New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Conscious artist and abolitionist Indigo
Mateo offers up smooth new R&B record "Restart," that highlights the familiar feeling of looking back a little too fondly on a toxic relationship. With the addictive single, Indigo knows it's completely natural to wish things had turned out different, pleading "I want us to start over."
"There's really no way to sugar coat it -- "
Restart" is actually one of the more toxic songs I've written. While writing this song, I was using my imagination to romanticize a toxic relationship I had. Sometimes there are pieces of denial we hold on to instead of fully letting someone go. This song embodies the headspace one might be in when considering all the other possibilities within a connection. I want people to know it's okay to fully feel their feelings. I think that's what my music and this song is about. Not shaming ourselves, but fully expressing our hearts, and looking at ourselves and our possible choices from there." - Indigo Mateo.
Native to New Jersey, Indigo
Mateo is a Puerto Rican, Honduran, Salvadoran American singer-songwriter who can be described as a real life cartoon character. While visiting and meeting producer Richie Reseda in
Soledad prison in 2017, Indigo performed her song "Praise the Lorde" and was signed to the social impact record label, Question Culture, on the spot. After the production of her first album, Intuition, executive produced by Richie Reseda, Indigo was offered and accepted the opportunity to co-own the label in 2019. Now 27, Indigo is working on her sophomore album, Singleplayer, due to drop Fall 2021; which showcases breakup bops, rap anthems and all around main character energy.
Alongside
Aloe Blacc and Vic Mensa, Indigo contributed to the Defund the Sheriff album release in 2020 with her melodious and thoughtful song "Here Rn" Recently her latest single "YQYG" hit 1.5 millions plays on TikTok. Across the states, Indigo's healing songs and laughter are recognized, especially in NY, NJ and California. In 2018, she opened the MLK Day
Parade in LA, and her art and activism has appeared on AfroPunk's Solution Session Panel, as well as i-D Magazine. She's been a featured performer in Newark and Oakland-based venues and has built a dedicated base. Intuition, her first album, has garnered over 10,000 plays and her original music has been featured in films and productions in the Bay Area as well as podcasts based in SoCal. She is also founder of Soul Showers, a space for those who've experienced sexual violence to cleanse shame and "heal in the sun."
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