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ENTITY reports on Rozzi Crane's journey of self discovery.

A Rozzi concert feels more like sitting in a room with your best friend as you have a heart to heart about relationships, friends and life than your average pop concert.

At an intimate show packed to the brim at the Bardot in Los Angeles, Rozzi Crane talks to her audience between each song as if she’s catching up old friends on everything she’s been up to since the last time they’ve seen her.

Not only does she go into a detailed description of the context behind the song she’s about to sing, her lyrics make you feel like you were standing beside her as she went through the exact breakup she’s singing about.

ENTITY reports on Rozzi Crane's journey of self discovery.

Photo via Instagram/thisisrozziIt’s no wonder the 27-year-old singer describes her music as “soulful, emotional and honest.”

Pouring herself into her songs is one of the ways she found herself and the type of artist she wanted to be ever since she was pushed into the immediate spotlight at the age of 19.

Rozzi went through a roller coaster of self-discovery during her transition from being discovered and signed by Adam Levine to playing her third show at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people to playing smaller shows at L.A. clubs.

While her mission as a musician used to be about the ultimate goal, she’s finally at a point where she’s solely focused on the process and how she connects with her fans.

By being open about her secrets in her songs, Rozzi hopes that fans are able to listen to her work and feel comforted by the fact that someone else has gone through what they might be going through at the time.

You must come out at the other end of it,” Rozzi said.  “I really hope that’s how people feel when they listen to (my music). I hope they feel empowered rather than contained by it.”

But her music wasn’t the only thing to drastically change when she and Levine split ways.

Having an iconic and famous musician such as Adam Levine create a label just to sign you to it sounds like a dream. But for Rozzi, she knew this wasn’t the path she was meant to be on.

While Levine’s guidance gave her once in a lifetime opportunities and experiences, leaving his label was her biggest lesson.

While she had an intuitive feeling that Levine’s tutelage was keeping her from finding the artist she wanted to be, it was an opportunity she didn’t want to let go.

Being dropped from the label forced her into a position where she had to either fight or fly, and she chose to fly.

“Sometimes the worst, most painful experiences just lead you to the most incredible, new places and that’s what happened with me,” Rozzi said. “At one point the choice was made for me, and I knew pretty immediately that I need to listen to that voice because that voice is right and it’s time to go figure out who you are as an artist and write those songs you haven’t written yet.”

ENTITY reports on Rozzi Crane's journey of self discovery.

Photo via Instagram/thisisrozzi

So, she decided to live for herself. Rozzi started saying yes to experiences and stopped worrying so much about getting to the destination.

“In this phase in my life, what I needed to really do was kind of let stuff happen,” Rozzi said. “Let mistakes happen, let things unfold and let myself experience things and not be so afraid of what could happen.”

Eventually, this new lifestyle helped her finally start writing the songs she’s always wanted to write.

If Rozzi’s journey has taught her anything, it’s to always trust yourself.

“Listen to your gut,” Rozzi said. “Everyone always knows more than they think they know. Begin there. And just listen, don’t question yourself so much.”

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