Ella Loretta Releases "Really Do"!

Really Do is a song about loving someone so much that you don’t understand how they could ever doubt it, and wanting to show them how worthy and special they are. It’s romantic, danceable, and feel-good. I write mostly on guitar, and this song started out the same way, in my childhood bedroom last year with a month left of summer to kill and my journal in front of me. The verses happened quickly over the same accoustic guitar part you hear in the final song. Then I reached a turning point and decided to think past writing the entire thing accoustically, as is usually my style, in favor of sitting down in front of my laptop to start producing the song as I was writing the rest of it. I was fresh out of my first year of music production classes in college and spent the rest of the summer working on the best demo of the song possible. The accoustic guitar, synth, and most of the background vocals from the final version of the song were all recorded that month in my room in Raleigh. The drum groove and many of the instrumental parts you hear are also based directly on my initial production. I sat on the demo for a few months, sending it in for different pitch opportunities and applications, until I got an email in January from Matt Rollings, a Grammy Award winning producer who wanted to produce my song during his visit to Berklee. That’s when everything was set into motion. - Ella Loretta in her interview with Section 36 Music

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Ella Loretta Ludwig is a singer, songwriter, and actress from Raleigh, North Carolina. Known for inventive melodies, addictive hooks, and emotion-driven storytelling, Ella creates music that will be enjoyed by fans of Chapell Roan, Billie Eilish, Rene Rapp, and Taylor Swift. She is a passionate creative and multi-disciplinary artist whose greatest joy is to connect with people through music and performance. 

Currently in her sophomore year at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ella has extensive experience in choral music and musical theater. She is a soprano with an expansive range and powerful belt, and enjoys singing a wide range of styles, including pop, jazz, and indie folk. In 2024 Ella won the Athena Prize Festival Songwriting Competition in Nashville Tennessee.