Existential Indie Folk: A Chat with Abigayle Oakley

Before The Voice, before three chairs turned, before Team Kelly — we sat down with Abigayle Oakley on the gulf coast at the 30A Songwriters Festival and talked about what it actually feels like to build a life in music when you're still figuring out who you are.Abigayle calls her sound "existential indie folk," and it fits. She writes about not having answers — about being her own worst gaslighter, about the gap between ambition and presence, about writing 100 songs in a year just to stop being precious about the process. We talked co-writing, Julia Cameron, the pressure of social media on her generation, and why a love song about a thrifted Patagonia fleece might be the most honest thing she's written.From Las Vegas, Nevada. Based in Nashville. Currently on NBC's The Voice, Team Kelly Clarkson. This is Abigayle Oakley before the world caught on.00:00 Cold Open00:38 Podcast Intro01:11 Guest Introduction03:33 Interview Begins04:58 Touring & Venues07:00 New Music & EP Release07:35 100 Songs a Year08:41 Existential Indie Folk09:37 Worst Gaslighter11:36 Social Media & Anxiety12:28 Music as Therapy14:03 Co-Writing & The Creative Process16:04 The Artist's Way & Showing Up17:09 Making the Leap18:01 Career Goals & Creative Freedom20:16 Hazel Eyed Lover in Patagonia (Story)21:53 What Are You Most Curious About?24:25 Closing & Goodbye24:44 Song: Hazel Eyed Lover in Patagonia28:29 Song: Press Three