Between Amber Malone’s lines

Raw passion for music is gradually getting hard to come across in times where the music industry could be profitable. There are many independent artists who create great music and blend many genres together, each creating their own flare and immersive world for listeners to dive into. I have discovered a very diverse, creative, personal, genre-bending artist performing at an open mic and was awed at her soothing voice and piercing lyrics. The way she is able to sing a slower melodic song and a hyper-pop song whilst still having her identity shining through is impressive. If you need a fresh playlist, then Amber Malone has a catalog that will serve.

Since Amber is fluid in multiple genres such as Hyper-pop, Acoustic and RnB, I wondered ‘are each genres reserved for specific emotions and lyrics?’ So naturally, I started listening beyond the instrumental and tuned into her mind; Her state of mind when writing these songs. 1st January 2026, Amber released a single, ‘Care 4 U’, an upbeat RnB song with heavy lyrics describing a past relationship, exploring themes of personal hurt, self-worth and growth. This song impacted me because I can hear both pain and understanding in the lyrics and feel the honesty of being at a crossroad mentally. She poured out her heart on this track. This is my favourite song from her. I had the pleasure of interviewing Amber about herself as an artist, her process behind creating her hits and (ofc) diving behind the lyrics and straight to her thoughts when making Care 4 U. Read onto what Amber has to say:

When did your passion for music and songwriting begin ?

I really can’t remember a time where I wasn’t passionate about it. I used to write songs on the back of my school books. I used to come downstairs as a toddler and perform ridiculous songs and dances to my family. It’s just sort of always been there for me. I guess it’s just how my brain operates.

When you songwrite, do you write before finding the ideal instrumental or the other way around?

Almost always beat first. I freestyle predominantly. I like to let the music speak to my subconscious. To properly feel the music and then go from there. There’s no right or wrong way of doing it when people ask me my process especially when they are new to making music I always make it so clear that it’s literally whatever feels most natural to you personally.

Do you have specific creative period in your day to songwrite?

It completely depends on what’s going on in my life. Even the season impacts it. I could wake up on a hot sunny day and just feel completely creative and productive. Typically in the winter it tends to be evening just because I don’t want to waste the sunlight and it just usually takes me longer to feel that motivation. So a lot of factors go into it to be honest. But overall I’m always freestyling. Always romanticising and I don’t find it hard to find inspiration everywhere.

Do you write based on your life experiences?

Yes, always ! I like to portray the emotion through either past experience or through connection. Everyone has multiple versions within themselves and I really like to play around with that notion. Sometimes writing through someone else’s eyes. I mean you’re a bad guy in someone’s story just as much as you are the centre of someone else’s life.

I noticed you paint and make beautiful art, could you describe your art style and does it connect to your style of music ?

I love any art form to be honest and like most creatives I’ve never been one to box in my internal creativity. Whether it’s writing, painting, music, dance, directing, editing. I feel like creativity is a ball inside of you that builds up and needs a release. I think each avenue has a different form of that. It’s hard to put my self in a particular box for what the style is because it’s genuinely just what I’m feeling when I look at a canvas. Or when I hear a beat.

Care 4 U came out 1st Jan, the song mainly reflects on personal hurt as well as self-worth, love and growth, would you say that those themes are going to be highlighted throughout more songs later this year ?

Conscious thoughts and way of thinking to me is ever evolving. It’s like shape shifting it just never stays the same. At the time I wrote care 4 u I was painfully aware of hearing what you want to hear from someone rather than what they are actually giving you. Almost filling in the blanks to create a picture that saves you from hurt. I went downstairs to my producers room and woke him up at 5am like what beats do you have I need to talk about this. It was something I realised heavily about a situation I was in and everything sort of clicked in to place. I can’t necessarily say it will or won’t come up again. It depends whether that’s a topic that resurfaces within my life or not.

There’s a big power shift in your lyrics between your last single, ‘Feel Nothing’, and ‘Care 4 U’, what was your thought process when moving from one song to the other?

Again there wasn’t really a thought process behind it. It’s more just different versions of my character or rather different phases of the processing stage. One being more vulnerable and numb and the other being slightly more aware. But I have 100s of unreleased songs and feel nothing was made ages ago but it felt right last summer as that feeling resurfaced as I think it does for a lot of young people. Almost feeling directionless and hurt.

You included a short spoken word section in Care 4 U, would you include more sections like that in the future and/or would you create short films based around your music?

I’m a sucker for voicemails, samples, talking etc I think it adds a layer of texture but obviously it’s balance. It’s not right for a lot of songs. But when I feel it is I’m on that straight away. Yes yes and yes I love reading and writing that’s a proper passion of mine and I’ve already started working on some stuff surrounding short films but I won’t speak on that too much yet !

When you write, do you have an elaborate plan per song? like do you create a world around the release or do you let the music speak for itself?

This is a super hard question because I think it’s almost a bit of both and completely dependent on the listener. I could write something that means something to me and someone can listen and mold it to a personal experience that wasn’t how I necessarily intended, I mean that’s the beauty of art I think. I definitely naturally promote the song in the style I see it. So if it’s sad and vulnerable it’s gonna be geared more towards nature shots or solo shots representing that lonely feeling. But I mean you can find loneliness everywhere so even filming in a busy street in London singing emotionlessly can portray that image equally. So yeah I think it’s just a bit of both.

Are you interested in creating concept music?

I think concept music is incredible and again I love to try everything. I’ve made a few unreleased eps that have a complete concept running through the whole thing. However I’m not at a place in my career yet where people are going to fully tap in to that how I’d want them too. So I think timing is a massive element. Right now I’m almost under audition for people. Dropping singles and aiming to catch people who one day will be familiar enough with me that they trust the music enough to really sit and understand a tape.