Redesya
Italian duo Redesya open up about love, creativity, vulnerability, and growing into adulthood, discussing their new EP TendeRage, London experiences, and the personal stories behind their songs.
1. After eight years as life and writing partners, how has your relationship shaped the way you create music together, and what does Redesya allow each of you to express that you might not express alone?
Our relationship affects, everything we do, especially music. Working together for eight years has built a level of trust where no idea feels too raw or awkward to throw into a project. Having this kind of connection means skipping the polite filters. Redesya serves as a safe container where vulnerability and chaos coexist without judgment. It provides a space to vent darker, messier thoughts or push boundaries that might feel too intimidating to explore individually. Let’s say that Redesya would be very different if we weren’t together and our relationship would be very different if we weren’t Redesya.
2. You describe TendeRage as “a warm hug that turns into a sudden slap in the face.” How did you arrive at this concept, and how did you balance the tenderness and rage that define the EP?
The concept came from our personal experiences of early adulthood. Life starts feeling both soft and aggressive and you find yourself acting like a child all over again: It’s often a sudden transition between comfort and chaos. The contrast between gentle melodies and rough instrumentals mirrors that exact “hug then slap” sensation.
3. Your time in London seems to have played an important role in rediscovering yourselves as artists. What did stepping away from Italy and your usual routine teach you about your sound, your identity, and each other?
When we left for London, it wasn’t just about taking our music abroad, we genuinely needed to break away from our routine back home, step out of our comfort zone, and test ourselves in a place where nobody knew who we were, and that was the most exciting thing about it: being nobodies.
Performing our originals in intimate venues was the greatest and most rewarding thing we ever got to do.
We found ourselves on tiny stages in front of rooms full of strangers, having to connect purely through our music.
More than anything, stepping away from our usual lives brought the two of us closer. We rediscovered each other not just as bandmates, but as two people who have each other’s backs when everything around them is shifting. London gave us back to ourselves with a clearer, much more unfiltered sense of who we are.
4. The EP touches on anxiety, sexuality, fake friendships, self-confidence, and nostalgia. Was there a particular subject that felt especially difficult or vulnerable to turn into a song?
Addressing personal anxiety felt the most vulnerable, since we’ve both suffered from it in two very different ways. Writing about external topics like fake friendships comes with a degree of defensive distance, but articulating something like anxiety requires thoughts that are usually hidden. Translating that into lyrics took a high level of transparency, so we’ve decided to do that ironically with “Liv”.
5. “Jessie” explores unexpected sexual self-discovery, while “Liv” embodies anxiety. How do you approach transforming such deeply personal or complicated emotions into stories that listeners can see themselves in?
The approach relies on specific, relatable details rather than abstract generalizations. We chose to talk about these two topics using personification: Liv and Jessie are, in fact, two women embodying anxiety and sexuality, allowing the listener to picture them in their head while experiencing the songs.
Framing specific details allows them to project their own experiences onto the narrative: For us it’s all about telling stories!
6. With TendeRage capturing the confusion of entering adulthood while still feeling like a lost child, what do you hope someone in their twenties—or anyone going through a period of change—takes away from the EP?
The hope is that anyone navigating these phases feels seen rather than isolated. Entering adulthood does not come with a manual, and feeling lost, anxious, or angry is a completely valid part of the process. The EP is meant to be a reminder that you don’t need to have everything figured out to move forward and that sometimes not knowing how to act is the right way to act.