Maggie Rogers is here to prove her Pharrell co-sign is within her sight. But on some level, Rogers hopes to avoid the trappings of such high praise. Just two years ago, the only realistic goal Rogers was dead set on pursuing was a chance gig at the Ballroom Bowery in New York City.
"I'm in the world of dreams you don't say out loud. There were dreams where it was like, ‘This is ambitious but realistic and I can accomplish it,’ ” she tells GQ. “For me, all I wanted to do was play Bowery Ballroom.” And that's precisely what she accomplished two years ago, off the strength of her prized demo reels.
Since then, Rogers has risen to new heights, and in the process, garnered an improbable invite from SNL, when she politely refused Pete Davidson's hand in marriage - it's been said that Ariana was none too pleased with Davidson's conduct that night. But Maggie let her songs do the talking. Heard It in a Past Life includes Rogers' breakout hit "Alaska." Give it a spin and hit us with your thoughts.
Heard It in a Past Life
1. Give a Little
2. Overnight
3. The Knife
4. Alaska
5. Light On
6. Past Life
7. Say It
8. On + Off
9. Fallingwater
10. Retrograde
11. Burning
12. Back in My Body
