![]() ![]() “I was basically quarantined with a broken spine until June 16 – that’s when I actually had the surgery,” she said. Nobody would operate on her in the early months of the pandemic because she was considered too high-risk, so Wiltse found herself turning to music yet again to get through the pain. The procedure was scheduled for March 31 – but then COVID-19 hit, and everyone went into quarantine. In January 2020, Wiltse’s doctor informed her she’d broken her spine a second time and would need surgery. “That plays a big part for me, personally, in being OK with changing what I want to do and finding who I am.” ![]() When she branched out into soul music, Wiltse finally found her true sound – a mix of folk and soul that felt entirely unique. The more variety of songs she listened to, the more her interest blossomed. It even led to her first D in math class – but that didn’t slow her down. Wiltse was so obsessed with consuming as much of this music as possible, she got yelled at for having her headphones in during class. She fell into a deep love with indie folk music, especially artists such as The Head and the Heart and Fleet Foxes. … I remember lying on the couch at, like, 14 years old in the summertime, listening to my iPod Touch, and ‘Skinny Love’ by Bon Iver came on, and I had a soul reaction, like ‘What is this sound? How did I just find this?’ That launched me.” ![]() “So through that, music, books and writing really saved me. “I was getting tossed back and forth between the two for years and years,” she said. But it was also Wiltse’s first introduction to music as a coping mechanism. This formative period was marked by stretches without internet access or even food because her parents couldn’t afford them during their legal battle. Wiltse’s parents divorced the same year, and because her mom was out of town often as a flight attendant, she spent a great deal of time with her dad, an editorial photographer. She was 14 by then, and her doctor advised her to quit gymnastics if she didn’t want to end up on a stretcher. ![]()
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