Blush Interview
altered.fm | March 6, 2026photos by @headnospace [2-4] + nick oei [1, 5-9]
photo by @headnospace
blush is a singapore-based band with soffi (vocals/supporting guitar) and darell (guitar/second vocalist). they weave dreamy textures of shoegaze and dreampop into their signature melancholic haze.
[ what’s ur fav piece of media rn? ]
soffi: last favourite thing i read (and made me cry) was giovanni’s room by james baldwin ❤️🩹
darell: the band melt banana because i’ve been a fan for so long, and i finally got to see them live recently in tokyo. they’re crazy af 😵💫
[ can u give a background story on how using the melodica started? ]
soffi: it’s originally our friend, nigel’s. somehow was passed along to me and i had it in store for years - was a last minute decision to include in lover’s speed! it’s super fun though, thanks nigel for letting me keep it 💐
[ do u have any early stages of any projects u would like to share? and can u tell me a lil about that? ]
soffi: darell has a solo project called, quite quiet, that some of us session for. there’s a song there i love that we may build upon~
[ any funny memories from creating “beauty fades, pain lasts forever” and/or touring? ]
darell: we met a blush gig-goer who flew 24 hours from chile to catch our gig and he and his friend treated us to philly cheesesteaks after the show. both of them have really crazy day jobs - we’re not sure but the complexity of their jobs is similar to the characters in big bang theory (science/space related stuff) 🤯
soffi: yeah, alex (flew from chile) works on space stuff while listening to blush 😵💫🔭💫
[ if u could collab with anyone, who would it be? ]
darell: i think if we can do a song with corey taylor from slipknot would be epic breh
soffi: super duper sweet dream ever would be the pixies ☁️✨
[ any last words and what u would like to promote! ]
soffi: we are writing 🥸✏️!!! and thanks for reaching out to us for this and thank you for listening 💖🎵✨
darell: write write write 🎶🎸🎤🪇 and what soffi said 😎