Renaissance came at a time when I felt ready to move forward with intention, not just momentum.
The start of that year carried a different kind of energy — less about reacting to what had happened, more about asking who I wanted to become next. The song grew from that space. From the idea that we are not fixed, and that growth isn’t about rejecting the past, but shaping what we carry from it. The artistic imagery — painting, sculpting, writing — mirrored how personal change felt to me: deliberate, creative, and ongoing.
At that point in my life, self-forgiveness felt closely tied to self-direction. I was learning that you can acknowledge where you’ve been without letting it define your limits. That becoming “new” doesn’t require erasing who you were, only seeing yourself with more compassion and agency. The music’s sense of lift and openness reflects that — strength without hardness, movement without urgency.
Renaissance holds the feeling of stepping into authorship of your own life. Not dramatically reinventing yourself, but choosing, consciously, how you shape the next version.