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 Photographed by Attis Clopton with creative direction by Tyler Givens and Kathleen Dycaico. 29 year-old artist an only child’s first Soundcloud upload goes back half a decade. Today his first album titled “Prepare The Body” will be gracing the ears of it’s listeners. Although he’s categorized under the adult contemporary genre or soul and R&B, even an only child himself can’t define his sound. Read our conversation about the dynamic album and give it a listen below! **How does it feel having your debut album released into the world in just a few days?** It feels surreal. I've been working toward this moment for so long. At one point, there were fears that it would not happen. I had surgery on my vocal cords three months before recording, so I had concerns that my voice would change or be too weak. Above all, I feel so grateful for the people in my life who have supported me during this process. I think a part of me is still in disbelief. **What was the inspiration behind "Prepare The Body?”** The name or the album itself? My life experiences and mental meanderings pretty much inspired the album. I originally wanted to name the album after one of the tracks called “I don’t go out.” This was pre-COVID. Amongst my friends, I am known as the one who doesn’t like to go out. Instead, I’m bopping around in my apartment or taking a bath, so it was a little joke. After COVID hit, it wasn’t funny nor unique because now literally no one goes out. The name ‘Prepare The Body’ speaks to my life as a dancer, my time in recovery from two surgeries, and this current moment in our culture. I feel that 2020 is just the beginning and we as a society are about to see some things. The name suggests a lot. Prepare The Body for sleep, sex, healing, or a physical/spiritual revolution. [an only child](https://soundcloud.com/an-only-child "an only child") · [Prepare The Body](https://soundcloud.com/an-only-child/sets/prepare-the-body "Prepare The Body") **What did your creative process look like when creating this album?** The process was all over the place. I usually got an idea for a song from a single lyric and then recorded a voice memo to sketch out the piece vocally. I shared with my friend and producer Crow, who then created a guitar sketch, so we had the basic structure. Some of the tracks I had already created demos, leaving us to re-record and build onto the skeleton. For one track, in particular, Crow and I struggled to find a counter-melody to the vocal. I remember hearing one in my sleep early in the AM and immediately recorded it via my phone once I woke up. Crow and I produced this at Pioneer Works and Concrete Sound in Brooklyn. Being in the studio is more technical and arduous than it seems. We often spent the entire day or more on one song, adding and removing elements as we saw fit. **If you had to describe this album in just a few words, how would you do so?** Cinematic, nostalgic, and warm. **Do you have a favorite memory from putting this LP together?** Probably when we finished putting the sounds together for the second track called “Indoor Games,” that was by far the track that gave us the most grief. We had been chipping away at it for the longest time, and I wrote it maybe five or six years ago, so to finally finish and hear the guitar solo in the outro was a big moment. I also really loved recording the background vocals for everything, especially for Tread, the third track. When live music is back on, do you think you'll have a favorite song off "Prepare The Body?" to perform? I’ll say Indoor Games again because it’s so funny to me. The only song on the record that isn’t terrifying to perform. **How would you describe your sound?** Oh, I really can’t, seriously. **What can we expect to see from you in the future?** A live performance video featuring three songs from the album.