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BLAIR ROMANCE: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SISTERS

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Hailing from Eora/Sydney’s creative scene, 22-year-old Blair Romance steps into your mindscape to help you seek refuge, stand up and shout for what you believe in. If you don’t get lost in her siren-like tones, and haunting harmonies, you will surely be carried by the ship of her lyrical expression.

This nature glows of red ambience, dark thoughts and associated trauma, sharing vulnerability which connects with your soul. Blair finds herself accompanying songs with the voltaic presence she exudes herself in. Bursting onto the music scene in 2023, Blair featured in local Eora artists’ discographies such as Cherry Rype, and in 2024 released her first collaboration with her brother Michael Tok,  a very special single produced by Matrick Jones.  Blair debuted ‘Bruises’ on Halloween 2024 for the whole world to hear. An explosive introduction to the scene, Bruises marks Blair sticking her flag in the dirt, letting us know that she will leave her monumental mark.
Along with her family & united community, Blair is fighting for a very important cause to be seen and heard. With her sister Jessica, together they established STARS DON’T DIE - a cultural platform built for art, expression, and community. Today we’re launching with something deeply personal—an intimate conversation between Blair Romance and her sister Jessica. As an artist, Blair’s work is raw, evocative, and deeply intertwined with her experience of loss. In this interview, we explore her creative process, the ways grief shapes her artistry, and how expression becomes both a refuge and a rebellion. This conversation isn’t just about art, it’s about survival, legacy, and turning pain into something that refuses to be forgotten.

JESSICA TOK: Can you walk me through your creative process? How do you take an idea or feeling and turn it into something finished?


 BLAIR ROMANCE: My creative process looks different to most peoples, but also it’s completely subjective so does it really matter? While I'm not polished in my production, my friends will flick me beats they made for me and I’ll pace around in a safe space with my headphones on listening to the beat over and over again. The lyrics honestly just flow out of me. If I’m not doing it like that then I’m usually writing after something’s happened to me. Experiencing loss and going through grief gives me the push I need to get my creative juices flowing. It’s strange… if I’m too happy I feel like I can’t create.
 JT: I guess you can’t just make art for the purpose of making art.. It has to come from something greater.


 BR: Absolutely. I need something to draw from. It’s an outlet for me and that makes me feel good. 
 JT: If you had to describe your art in just three words, what would they be?


 BR: passion, pain, glory
JT: Why?


 BR: Passion, pain, glory, that’s it! There’s a lot of passion, a lot of pain and a lot of glory in my work. 
 JT: Is there a piece you’ve made that feels the most personal to you? What makes it stand out?


 BR: Aside from my song “The Future” that features Mike, my song “i feel weird” is my baby. I wrote I feel weird after I was scammed out of buying a harp for our studio. The day I found out it was never coming and I lost that money forever I sat with a beat that Annabelle Scobie made for me and everything that I’d gone through just came right out of me. It’s all about family turmoil and self-identity issues, it truly is a reflection of my internal monologue. I just remembered my family’s turbulence and the fact that I’ll never see my brother again. Thus “i feel weird” was born. 

 JT: I’d like to mention I was the whistleblower of the harp scam haha



BR: YOU were haha. You delivered me that news and it felt like my world crashed down. Wait, I haven’t told you this… As soon as I got off the phone with you I told Annabelle quick I have something for that i feel weird beat. We scrapped whatever we were working on and I immediately jumped into it haha.

JT: I guess art can be triggered by anything… A collaborative effort on both our parts. And I gotta say this track hits home for me too.

Who or what do you turn to for inspiration when you’re creating?


 BR: I honestly dive into the depths of my own brain for inspiration. I dig out every experience I’ve ever had good or bad to touch on in my art to create something that’s truly me. I can’t credit myself fully though, the artists in my circle that I work with give me constant inspiration and putting myself in their creative space allows me to dive even deeper into my projects and take risks I otherwise wouldn’t consider alone. 

 JT: Any famous people you turn to?

 BR: Mac Miller. Always. If I’m in a creative rut I’ll go to Swimming or Faces. Even though I don’t make music like him, I have a strong emotional connection and I take a lot of inspiration from him. If not Mac, Yves Tumors, or anyone who is alt rock and female. Maggie Linderman is pretty cool, I love her vibe. 
JT: You’re Mike sister, and now you’re mine too. I feel like we both carry him in different ways. How does he still show up in the way you create or move through the world?


 BR: He really shows up in the music I create and surround myself with. Everyday I’m listening to something new that we would’ve bonded together over had he still been here. I’ll get a sign in my physical world to remind me he’s always around keeping watch and navigating me. But, the biggest way he shows up in my life is through you. You carry his energy so strongly that I can’t help but be reminded of what once was every single day. You and I are now so energetically connected that when I see you I see him and I feel like a sister again. 

 JT: [lost for words and cries] I love you.


 BR: I love you. 

 JT: Sometimes creating feels like healing, and other times it can feel really heavy. Do you ever struggle with that? How do you push through those moments?


 BR: Oh yeah every time, whenever I write I struggle with it hahaha. While it’s healing it feels like an energy transfer. I’m transferring the grief I carry in exchange for art that I can verbalise. I try to push through the heaviness by writing shit verses and nitpicking every line until I get my ball rolling and create something beautiful. 
JT: I gotta say, I’m really inspired by you and how good you are at that. Knowing you from what, the age of 12? You’ve always been incredibly good at going deep and being so honest with yourself and who you are, and channeling that into your art.

What’s something you wish people understood about grief, love, and making art from both of those places?


 BR: Grief and love go hand in hand. There is no one without the other. Grief is just love with nowhere to go so you carry it with you like an annoying child that lost their mum in the shopping centre who won’t stop asking questions but all it wants is to be reassured. Grief births some of the most beautiful art you know and love today, that’s why an artist is always suffering. Not to say that an artist is always suffering… but art being born from grief feels like a resurgence of the love you don’t know where to put and I think that’s beautiful. 



JT: If Mike were here right now, what do you think he’d say about everything we’ve created together?


 BR: He’d be so proud, he’d be gushing at the sight of what we’ve chosen to do with our pain and would want in on the action. He’d be critical of course haha as it’s in his nature to be perfect but ultimately he’d be overwhelmed with pride for us…at least I can hope he would be. There would definitely be some shit like watching us trying to learn Ableton and he’d be like …. Bro what are you doing…………..


JT: Omg hahaha I’ve had many moments where I’ve tried to hook up equipment or a cord or some shit and it’s taken me an hour.. I can hear him say babe it’s so easy WHAT are you doing…..

What advice would you give to someone who’s trying to express their own journey through creativity?
BR: Sit down and go for it. Put yourself out there and get uncomfortable. Making art is embarrassing and amazing and fulfilling all at once but you have to let go of the ego that’s saying it’ll never be good enough and just create even if no one will ever see it. Do it for yourself. 
JT: Ain’t that the truth.


BR: It’s embarrassing, sorry.. It’s embarrassing to get on stage and sing my little songs.. but in a good way, not in a shameful way. In a progressive way. You’re always gonna be shit when you start something. You just gotta keep at it. 
JT: But you know what.. even when you think something's shit, it’s always going to be someone else’s inspiration. I guarantee people are looking at you thinking damn that’s cool. You just gotta do it and not care.


 BR: Absolutely. I don’t give myself credit where it’s due. Everything I hear feedback I get imposter syndrome. But it’s just the nature of it and many artists do. You can’t let it stop you. 
JT: And looking ahead, what can we expect from Blair Romance in the future?


 BR: I don’t know! blair romance will do whatever blair romance wants to do… But hopefully I can intertwine my energy with likeminded people and create a community of love and freedom. Right now my goal as blair is to give as much of myself as possible and have my brother’s story known. Expect chaos always, expect love and passion as well. Get comfy because I’m not going anywhere!!


JT: I love that, that is beautiful.






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