Exclusive Interview with Bella Pan
Exclusive Interview with Bella Pan
Upcoming 100: What inspired you to become a musician, and how did you know you wanted to make music a career?
Bella Pan: Music always makes me happy, so it becomes my dream to be able to bring that happiness to people.
Upcoming 100: Can you tell us about your songwriting process? How do you come up with ideas, and what inspires your lyrics?
Bella Pan: What inspired me to write songs are like reading books, watching movie and my life, whenever I come up with an idea I go to my room and began to improvise for melody, chords and lyrics.
Upcoming 100: What are some of your biggest musical influences, and how have they shaped your sound?
Bella Pan: My influences are Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Ava Max, their music had helped my singing and songwriting to improve a lot.
Upcoming 100: What's the story behind your latest release/album/single? What inspired you to create it?
Bella Pan: My latest song is called “You Can Just Change” It’s about my baby brother’s naughty behavior but I still love him.
Upcoming 100: How do you approach your live performances? Do you have any rituals or pre-show routines that help you get ready?
Bella Pan: Before my upcoming concert I always rehearse to make sure I don’t make any mistakes on stage.
Upcoming 100: What do you hope fans take away from your music? Is there a message or theme that you're trying to convey?
Bella Pan: I hope they would be entertained and try to understand my story about my songs.
Upcoming 100: How do you balance your creative pursuits with other aspects of your life, such as personal relationships or business responsibilities?
Bella Pan: Likewise, my mother, father and brother support my creativity they are always honest how my songs sound like.
Upcoming 100: Can you tell us about some of your favorite songs or albums that you've worked on? What made them special to you?
Bella Pan: My favorite song is “Steal It All Back” it was so special to me because the melody, the chord and the lyrics are like very smooth together.
Upcoming 100: What are some of the biggest challenges you've faced as a musician, and how have you overcome them?
Bella Pan: Barre-chords! I just cried and kept practicing. It took me 2 years to be able to play the F chord.
Upcoming 100: How do you stay inspired and motivated to continue creating music? Do you have any specific habits or routines that help keep your creative juices flowing
Bella Pan: My Mom encourages me to read as much as possible to gain experience of life outside of my own, watching movies and TV shows also helped a lot. My Dad also gave me suggestions on what to do with the 2 hour daily practice routine, in most days I would just stay alone in my room and try to write lyrics for a new song.
Upcoming 100: What's next for you in terms of new music or projects? Can you give us a sneak peek into what's coming up
Bella Pan: I would just keep writing more new songs and perform as much as I can.
Bella Pan was born in 2013 in Richmond, BC. She started learning to play guitar from her dad when she was six. At age ten, she began learning to sing by following YouTube courses and quickly realized that while playing guitar is cool and fun, singing is where her true passion lies. In December 2023, she wrote her first original song called “Winter Cold.” Bella’s dad was very surprised by how well-structured the song was and encouraged her to write more. After several more well-structured original songs, Bella's natural talent in songwriting began to be recognized by her Dad. He started taking Bella out to the street to busk and signed her up for the all-age weekly open mic at the legendary venue initiated by Carly Rae Jepsen when she was a barista at Trees Organic Coffee on Granville. The host of the venue, Marq Desouza, a veteran musician in the Vancouver music scene, was ‘blown away’ by how good Bella was after seeing her first open mic performance and immediately extended an invitation for her to perform a full show at the venue’s well-known Live Music Nights. She has been performing at Trees Coffee regularly ever since.
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