“The imagery is sensual, tender, vulnerable, adventurous and au naturelle, turning the song into poetry in the guise of music,” Illustrate Magazine once said about 18-year-old nomadic singer/songwriter Zoe Stroupe. Stroupe, who is currently based in Denver, Colorado, has worked with renowned artists such as Andrew Dost of “FUN.” and has been described by Tim Lauer, stylistically, as “artsy-folk that can be rock with a band”. She treats songwriting as art, telling her own stories as well as exploring those of others, and often creating stories from scratch. She is honest in her songs, unafraid to explain how most situations don’t just have the emotions of “happy” or “sad”. This juxtaposition of a formulation of feeling is something that makes her lyricism mean something different to each individual. Her synesthesia easily allows her art to be visual, making choices like creating a ripped up, hidden writing filled cyanotype track cover for “Colorado Bruise”, a song she sees as blue, green, and a purplish gray. One of her biggest hopes is to connect with an audience in the most raw and vulnerable way. By letting her guard down, she allows herself and others to feel, to heal.