Alina Bea’s big goal for 2017 is one that every musician can relate to: “To make a great record!” Currently working on her first full-length, the native Angeleno — whose name is mostly all her own (“My middle name is Beatrice, my last name is Cutrono”), describes her music as pop songs with experimental instrumentation. “Progressive pop, à la Bjork and Kate Bush,” she adds.

Quirky pop was the name of the game for her debut EP Live Undone, which delved on a broken heart (Alina's) and a break up (of her band Body Parts).

Her single “Push Back” is what came about after she got over it all; “[It’s] about is about needing to be challenged in a relationship,” she says. “It questions the validity of complete harmony and suggests that only through opposition can you really learn and grow with another person. Confrontation is necessary sometimes.”

Alina Bea talks to Myspace about the life on an Angeleno as a musician, and her songwriting processes. Hop to the next page to read the full interview.