The Search for Ms. Wright

and I feel all kinds of ways about it. It’s my first music video ever so I’m exicted, anxious, nervous and everything else you can think of. I remember when I was a little girl, I would watch music videos on the VHS tapes my dad would make me (I didn’t have cable living with my mom). I would watch Mariah, Janet, Michael, Prince, Whitney and just sit there dazed. I wanted to sing, but I was so shy no one even knew I could sing (with the exception of my babysitter who I swore to secrecy). I wanted to dance, I wanted to be everything they were. I remember how much I loved “Man in the Mirror” and how I wanted to help people like Michael Jackson did. Those videos changed and challenged the expectations I had for my life. I secretly knew that one day I would have my own creative vision come into fruition and I would add to the world somehow.

People might listen to “Love Thing” and say oh it’s just another song about love and heartache, but I’d like to argue that it’s more than that. It is real life. It is a feeling and a situation that people go through daily. It is an acknowledgement of wrong, of conflict and the first step to healing a broken heart. I remember after I wrote it a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I realized what was wrong in my past relationships. I understood that I couldn’t point fingers without accepting who I was in certain situations. Again, this was real life. Now I have a video that reflects it. I will admit, everything in the video is a synthesis of direction/vision from Tubo (aka Danny Ocean of Evesborough Films) and myself, so it is not exactly how things played out in my actual past but it sure is close. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat out on the balcony of my house and just thought, or how many times I cried and all of the other sensitive stuff folks would never imagine me to do lol. Yeah I’m a tough cookie, but I have a heart just like everyone else… I’ve grown from the silence and tears though. I’ve learned how to handle love and life without being taken out. I will never lose my “Love Thing” again. It might fade but I will always keep love in my heart. This video will stay true to that.

I’m excited about the video not only because it is valid representation of me but because I finally did it! God placed a team of people in my life that pushed me to do something I was initially too afraid to do and for that I will forever be thankful to each and every one of them. Other people stopped believing in me. Some people only see potential, but this team… they see greatness in me and I’m so grateful. From my management, to the producer of the song, and even down to the filming crew; they see something special in me that at times I don’t even see in myself and that is super beautiful.

Everyone has asked me how I feel about completing my first video :ooooo: lol. They ask me about my expectations and honestly I don’t know what to expect. I can only hope people love the song the way I do and can dig the visuals behind it. Through this whole experience, I hear my parent’s voices in my head saying “All that matters is you do your best, always give the best of what you have to offer.” That’s kinda my personal life mantra. I obsess, perfect, and give everything I have until I know it’s the best that I can do. So I’m satisfied. Whatever will be, will be. It would be awesome to receive the love back that I put into my work though :)

Well… I think that’s all I have to say for now. The next time I write, it will probably be with my video in the post body ahhhhh :) !!! I’m so excited lol. I just wanted to come on and say a few (but not so few) words about this new chapter in my life. Until next time.

xoxo 

DeAndre Wright

I realized I don’t have a lot of photos of myself here so I’m gonna share a few of my personal ones with you guys :) Be on the lookout!