Eagle Owl Delivers Cinematic New Single "way out (feat. Jaydi Zavala)" and Opens Up About Its Raw, Vulnerable Energy in Our Interview
- STAFF
- Sep 3
- 7 min read
By: Staff
Eagle Owl’s “way out (feat. Jaydi Zavala)” is a haunting, powerful track that captivates with raw emotion and cinematic depth.
Eagle Owl’s new single “way out (feat. Jaydi Zavala)” is here, and it’s an electric, cinematic journey through a dark and vulnerable world. The track blends alt-pop, alt-R&B, and hip-hop to deliver a confessional experience that taps into raw emotion and a desire for escape.
We spoke with the artist about the meaning behind this track and what it reveals about his journey, a journey that’s both personal and universal. From the moment you hear the first notes, “way out” pulls you into a soundscape that feels both menacing and reflective.
But what exactly does the song represent for Eagle Owl? Is it a personal story of struggle, or does it mirror something deeper in the human experience? As we dove deeper into the layers of the song, Eagle Owl opened up about the emotions behind the lyrics and how it captures an inner battle that many can relate to. He shared insights into how this track came together, from the feeling of being mentally trapped to the vulnerability it takes to share those moments through music. We also explored his creative process, including his decision to work with Jaydi Zavala for the first time and how her voice became the perfect complement to his own. Plus, Eagle Owl reflected on the influence of his hometown’s creative community, where raw energy fuels his sound, and how he balances personal vulnerability with the pressures of a judgment-driven world.
As “way out” sets the stage for his upcoming EP, this conversation paints a picture of an artist pushing his boundaries, opening up new emotional landscapes, and inviting listeners to escape with him.
Dive into the full interview and discover the mind behind the music.
Here’s how it went:
Begin Interview:
Hello Eagle Owl, we’re thrilled to have you here for this interview! We've had an amazing time exploring your music and diving into your creative journey. Now, we’re even more intrigued to get a deeper look into both your brand and your personal and professional inspirations.
Q. We learned you are working with Jaydi for the first time, when did you realize she was the right fit for this track? How did you find and create this connection?
A. The female feature is something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I’ve reached out to countless female artists for a while; a lot of the ones I reached out to were just not doing features or were under label/contracts and couldn’t do features at the moment. This track, though, I wanted to get that Female feature cause it felt like it needed that, especially how the lyrics and the idea is. The last year or two, I’ve gone down this rabbit hole of yes, female dark pop/r&b artists on Spotify. Jaydi, I found, like the last month or two, from that “fans also like” tab off Spotify from one of those artists. I listened to a few of her tracks, loved her voice, I reached out to her, she loved the track and then sent me her take, and I loved it! It was perfect.
Q. Can you tell us about your full musical genre journey? Is this particular musical styling something you’ve always embraced from the very beginning of your journey, or has it evolved over time through influences or experimentation with other genres?
A. A lot of people move past on my music journey on what my ep messages are. For my Nightmares project, I mixed and mastered everything on that project, I wanted to try and go in this more dark/talking spoken word area of music in a sense with the odd faster rap thing, with Christian/from wording from the bible with some actual dark sensitive topics that happened in my life with influences from BONES, early Josh A and other Rap artists. When I was promoting this project many people in the Christian community from Rapzilla and these other communities just laughed about it. It was my first project but didn’t help anywhere with guidance. ‘Fireflies’ was a project going more into that Hip-Hop route from influences from The Weeknd, 6LACK and others, and talked more or less about a lot of my different relationships with woman I had growing up, from dates, to thinking if someone liked myself or questioning to it to even in recent years. INFINITY will always be my favourite on how the mixes turn out and everything, went more into this Dark Pop/R&B route with going back into embracing that Christian lyrics into it that a lot of people were not accepting again. As they feel like that’s not what the Christian hip-hop scene is all about, which you’re going in a wrong direction on trying to get the message out right. Had influences with this project from memyself&vi, Veda, BANKS, Limi more of those kind of artists, but I was going more into those styles not the lyric themes right. With the style that I want to go into, will be the same path, cause it gets people talking about, oh what is this guy doing now, as its similar to how artists like Sabrina Carpenter what she did with her album cover, people talked about it, gave her flack, that’s how my music/style is and what the idea I guess is for my project, gets people to talk about it. I’ll continue doing that.
Q. You talk about the energy in Winnipeg’s creative community being important to you. How do you think the local scene influences your music? Is there something about that environment that feeds into your sound?
A. Winnipeg is an interesting market for upcoming artists. It goes into waves; sometimes people would like to collaborate, and other times people want to stay in their corner and not help each other. But also, it’s a city that’s very cutthroat when it comes to your sound. They very much would like to hear that fast rap from you if you’re in this hip-hop market, whereas I do this hip-hop/alt pop r&b thing, and they don’t like that sound cause it isn’t this fast rap similar to like Tech N9ne or Eminem. I’ll always be grateful for where I started, and being born and raised here, but it has shown me that this market really can’t go into this global reach if they can’t support the up and coming new age of Hip-Hop/R&B artists.
Q. In terms of production, you’ve worked with both local talent and industry veterans like Travis Ference. What is it about that combination of both local and big-league influence that works for you?
A. I had a few people got this wrong with this release, I didn’t have local produce this, As I had Caileen mix my vocals/the beat and then reached out to Travis for mastering. A lot of people in the industry like major names never look at to there roots a lot and to do that. I wanted to try it out for this release with someone I know went into schooling, did that work and knows they can do that, then bring it to someone who has been in the industry, worked with those names to give yes a local level that stage level influence that it deserves. Which this track 100% deserves that.
Q. What’s the most personal or vulnerable moment you’ve captured in “Way Out”? Is there a specific lyric or emotion you feel is a true reflection of where you were mentally and emotionally when you wrote the song?
A. I feel like the chorus very much brings that ‘way out’ part for me. With the lyrics “I wish I was something, never had a way out, on my way out, try to shut it out, that it’ll, never will, work out” I’ve had times where I’ve been shut out from relationships, from friends, the church, the people closes to you, who knows. You wish you meant something right. Everyone has a different idea of their “way out”. Even with this track with myself, I sometimes go back and listen to it and be like, Oh yeah, today it means this now. I never had that happen for a song for myself, which is pretty cool.
Q. Do you have any plans to take your music out to local stages or get on the road?
A. Performing is something I need to for sure work on a lot more! I got to yes perform quite a bit the last few years, even got to do a few shows outside of Manitoba, in Ontario, which was cool! One thing I would like to do is actually open for artists, I typically always try my best to reach out to promotors for artists coming into the city to see if I can open as I want to build that fan base more. If any locals want myself open, for sure I’ll say yes! As for getting on the road would love to, the dream would be have a team, travel across Canada then hopefully one day Europe, or Greenland and other random places in the world!
Q. We love your artist name. Can you tell us the backstory of how you chose the name Eagle Owl?
A. See, I think you guys are the first time someone told me that! People are like why did you pick this name “Eagle Owl”?! Like yes it’s terrible on seo/google standards but all you have to do like most people add artist after the name and then boom you got it haha! But the story behind the name Eagle Owl as that’s my favourite type of Owl as I’m a big Owl guy! Have so many facts/things that I know about Owls and Eagle Owl’s (Eurasian eagle owls) are one of the biggest owls in the world! But my favourite type of eagle owls as there’s like 17 species of them I think, have to be the Siberian ones, they are super cute and just so cool looking!
Eagle Owl, thank you so much, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us!
End Interview
We’re happy to have shared Eagle Owl’s exciting journey with you and uncovered such inspiring insights about their creative process.
