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"  Photo: Shervin Lainez This past April, Gina Cimmelli, a 26-year-old graduate from Berklee College of Music, ventured from her native Brooklyn to Los Angeles to record her forthcoming new EP, Summer Singles. &amp;quot;It completely changed the vibe,&amp;quot; she noted of relocating the recording sessions to the West Coast. &amp;quot;It was bright and sunny [there] while it was snowy back in New York. Because we recorded in L.A. all the songs now had this sunnier, warm vibe.&amp;quot; The brightness is palpable in Cimmelli&amp;#039;s music. Although, as the singer-songwriter told us, music has always been a mode of self-expression no matter the mood. &amp;quot;I try to write really genuine and honest moments of life...both the emotional highs and lows.&amp;quot; While &amp;quot;Like I Did,&amp;quot; the second single to be released off Summer Singles (which you can exclusively stream below) is sonically free flowing and wispy, it was the result of a hard-fought five-year relationship. &amp;quot;I wanted to get across the sadness,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;But I was also a little pissed off. I didn&amp;#039;t want it to be a full-out angry song; I just wanted it to be darker.&amp;quot; The track, she added, helped her come to terms with the fact that &amp;quot;some relationships are just better with the book closed.&amp;quot; Going forward, Cimmelli, whose track &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t Be Mad&amp;quot; was recently used in a Free People ad campaign, has straightforward goals: She wants as many people as possible to hear her music. &amp;quot;I just want to travel and infect people&amp;#039;s minds,&amp;quot; she said.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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