Newcomer Elle Varner did the right thing by releasing a Mixtape showcasing her talents before dropping an actual album. The LA Native with the melodic voice and the vintage style released Conversational Lush as a free Mixtape for her fans. Elle’s debut album, Perfectly Imperfect was supposed to drop this Winter but I sense a pushback to build more buzz of the project.

Elle is definitely working with a team who understands her appeal and her sound. Elle’s voice is like honey over the eclectic, jazzy tunes. Elle joins the league upcoming Songtresses with amazing voices who release sonic perfection in the forms of free mix tapes to draw fans in. With Lush, Elle has gained a new fan around these parts.

Elle spoke on what it was like creating the Mixtape:

The mixtape is definitely an uninhibited side of me as an artist. [With this project], it wasn’t much pressure to create it like an album, which is, like, this whole epic package and presentation. The mixtape is just me vibing off different tracks. I’m experimenting and there’s a little bit of me rapping on it. I had a lot of fun making it and I’m excited about it.

On comparisons to Alicia Keys now that they share the same label (RCA):
I have never been so confident in my life as an artist about my [album]. It definitely helps to have so many people confirm that Elle Varner is great. Even when I finished the album, I said to myself, ‘This album is no joke.’ And so, knowing that for myself, even if it sold two copies, it wouldn’t matter to me because I know that I made my best and my album is incredible and I’m proud of it. The only thing that I’m nervous about is that the closer I get to being famous it’s getting kind of weird.

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Some standouts on the Mixtape for me include GO, Ghosts and Feel Like a Woman.

Check out the Mixtape and download below.

Conversational Lush by OMGElleVarner