Sunday Brunch 8: Ivy Lumi

<p>Avi’s guest in this serving of Sunday Brunch is Ivy Lumi, a singer-songwriter and Bitcoin-industry native who began writing songs in late 2023 and spent about a year and a half getting her first five tracks produced, eventually releasing under the Ivy Lumi name starting May 2025.</p> <p>Ivy shares her creative process: she “hears” melodies first and uses a mobile songwriting app (Demo) to quickly capture chord progressions, arrange instruments, and record vocal ideas before moving into fuller production workflows.</p> <p>The conversation weaves through love, presence, and emotional honesty as Ivy explains the thesis at the core of her work: “Love is the cure.” She unpacks how Bitcoiners often unshackle themselves from fiat thinking but still carry “fiat trauma,” and why inner work matters even (especially) when Bitcoin “moons.”</p> <p>Playlist highlights include Ivy’s own tracks “Wowowow,” “SideQuest,” and “The Cure” (her first song, and the title track of her EP), plus guest picks that widen the palette: Zazawowow's “It’s the Only Way Through” (Zaza also collaborated on Ivy’s “Wowowow” visuals, alongside F-Zero) and Halene’s “Greatness,” a Nostr discovery Ivy champions as the kind of music we might hear in a more abundant future.</p> <p>Ivy also shares her Geyser campaign “Love is the Cure”, offering supporter items like a Nostr badge, collectible pins, and signed CDs as a way to fund independent, Bitcoin-native art.</p> <p><strong>Executive Producer:</strong> <a href="https://primal.net/p/npub1k0q20cdcvc64h6pka8ddum6m6y2edm6mw6v73cfctjwvhq3rrejss2kmaj">Silvie</a></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://geyser.fund/project/loveisthecure">Ivy's Geyser Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="https://primal.net/ivylumi">Ivy on Nostr</a></li> <li><a href="https://fountain.fm/playlist/no72iwFjXzKCdeWVDCsl">Today's Playlist</a></li> </ul>