Car’ moves into the aftermath; unanswered questions, lingering attachment and the realisation that someone can profoundly affect your life while still being unhealthy for you.

‘One Day’ leaves the door open to the possibility of a future reunion, balancing hope with the understanding that some relationships may only exist in memory.

The EP closes with ‘Ophelia’, its emotional breaking point. Inspired in part by Friedrich Heyser’s painting of the same name, the track confronts the pain of feeling manipulated and unappreciated after giving everything to someone else.

The result is a project that deliberately moves from light to dark. Phoebe June considered not only the narrative but the emotional progression when sequencing the EP, allowing the brightness of its opening to gradually give way to the heartbreak of its closing moments.

Even the title reflects that feeling.

‘Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate’ takes its name from a flower, with the image of a gate separating two people becoming a metaphor for a love that remains beautiful but just out of reach. To reach over it requires effort, just as maintaining a connection across distance, uncertainty and changing circumstances does.

Ultimately, Phoebe June isn’t interested in simply documenting her own heartbreak.

She wants listeners to recognise themselves in it.

‘Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate’ is a collection about love, nostalgia, hope and regret and about what remains when something beautiful ends up on the other side of the gate.