Setting Gretchen’s words to music feels less like adaptation and more like discovery. It is always a delight to set one of her texts, they are fearless. They can be bold and confrontational, unflinching in their engagement with difficult subjects (check out Medusa), yet they are equally capable of profound tenderness and lyric beauty. She captures emotional landscapes with clarity and depth, distilling complex experiences into language that feels both expansive and precise. There is a beautiful efficiency in her writing—every word feels earned.
Jocelyn
