Blake Lewis & Olivia Ryan Keene

OLIVIA LIVES: BEHIND THE MUSIC

In 2020, Olivia reached out to friend of her podcast/musical genius Blake Lewis to write a song together in support of his crowdfunded album, Wanderlust Unknown. After COVID-19 cancelled his tour dates and completely isolated her fragile, newly-transitioning self, Blake kept supporting Olivia on her songwriting and gender journeys. In 2021, she released her debut album Homecoming, co-written and produced by her personal musical hero.

It was a dream come true, but was almost immediately followed by the first of many nightmares. Creatively, she had experienced a rush of beautiful, authentic expression, but a toxic environment and complications related to her transition sent her spiraling. It took years to claw her way out of the darkness but Olivia finally broke through (with a few more albums worth of unreleased material and a renewed hunger to express herself through music).

Though she now focuses her musical passion on songwriting for other artists, late 2025 will see the release of Silhouettes, a compilation album featuring Olivia’s collaborations with Blake, spotlighting tracks she wrote in her most vulnerable moments, and celebrating the artistic period that sustained Olivia through her darkest times.

Weapon X

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Living Lightning

Fool

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