Elyssa Plaza Reflects on Past Lessons Learned on New Single “It Was Summer”

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Elyssa Plaza releases new single “It was Summer” produced by Ryan Patrick O’Grady. “It Was Summer” is a perfectly composed record that reads like a journal entry from Elyssa as she speaks on her current mindstate reflecting on past relationships that reveal a new lense. 

When speaking on the inspiration behind the song Elyssa tells us: “I wanted to express the feelings that follow summer love. When I first began writing ‘It Was Summer’ I based it on past feelings of fun and healthy relationships I’ve been in. During this process I decided to change the focus to a particular experience I went through with a summer fling. We had initially decided to just be friends but I thought I had fallen for them afterwards so we decided to give it a try. When I wanted to end it in person, I was blind sided by them doing it first over text. I was hurt in the beginning but realized it was good nothing got too serious because I don’t think that relationship would have ever worked out long term.” - Elyssa Plaza