Fielded’s “Lost Youth” navigates the emotional twists and turns of getting older as a queer, feminine-presenting artist. The artist in question is Brooklyn-based R&B chanteuse Lindsay Powell.
“I only recently came out as nonbinary, but I always knew I was ever since I was a child,” says Powell. “I lived in place of not fully trusting anyone or anything because I didn’t trust or fully know myself. Every year I aged, I felt further from my ability to fulfill my dreams as an artist because of misogynistic rules of being ‘too old.’ I was also creating from a place of self-distrust and not fully giving my true self to the songs.”
After some time away from the spotlight and a discarding of her former stage name, Cake Cake Betty, the singer/songwriter/producer has finally found her safe place as Fielded. Look for their debut LP, Chuckles Deluxe (Universally Handsome), on May 2.
“When I first started touring, I was interested in making indie pop because that’s what excited me,” says Powell. “But as I got older, I started playing and learning about prog and jazz, and I rediscovered a love for R&B from the ’70s and ’90s.”
With its yearning chorus and pronounced Erykah Badu vibe, “Lost Youth” pay tribute to the latter. “When I started Fielded, I’d been immersed in the Chicago noise/experimental scene for a year or so,” says Powell. “I’m an experiential learner, and I can’t fully understand my relationship to the music unless I experiment with it. I’ve passed through many different ways of creating, but the thing that’s stood strong is my distinctive vocal style and my harmonies.”
We’re proud to premiere Fielded’s “Lost Youth.”
—Hobart Rowland
