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By Julia Norkus <\/h1>\n

This article was originally published on March 14, 2023. It was reuploaded on July 29, 2023 due to a technical error.<\/em><\/p>\n

Berklee artist Jessica Woodlee is no stranger to the spotlight, having performed in musicals since the age of two. Growing up in New Jersey, countless performances around the state and in New York City solidified her passion for the art that would later become her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was always music, day one,\u201d said Woodlee. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s what I was put on this planet to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

As work opportunities in theater and TV dried up, Woodlee discovered a new performance passion \u2014 writing and playing guitar. Gigging around New Jersey, Woodlee formed her first band at 13 and performed at numerous coffee shops all over the state, completing her \u201c10,000 hours\u201d of practice in the form of playing back up for others or performing by herself for four hours non-stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying to an audience that does not care about you is the hardest thing in the world, so I think that really built my stamina as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

After her first EP release at 14, Woodlee has since released seven tracks professionally, including her March 10 release \u201cBy Now.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of my artist projects, they\u2019re all very autobiographical. So they come from a state of emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy Now\u201d was written on Woodlee\u2019s eighteenth birthday, but was released when she was 20. The feeling of it being too late to release now that she was no longer 18 and worries regarding how it would be received were both obstacles in the decision of whether or not to share the song with the world. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was about to turn 20 and I was like, \u2018You know what, why does this song still resonate? And even more so than the day I wrote it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The single encapsulates the struggles of growing up, the ache of nostalgia for being small and the lack of responsibility that once was ours. Lyrics like, \u201cThought I\u2019d know what this life\u2019s about \/ And I\u2019ve been waiting in anticipation \/ Thought by now I\u2019d have figured this thing out,\u201d embody the tumult of navigating adulthood and feeling lost in finding one\u2019s own way. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ode to being lost, a gentle reminder and equally a lamentation about not having it all together, which no one in their 20s does. It\u2019s an honest reminder that we don\u2019t need to know what we want or where we\u2019re going, the important part is that we enjoy the ride while it\u2019s here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it might be able to help some people, to know that you\u2019re not alone in those feelings. It\u2019s shit, but we\u2019re in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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