Existential Indie Folk: A Chat with Abigayle Oakley

Before The Voice, before three chairs turned, before Team Kelly — we sat down with Abigayle Oakley on the gulf coast at the 30A Songwriters Festival and talked about what it actually feels like to build a life in music when you're still figuring out who you are.Abigayle calls her sound "existential indie folk," and it fits. She writes about not having answers — about being her own worst gaslighter, about the gap between ambition and presence, about writing 100 songs in a year just to stop being precious about the process. We talked co-writing, Julia Cameron, the pressure of social media on her generation, and why a love song about a thrifted Patagonia fleece might be the most honest thing she's written.From Las Vegas, Nevada. Based in Nashville. Currently on NBC's The Voice, Team Kelly Clarkson. This is Abigayle Oakley before the world caught on.00:00 Cold Open

00:38 Podcast Intro

01:11 Guest Introduction

03:33 Interview Begins

04:58 Touring & Venues

07:00 New Music & EP Release

07:35 100 Songs a Year

08:41 Existential Indie Folk

09:37 Worst Gaslighter

11:36 Social Media & Anxiety

12:28 Music as Therapy

14:03 Co-Writing & The Creative Process

16:04 The Artist's Way & Showing Up

17:09 Making the Leap

18:01 Career Goals & Creative Freedom

20:16 Hazel Eyed Lover in Patagonia (Story)

21:53 What Are You Most Curious About?

24:25 Closing & Goodbye

24:44 Song: Hazel Eyed Lover in Patagonia

28:29 Song: Press Three