The visual pairing of songs from LaRocca's upcoming sophomore EP Saudade, with its winking nods to The Sopranos and Goodfellas, does draw inspiration from the old school Italian flavor of life in Kleinburg, Ont., near Toronto, where LaRocca was raised.
, with its winking nods to, does draw inspiration from the old school Italian flavor of life in Kleinburg, Ont., near Toronto, where LaRocca was raised. "It's a VERY Italian area, a pretty different world," the smooth R&B singer, who released EPs as Sextape prior to his 2017 single "Closer" and the EP , tells Billboard. "It's not, like a Mafia-run city; I've heard there's some of that activity but I've never experienced it firsthand.
LaRocca's manager encouraged him to include both songs in the video, which the singer feels "gives people a bigger offering of the EP and makes it a little more exciting." LaRocca went into , which came out earlier this month, trying "to take a big dive deeper into myself. I felt like the first EP was a good starting point, but I was still learning. On this one I wanted to give people the idea this is actually music I want to write.
"I really feel like I've found a sound that works for me," says LaRocca, who's in the midst of writing more new material. "My voice is really developed to the spot I've always wanted it to be. On this EP I worked with a lot of different musicians, a really great choir and string players, and at all times it was really inspiring and kicked me into gear. This is really what I want to get out of myself.
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