

Music lights up the soul
I have been creating music ever since I was a young teen. I believe my songwriting flows from a higher dimensional source because of the way I see the world through melody and lyrics. I alway have a song for any situation, no matter how mundane or extraordinary. In 2019, I, Kerry Ilana Gibson first started releasing music under the name BitterSweet because of the range of musical styles and emotions my songs held. However, I know, as I am also an energy healer, that my words and labels carry power and that a change was needed." In 2023 I transitioned my music titles and performance identity to Ilana Joi as a way to align my desire to move my music into a higher form of offerings based on illuminating others with joy and love – fully embodying the meaning of my name - Ilana Joi.
A song about the world finally beginning to wake up to see the truth behind much of the illusions, lies, and his-story that has kept us from knowing who we all really are... sparks of loving divinity in an abundant world capable of creating from infinite possibilities.
This song explores the conflict of wanting to explore and express my truth and purpose and to be seen as I am while simultaneously desiring to stay safely hidden in obscurity because of the highs to lows dynamic of life and society. The dream is a undeniable call that must be answered while still not fully understood.
This lively song speaks of the illusion we all live under. Just as the illusive light of the moon can cast shadows and hide what lurks beneath it, so too is our world. It speaks of an awakening to realize that things are not always what they seem and that the false light we see hides the shame of the past. My hope for this song is to bring a lively awareness and simultaneous hope that despite how dire it looks, there is alway a light in the sky to guide us.












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