Will Joseph Cook on creative liberation and his new mixed-genre project, Aki Oke
I speak with the viral indie pop artist about his new and addictive “unlikely mash-ups”, celebrating an era of Facebook swag, and the simultaneous appeal and loneliness of cities like London and New York.
“I’m hoping that rather than trying to slot into an existing genre or type of music, the fans I accumulate are exclusively people who are interested in the experiment.”
What am I doing?! And what should I do?
My friend Victoria Reeser shares lessons she has learnt through her personal search for purpose, a journey that has taken her from home-schooling in Philadelphia to graduate school in the UK and discovering a passion for painting.
What am I doing? What should I do in the interim period between being where I am (point A) and where I might want to be (point B)? And what if I don’t know exactly what point B consists of, or whether, how, and when it might be achieved?