Fuck Yeah Lauren Zettler!

iamlightyear:

Hello friends - it’s been a bit, as I have been out experiencing this incredible globe of ours!  I was lucky enough to take a trip to Australia…and it was amazing.

But it feels great to be back in Brooklyn.  Whilst away, thinking and doing and seeing and being, I was brainstorming.  As a result, I’m really excited to get started on some new projects. 

First things first!  My official musical name is now I Am Lightyear.  Lightyear has always been a moniker in my mind, and will continue to be so (I’m not going to get on stage and say “I am I am Lightyear” because that sounds SILLY), but there are some other movers and shakers out there traveling all the miles like me, and it’s getting too confusing.  SO.  ”Lightyear” is no longer - when I am booked, I will be booked as “I Am Lightyear” - this way we all know WHO IS WHO.  

That doesn’t really change anything for anyone, as all of my social networks, websites, etc have used that full name…but eventually on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc, the name will be changed as well!

More soon xx

I love this picture.

Photo by Kristen Winter

"This heart, it sinks like a stone. Just rip it all out and let it bleed all alone. Just let it go."

Lauren Zettler (via fickleinstructions)

iamlightyear:

that time we stripped down it beats to a three piece and recorded it in a concrete room!

itsthemusic:

After years of releasing music as a singer-songwriter, Brooklyn-based musician Lauren Zettler needed to make a change. Her new electro-pop project, Lightyear, is catchy, yet dramatic, and shows her as graceful, but still vulnerable about her emotions. Drawing from influences like Emily Haines, Feist and Robyn while also tapping into her own technical skills — she’s a classically trained pianist and studied film scoring at the Berklee School of Music — Zettler is able to create beautifully fragile moments that build up to powerfully stirring points. 

Discover more great music on BTR Hear & There

Just, wow.

By Grace Brown

iamlightyear:

IT BEATS VIDEO PREMIERE via American Songwriter.  Reblog!

Filmed and edited by Kristen Winter//Produced by The Girlfriend Collective

Additional art direction by Lauren Glucksman//Hair+Makeup by Deborah Lopez

Helping hands by Erin Bockman and Jenna Ruggiero

Watch to see the best music video ever made! So detailed and amazing.

Lullaby by Lightyear

emilyclark:

do you still believe in God,

believe in love,

do you still blame it on me?

"As far as I know, my heart’s always known you."

Lauren Zettler

Photo by Kristen Winter