Fifteen-year-old Olie Beckett is already making a confident mark on the pop scene. Armed with a genuine passion for music and a clear creative vision, he writes songs that reflect personal experiences, a sharp sense of style, and the lightness of youth. With a background in a musical family, choir training, production experiments, and inspiration from global stars, Olie blends the energy of his age with a surprising emotional maturity in every track. And it feels like this is only the beginning of a long creative journey. We invite our readers to get to know this bright young artist and his new single “Hawkeye” in our interview.

Hi, Olie! I’m really happy to talk with you and learn more about your musical journey. You’re only 15, but you’ve already managed to do a lot and find your own style. But if we dig a little deeper – is there anything in the music business that gives you doubts or maybe even some fears? 

I believe the music business gives me a lot of fears, but I wouldn’t say I have a lot of doubts. It’s a tough business to navigate and even a lot of successful artists still seem to be figuring it out. I don’t have too many doubts because I simply love music and I’m still looking for my crowd. I’m not sure what obstacles that entails, but I don’t think I’m doubtful.

Olie, since childhood you’ve been inspired by Marshmello and grew up in a musical family – vocal lessons, choir, working with Logic Pro X… What do you think helped you the most in finding your own style quickly?

I am so grateful for vocal lessons and choir to learn professional singing techniques. Choir requested that its members try to blend in with each other, so it wasn’t beneficial to find out who I was as a soloist. When I was younger, I was convinced that I wanted to sing opera, but it didn’t feel right. The thing that helped the most was listening to music I discovered on the radio, and some songs just stuck with me. When I started singing covers, I realized my influences, mostly R&B, naturally came through. I felt most like myself when I began to ad-lib and interpret songs in my own style.

You recently released a new single, “Hawkeye”, the Voxwave Magazine team congratulates you on this big event! I’d love to know, what exactly pushed you to create “Hawkeye” and what emotions were you trying to share with listeners through this song?

“Hawkeye” conveys the feeling where you just can’t tell how to feel anymore in a faulty relationship. You wish you could see things from a different perspective that would reveal the truth. The line “it’s not complicated to break the frustration,” is me saying we’re both frustrated, so what’s really stopping us from just being honest and talking it out?

When I listened to “Hawkeye,” I was honestly hooked by the bright vocal line and the energizing, driving rhythm! How did you even approach working on that sound? What helped you make the track feel so alive and powerful?

The bassline pretty much made the song. It had been reoccurring in my head and I was always thinking to put those notes down. The issue was I didn’t know how I wanted to go about shaping around the bassline at first. Once I got into a more vulnerable headspace, the song just started writing itself. Everything fell into place. The drums, the bridge, the chorus, even the lyrics. I suddenly knew exactly what I wanted to say.

Your music is very vibrant and filled with complex musical decisions and styles. Do you have an inspiration that helps you continually perfect your sound?

I have lots of inspirations, but the main one when it comes to perfecting my sound ,especially for “Hawkeye,” is Tame Impala. He has a complex style but in a very structured format.

Some artists are totally fine handing everything over to production and saying, “Just make it sound nice.” How important is it for you to be in charge of every aspect, whether it’s lyrics or production?

It is so important to me – it’s the number one thing I care about if I’m collaborating. I definitely trust other people’s instincts, but I put so much of myself into my songs that it can be really frustrating if someone changes the lyrics or production in a way that doesn’t feel true to the original vision. I do love and admire peoples feedback though, because sometimes someone will say something I never would’ve thought of, and it ends up being exactly what the song needed.

Logic Pro X, which you use to create your music, isn’t exactly easy – you can spend years with it and still not truly master it. How did you manage to get the hang of it so quickly, do you have some kind of secret?

I wish I could be like yes, I have a secret formula, but no. I just felt like I was already doing this when I played piano. I can’t play over 50 instruments but I do know my way around a MIDI. A couple of YouTube videos and intuition can do a lot if you’re truly interested in writing music. 

You know, Olie, these days it’s not just music that matters, visuals often decide everything too. How important is the visual component to you in projects, music videos, and cover art?

When I write a song and finish it, I take a listen. I feel like the way it sounds helps me visualize the way I want the video and art to be seen. It is so important that my visuals capture the feeling I get when listening to my projects. “Hawkeye”makes me think of vibrant colors but with an inverted tone due to the confusion in the lyricism. 

Let’s be real – music is a great way to talk about things that aren’t always easy to discuss in everyday life. Are there any topics you haven’t touched on in your songs yet but really want to take a risk and explore?

I am 15, and a topic I would take a risk and explore might be the struggles of growing up – especially being a teen in high school trying to figure out what career to pursue in life. This topic is hard to talk about because of societal pressure that often views passionate people pursuing certain interests as following a fruitless path.

I think our readers and your regular listeners would be interested to know if you have any big plans for future releases. Perhaps a full-length album or concerts where your fans can see you live?

I am definitely working on a full-length album! I will give subtle hints about it on my social media platforms. I plan to start performing soon locally and gradually going to bigger cities! I am so excited for my future releases and no matter where I perform live, I plan to livestream it for global fans!

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