Sienna Evangeline keeps burning her way into pop with her latest single, Im Fire

If that sounds like a description of a force of nature, well, it is. “Force of nature” was not what was on her mind when she was writing them, but it is an accurate description of a new young singer with a great voice, who is bursting with talent and is in control of her songs.

 

Sienna is 11.

 

“‘I’m Fire,’” she says, “is a dance beat, a feel-good kind of song, and I want people to like it, and have fun when they listen to it and want to jump around and dance.” 

 

The first lines are Sienna’s high, strong voice all by itself in a slow, stretched-out, bluesy opening, the syllables soaring up and down like a bird coasting on wind:

 

Then the music starts, the beat kicks in and suddenly this bird is flying:

 

Sienna’s resumé includes playing music since age 5, when she began training in dance — jazz, hip hop, K-pop and tap. She began playing piano when she was 8 and released “I Am Strong” at age 9. She recently won a national solo theater competition and has performed extensively with bands in front of live audiences.

 

“I really just want to be a professional singer,” she said, but one who can act and dance also. “I’m a dancer, and an actress, but that just adds to the singing.” The idea is that when she is in movies she could “get to sing.”

 

“I think it’s better that you are good at singing because then it adds to the acting and dancing.”

 

She and her father write the songs, which usually, but not always, start with the lyrics.

 

“When I get the feel, then I try to find the beat that I want to go with it. But sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, Dad, I’ve been humming this sound and I really like it,’” and then they will begin creating lyrics to go with the melody.

 

Sometimes, noodling around on the piano, “finding notes and playing them, sometimes I really like the sound.”

 

Then it’s, “Oh, Dad, there’s this melody that I really want to do, and I need to come up with lyrics for it.”

 

Her first three songs have been a kind of progression. “I Am Strong” is her talking herself into believing in herself.

 

“I’m saying to myself that no matter what, I can make it through, I can do it. I want other people to feel that way, too.”

 

“Got That Spark” says “you've got that spark that makes you beautiful and fun to hang around with.” 

 

And now, “I’m Fire”: “You’re doing it now,” she says. “You can do this. Don’t be scared, be good.”

 

“Fire” and “Spark” are dance pop. The message of “Strong” is carried in a slow but powerful beat that pounds home its lesson. Even at the age of 9 her vocal range and power was evident.

 

“All three songs are sending a message to people, like how you feel inside,” she said.

 

She is working on several new tracks, with perhaps an EP later this year and, next year, her first album. Her next release is nearing completion.

 

The name is another of nature’s irresistible forces: “Cyclone.”

 

“I want to take my time with my music,” she said. “I don’t want to be like, ‘Oh, I have to make another one?’ I want to be, ‘I like this song, and I’m glad I put it out.’”

 

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