Review Fix Exclusive: Devin Kowl Talks Missing U And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Devin Kowl, who discusses his new single, Missing U.

About Devin Kowl:

D.C. native Devin Kowl grew up under the influence of chart-topping R&B, blues, and jazz — allowing him to craft a soulful musical experience that seeps into every aspect of his songwriting and production. A 4th generation entrepreneur running his family’s company, Kowl moved to Los Angeles to pursue music, he began performing for corporate and private events throughout the city. He’s been featured at the MTV Emerging Lounge, and Scion’s Got Talent event, among many others. Recently, he put all his time and attention into writing and producing his own music, a deeply soulful R&B style and true-to-life lyrics that get to the heart of who we are as humans.

Review Fix: The first time I heard Missing U, I felt like I was watching an episode of Dawson’s Creek. It’s got a ton of ambiance and old school vibes. How did you write it?

Devin Kowl: Missing you started out as a song that was about missing the love of your life and then the meaning of it transformed into me missing myself. Given the relationship break up I was going through at the time and the pandemic that was happening. I found myself looking in the mirror and missing myself. I didn’t the know the person looking back at me which for me was different. So it became A love letter to myself in a sense and trying to give myself hope but at the same time being transparent and sharing it all with myself. part of healing is being be able to accept where you are in your own process that’s what the song is about! So it’s so much bigger than just missing someone it has so many meanings for slot of people, we are coming up

On two years of being in a pandemic…. people are missing their confidence, peace of mind & etc……..  So in witting it it took on so many meanings the more and more I got into it. I just kept writing  how I was feeling! 

Review Fix: How did the song change throughout the process?

Kowl: I think I answered that in part one! Lol!! When you write a record and then listen back to it the meaning of the record is forever changing b/c you yourself as a person is always changing & growing! So the meaning changes for you!

Review Fix: What lines are you most proud of?

Kowl: All of them! I know that’s kind of broad to say but I’m proud of them all b/c they all mean something very specific for me!

Review Fix: What does music do for you that other things can’t?

Kowl: Ahhhh music has a way of sparking emotions sometimes that other things can’t. Music is one of those things that has the ability to make sad but at the same time with the eight song can give you a lot of hope. So for me I guess the biggest thing it does is allows me a safe space to be creative.

Review Fix: What singers do you look up to the most?

Kowl: There’s so many that I love but interns if voices, I love Bobby Caldwell, I’ve become a big fan of Sting! I go through phases of listening to certain artist and right now I’m kinda stuck on those two!

Review Fix: What are your ultimate goals for this track?

Kowl: For this track my ultimate goal is for people to understand the meaning, missing you is so much bigger than Just a normal sad love song. I want people to think about whatever they are missing get the message of hope that’s in this record and be inspired. Also I want to get 10,000 streams in the first week!

Review Fix: What’s next?

Kowl: Next, I have more new music coming and I also have the music video for this song coming out!

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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