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Healing is a process, zigging and zagging as you try to figure out how to move on from a broken heart, an ended friendship, or just the changes that come from growing up. On Sofia Camara’s latest EP, Still Somewhere Here, she charts that journey, tackling the ups and downs of love. 

“I try to be as open and honest as possible,” Camara told OnesToWatch, referring to the vulnerable and heartfelt lyrics that litter the project. “Being open in my music is what makes me feel like I’m doing the right thing. I feel like if I wasn’t writing about my truth, then something would be missing.”

Songs like “Best Friend” and “The Last Encounter” take listeners straight to the heart of Camara’s romantic entanglements, whether it’s a friendship that always had the potential to be something more, or a final moment that the artist left in the past — “and I’m okay with that,” she declares on the latter track. 

“Unlike You,” which Camara calls her favorite on the EP “today,” is a sweeping anthem of self-love that sees the artist sing “Unlike you, I was willing to try…I’m gonna find somebody who wants me for all of my life.”

“It’s just so epic and huge. I think that song took us the longest to finish, and it was worth every little bit. It’s just such a good belting song that you scream with your friends in the car,” Camara said, slyly adding, “Or on tour.”

While some might shy away from baring it all, emotionally speaking, Camara said she approaches the songwriting process “with open arms.”

“I allow myself to have bad ideas and welcome the experience as a whole,” she explained. “You don’t leave every session with an amazing song. Sometimes I’ve left sessions with no songs. I put so much pressure on myself to always leave a session with a perfect song, but that’s when I lose the point of it all. The point is to experience the good and bad, the ups and downs. You have to embrace the moments when you feel like you can’t say anything so that when you finally can, it’s exactly what you needed to say.”

Still Somewhere Here is largely about learning from your mistakes and trusting in your instincts; something that Camara learned through the process of creating these songs. 

“As much as this EP feels so much like me, I’ve learned so much from it,” she shared. “It’s given me a clearer vision of what I want for the future, some things I’d want to change and some things I need to work on.”

As for a future album, that’s “a whole other beast,” she joked. “I know it’s gonna take time to figure out exactly what I want it to be.”

With an EP like this, Camara is sure to figure it out soon — and we can’t wait to hear what comes next. 

Listen to Still Somewhere Here below: