Q&A: Earth to Eve Demands Women Take Up Space on “Never Change for a Man”
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
☆ BY KIMBERLY KAPELA ☆
Photo Credit: Eve Weisberger
EARTH TO EVE HAS NEVER BEEN INTERESTED IN MAKING HERSELF SMALL — Women are taught early how to disappear. To lower their voices. To rethink their outfits. To hold their keys between their fingers while walking home at night. To dilute themselves just enough to stay safe, just enough to survive. Earth to Eve’s new single, “Never Change for a Man,” confronts that conditioning head-on, naming the emotional toll of living in a world where simply existing visibly and authentically can feel like an act of defiance.
At its core, “Never Change for a Man” is a song about survival, but it refuses to stay small. Soulful and intimate in its opening moments, the track gradually swells into a larger-than-life alt-pop release that feels cinematic and unapologetic.
“‘Never Change for a Man’ reflects on the quiet compromises women are taught to make, softening our voices and dulling our sparkle to avoid harm,” Earth to Eve says. “It’s about all the ways we learn to make ourselves smaller just to stay safe, and my desperate wish for a world where the next generation can be who they are without consequences or caveats.”
That refusal to shrink is embedded not only in the lyrics, but in the song’s production itself. Rather than leaning into aggression, Eve chose scale and power, something expansive, commanding and feminine on its own terms.
“I wanted it to be this large, not aggressive production, but this femme fatale, very empowering, emboldened production,” she says to Luna. “Even though the lyrics are talking about being terrified to walk down the street at night and not feeling comfortable in one’s own skin, I hope that it can be a form of let’s take back this power. Be bigger. Be more firm in ourselves. Take up space that people are telling us not to take up and just exist.”
Earth to Eve’s autonomy as an artist only deepens the impact. Built entirely by Eve’s own hands, the project is fully self-sustained: she writes and produces every song, films and edits her own visual content, and designs all accompanying artwork. Inspired by artists like Mac Miller, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, and Ren, Eve’s lyricism is raw and reflective, rooted in mental health, identity, and resilience rather than surface-level catharsis.
Survival doesn’t have to be silent. Simply existing, fully and fearlessly, can be revolutionary.
Photo Credit: Eve Weisberger
LUNA: Thank you for talking to Luna. Our readers would love to get to know you and your music more. For any readers who aren’t familiar with you yet, what inspires the atmosphere or sonic world you aim to create for your listeners?
EARTH TO EVE: From a sonic perspective, I take a lot of inspiration from Nina Simone — the jazziness, the tenderness and intimacy of her vocals. Amy Winehouse for the gritty, more guttural, unapologetic, rash type lyricism. Mac Miller for the lackadaisical, nonchalant delivery, and also some of that jazzy influence. I was a big musical theater kid growing up, so I really like drama and big cinematic productions that feel like they're telling a greater narrative. So a lot of inspiration for building out the actual furnishings of the world, all the instrumentation comes from live theater productions. Visually, it’s just from what I see on the street, I watch a lot of films and science fiction.
LUNA: Your newest single “Never Change for a Man” explores the ways women are socialized to make themselves smaller. What inspired you to write this song, and was there a particular moment that sparked its creation?
EARTH TO EVE: I think my whole life, honestly. I used to work in corporate finance, so whether it was working in those settings and being in rooms and meetings that I felt like I didn't belong in, and that people would ask me to shrink myself very literally, to be in those rooms or those romantic relationships, where I felt like I had to often dull my sparkle so that other men would be comfortable and not feel like outshined, in a way. It's not even necessarily shine. It's lowering the volume of my voice, dressing differently, not as eccentric or outlandish and things like that. And especially in the music industry, it's felt like I've had to fit into a character in a mold when I was in rooms with like other producers. That's a big part of why I learned to produce my own music, and I wanted to be wholly self-sufficient, so I didn't have to be reliant and pushed around by other people, and in this industry, predominantly men. I would say it was a general lifetime of experience and just being kind of fed up with that and wishing no other woman or no other individual had to ever put up with that.
LUNA: The song confronts quiet compromises and survival mechanisms. How do you hope listeners, especially women, can connect with or find empowerment through this track?
EARTH TO EVE: I wanted it to be this large, not aggressive production, but this femme fatale, very empowering, emboldened production that, even though the lyrics are talking about being terrified to walk down the street at night and not feeling comfortable in one's own skin, I hope that it can be a form of let's take back this power. Be bigger. Be more firm in ourselves. Take up space that people are telling us not to take up and just exist, because existence is political for so many people — for women, trans folks, anyone in the LGBTQ+ community and immigrants. For a lot of people right now, existence is political, so just showing up and being bold and being yourself is one of the greatest acts of resistance.
LUNA: What did the creative process for “Never Change for a Man” look like? How did the song evolve from its initial idea to the final version?
EARTH TO EVE: I started writing it at the piano. There are very few songs where they come out fully finished, and this was one of those. The whole song basically came to fruition within the first time writing it. I then moved over to my computer. I do a lot of the production digitally. I don't actually play strings, but I can read and write music. I write them out, and I write the various mini parts out. After writing it just on piano, I moved to the computer, and I again, did all of that basically in one sitting. I then sent it off to a friend and collaborator of mine, John Luke. He added crazier drums, because drums are my complete weakness, and he's amazing at them. It was one of the easiest songs I've ever written, it just flowed out.
LUNA: As someone who writes, produces, films, and designs all your work, in building your art entirely by your own hands, what’s the most challenging part of wearing all those creative hats?
EARTH TO EVE: Dealing with myself. I have a little tyrant in my head, I would say, which is, like, how I would get a lot of things done, because I'm constantly pushing myself and screaming at myself to get it done. It's like the SpongeBob episode where there's a bunch of little hims running around and there's fires everywhere, that's how it feels. I'd say that the most difficult part is wrangling all these ideas and all these parts of myself that are fighting for the spotlight. I love doing everything myself, but I am now looking for other people to collaborate with in terms of visuals, at least, to be able to take a step back a tiny bit, because I get very, very obsessive about things.
LUNA: When you feel a creative spark coming on, what do you need in your space to nurture it? Are there any rituals, objects or energies you always return to?
EARTH TO EVE: That's a great question. I really like that question. I turn all my lights off in my little closet studio room, and I have like this one little pink light I need on, and then I have this little Karomi incense holder. I always light lavender, jasmine sometimes. I have this little trinket on my piano. It's like a mini Betty Boop, and she makes me feel empowered because I love Miss Betty Boop.
LUNA: Beyond music, are there other forms of art, writing, or activism you’re passionate about exploring in the future?
EARTH TO EVE: In terms of other outlets, I do a lot of collage art, and I make a lot of political collages, which is super fun for me. I've been going to a lot of protests and performing at a lot of protests, and that's something I really want to do more of in the future, seeing how I can actually use my voice on the ground to participate and boost morale in different situations. I was thinking of potentially going to different cities to do more guerrilla shows in that way where protests are actually happening.
LUNA: As an artist building your brand entirely independently, what advice would you give to emerging musicians trying to take full control of their creative output?
EARTH TO EVE: I would say the whole 10,000 hour thing, putting in as much time as humanly possible into your craft every single day, consistency is key. I try to write something every single day, and most of the time it's terrible. I think that's an amazing practice to have, because, one, it's distress tolerance, tolerance to writing terrible shit and being okay with that, but also it's the consistency and grinding it in that I can do this every single day. It's the always learning mentality, because you need to wear a million different hats, and to be able to wear those hats you need to know how to put them on, how to fit them, and how to wear the feather boots. And then be yourself. Be unapologetically yourself. It's easy to fall into gimmicks, especially on social media, but just show up how you want to show up.
LUNA: What is fueling your fire right now that’s pushing you into this next chapter in your career?
EARTH TO EVE: Anger. A lot of rage and disappointment in the world and our leadership, but also there is a flip. There's a positive to it. I do also feel, for the first time in a long time, a tinge of hope, seeing especially people in Minnesota and 100,000 people coming out for a general strike. Seeing these videos of people defending their communities and their neighbors, people amplifying messages on social media, everyone invigorating each other has been helpful and that's been making me want to pour into my music.
LUNA: How are you feeling in this current era of your career and what does the rest of the year look like that you would like to share with Luna?
EARTH TO EVE: I've designed a really cool little visual world for “First Generation Degenerate,” my next single out on February 20 and I'm very, very excited. It centers around a weird little character. There will be a lot more live shows this year, which I'm really excited about. Lots to come this year, and I'm excited to be in rooms with people and performing.
Photo Credit: Eve Weisberger
