QUESTA Releases New Single and Video SHE GAVE ME

QUESTA has released his dreamy new pop rock single and music video 'SHE GAVE ME.' Juxtaposing dark lyrics with joyful melodies to capture a toxic relationship fueled by control, 'SHE GAVE ME' explores the imbalance of a one-sided relationship.

The surreal music video was directed by Isabella Vizetta. Drawing inspiration from the dystopia of A Clockwork Orange, the Freudian, tongue-in-cheek visual follows QUESTA as he undergoes intense conditioning to become a better person – someone completely different from who he really is.

''SHE GAVE ME' touches on the idea that there is no such thing as unconditional love. In many instances there is a cost to pay or at least an expectation for receiving love,' shares QUESTA, the musical alter ego of singer-songwriter Emilio Cuesta. 'The song is also about being too immature to be in a relationship and not being ready to receive love in the first place because you might not be able to give it back. Ultimately, as I learned in the relationship I was in, the milk – or the love - was never free and she needed me to be someone I was not ready to be.'

As an actor and filmmaker, QUESTA brings a visual sensibility to his lyrics, recordings, and live performances – creating music that feels equally at home on stage and on screen. His recently released single 'SOPHIE'S PLAN,' a hazy, dream pop diary entry which laments leaving a failing relationship as the loneliness is worse than the toxicity, embraces his melody-driven sound and infuses vintage psychedelic folk-rock with modern sonic elements.

Writing and self-producing his music while drawing from his background as a visual artist, QUESTA's multi-disciplinary artistry has earned his music placements in TV/film, most notably appearing in M. Night Shyamalan's Servant, and has landed him roles in both Homeland and The Beast In Me on Netflix. From a family of filmmakers where pursuing the arts was the conventional path, QUESTA is first and foremost a performer. Starting his journey into music after being cast in I Am Nobody, a musical about the evils of the modern world by Tony-award-winning playwright Greg Kotis (Urinetown), QUESTA has since opened for Charlie Blasberg & The Immortals, The Bogmen, Dounia, and more – most recently performing alongside La Femme's Marlon Magnée at Elsewhere in Brooklyn.

Photo Credit: Hannah Zimmerman

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