""Making Time Flies became an outlet during a period of flux: for overspilling currents of grief and love, as well as my usual passionate intensity.""
""After I come here, I tell myself: Let's make something, so you're not just walking around Battersea Power Station all the time.""
Charmaine Ayoku, a London songwriter, navigates her creative process while dealing with grief from her father's death in 2024. Her mixtape, 'Time Flies,' released in October, reflects her emotional journey and artistic growth. She engages in daily rituals, such as visiting Battersea Power Station, which helps her dissociate and inspire creativity. Ayoku acknowledges her tendency to overshare emotions, expressing her feelings intensely through her music, which serves as an outlet for her experiences of love and loss.
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