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Yes I have a Jazz album coming out. No it’s not what you expected

  • Writer: Lela Robinson
    Lela Robinson
  • Jan 25
  • 2 min read

OK, confession time.

I’ve been holding out on y’all about yet another hobby I accidentally turned into income. (At this point, I don’t even call it a side hustle—it’s more like creative muscle memory.) For a while now, I’ve been quietly creating sound bites, jingles, and mini music moments for social media creators. You know the ones—the catchy, loop-able, “wait, what song is this?” type of audio that lives rent-free in your head and boosts engagement like magic.

But here’s where it gets spicy.

I don’t just create when I’m calm and centered.


I create when I'm mad.

Specifically… when my boyfriend and I argue.

Instead of flipping tables or subtweeting like a regular person, I go into what I lovingly call a creative rampage. I pace. I hum. I write lyrics in my Notes app like a woman possessed. I turn irritation into instrumentation. Pettiness into poetry. Feelings into full arrangements.

This most recent rampage?

Oh, she escalated.

She turned into a whole album.

Introducing: Cabaret at the Corner Store 🎭🎶

An unapologetically fun, satirical, sing-along collection of cabaret, vaudeville, and jazzy show tunes that somehow manages to capture my personality better than any bio ever could. It’s cheeky. It’s dramatic. It’s theatrical in that “main character buying milk at 11pm” kind of way. Think smoky trumpets, wink-wink lyrics, spoken-word side eyes, and melodies that feel like they belong on a tiny stage with a crooked piano and a mic that squeals just a little.

This album is:

  • My humor when I’m fed up

  • My style when I’m feeling bold

  • My spirit when I refuse to be quiet

  • My musical influences all arguing with each other… beautifully

It’s satire with soul. Cabaret with a corner-store budget. Jazz hands wrapped around real emotions. And somehow, it’s also proof that even my worst moods can be repurposed into something playful, profitable, and very on brand.

So yes—what started as anger turned into art.


What started as a fight turned into a full soundtrack.


And what started as “I need to calm down” turned into“press play and sing along.”

Moral of the story?


Never underestimate a creative woman with feelings, a phone, and access to a recording app.



The cabaret starts now. 🎷✨

 
 
 

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