Kelaska, born Kelli Wright, is a Connecticut-based singer-songwriter. After gaining a following of over 30,000 subscribers on her Youtube channel, she began to write and create her own music. Blending dreamy waves of eerie synths with vintage rock guitars, Kelaska has found her own unique sound in the world of indie pop.
With influences ranging from Maggie Rogers to Phoebe Bridgers or even Fleetwood Mac, Kelaska likes to blend different genres and styles into her music. The singer has been releasing hit after hit this year – for our greatest pleasure!
Her new single “autopilot” is an emotional and personal track that Kelaska wrote during a period of depression. She tried to put into words the way she was feeling – especially that overwhelming comparison of how she felt as opposed to how she should have been feeling, according to what society would think.
Kelaska was on “autopilot” mode and she wrote that song as an anthem for people in her situation to relate to and especially to know that this is okay.
Kelaska explains: “I was going through a depression when I wrote autopilot. I kept feeling so overwhelmed by the comparison of how I felt and how I should have been feeling. It was hard to give any energy to anything in my life, and all I was doing was beating myself up over all of the things I wished I could change.
I kept comparing myself to others my age and that only made the situation worse. Depression is a funny thing.
Tasks that should be so easy like answering a text or going out on a fun night with your friends turn into exhausting situations. Most of the time it leads to more anxiety about feeling like an awful friend, or human being because you don’t understand why you can’t get yourself to do these simple things.
Autopilot is exactly how I was feeling in those days and I wanted to write a song that people in my situation could relate to.”
