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Rounding out the album – which includes production by Pop & Oak as well as Elle and Jimmy Varner – is “Sound Proof Room,” a sensual, rock-tinged ballad which features her mother’s background vocals blended with her own. I changed direction at the end and started the last verse with, ‘I’ve decided, I’m the definition of fly…’” I was initially going to write this depressing song, but then I realized that I could try to find something positive in that situation. One night, I was so pissed that I went to my room and just let it all out. The girl that he liked was skinny and had all of these material things, like expensive bags – she was just, fly. “There was a guy that I really liked, but he put me in the ‘friend’ category from day one,” she remembers. The song is an ode to loving and appreciating all the things that make her special, by her own definition. No matter society’s narrow standards, she’s determined to honor the young woman she sees looking back at her in the mirror. With “So Fly,” Elle again speaks from her heart, but this time, she keeps the focus on herself. On “Refill,” she admits to being a “conversational lush,” one who doesn’t have the strength to know when to call it a night. Although she doesn’t recall the moment, that glimmer of a song would become a heartfelt ballad that made its way onto the album. “My friend recently reminded me about a night that we were in Miami getting ready to hit the club and I just started singing, ‘Can I get a re-fill…,’” she laughs. “Sometimes, I’ll just be humming a tune off the top of my head and it will turn into something bigger.” Such was the case with the captivating, “Refill,” a fiddle-friendly song described as a “sultry R&B joint” by MTV Buzzworthy and nominated for “Best R&B Song” at the 2013 Grammy® Awards. “I keep my phone on-hand so I can record whatever sound or phrase comes to me because I never know when it’s coming or where it’s coming from,” she says of her creative process. Like many songwriters who’ve come before her, Elle admits that ideas reveal themselves in different forms, at different times and places. “People think different things about it, but I was more focused on playing with the words and nailing the lyrical flips.” “I get stuck whenever I try to explain where that song came from because it wasn’t really about anyone in particular,” she notes. Is she talking about a pair of pumps? Maybe. At first listen, it seems as though she’s singing about someone special, but then she switches it up real quick. If you have her tell it, the song has taken many shapes and forms since she began writing it as a teenager. Leading the 11-song set is the flirty, funky single, “Only Wanna Give It To You,” produced by Pop & Oak and featuring J. “I can honestly say that I’m in love with every song on this album,” she says, matter-of-factly.
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When asked to describe her feelings about the finished product, Elle takes a moment to ponder the question. Crafting the album also proved to be a full-circle moment for the 23-year-old singer/songwriter as she enlisted the help of her parents – Jimmy Varner and Mikelyn Roderick – both of whom contributed their production and vocal arrangement talents and pushed Elle toward, and beyond, the bounds of her creativity. With the release of her debut album, Perfectly Imperfect (MBK Entertainment/RCA Records), which she wrote and co-produced, it’s evident that her early experiences have served her well. My dad always asked for my opinion about what he was working on and I remember my mom would ask, ‘What word should I add here?’ They really empowered me.”
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“At an early age, I absorbed so much about music and learned how to create a song, from beginning to end. “Growing up in the studio was absolutely normal for me, but looking back, I realize that it’s not a very common environment for a kid,” Elle says. Whether flipping through her mother’s Motown collection, singing along to Burt Bacharach classics or accompanying her songwriter parents to their recording sessions, music was an ever-present force. Hers was a childhood steeped in hooks and verses, melodies and choruses. There’s no doubt that Elle Varner’s creative journey should be filed in the latter category, but even as her destiny unfolds before her, she can barely believe her eyes. For some, living a dream is a privilege…a blessing, if you will.