This week has been quite a roller coaster for Melody Holt but she tells BOSSIP she’s excited for what lies ahead.
Source: Art Meripol / Courtesy of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
We spoke with the “Love & Marriage: Huntsville” star about the release of her new single “Tell Tale Signs,” Martell’s accusations that she was also unfaithful and why she decided to end her 12 year marriage.[Editor’s Note: News of Holt’s divorce being finalized actually broke shortly after we completed this interview.]
Check out our Q & A below:
BOSSIP: Congrats on the release of your new single “Tell Tale Signs.” Is this the single we saw you performing a few episodes back on “Love & Marriage: Huntsville”?
Melody Holt: About two episodes ago, I was able to be captured recording my new single that drops March 20th “Tell Tale Signs.” It’s been amazing getting back to my first love and that’s really anything that deals with the arts. When you think of music and acting that has been amazing and a great healing piece for me as well, being able to express and work through the pain that I had to endure and just really putting energy into my music.
How long has music been a passion for you?
I started out at a very young age dancing, acting, singing and my mom always had me in a lot of activities. I sang in the church choir, played the piano, anything that involved the arts I tried to play a part in it. I kind of got away from my first love after college. I graduated, married Martell, we got married right away. I started teaching and shortly after we started a business. From there we started our family. I don’t regret any of those experiences. It definitely prepared me for the music game. I would tell anyone that it is not as easy as anyone thinks and as easy as it looks. It’s a big grind that goes into it. I’m just enjoying the ride. I’m glad that I have the work ethic that it takes to endure the grind that it takes. I’m grateful to have support from my family, my team and my fans.
How are you releasing the music?
I am releasing it independently, I had a few distributors come to me, believe it or not, wanting to get me to do a distribution deal with them. I thought long and hard about it but ended up deciding that I wanted to release it independently but I had an opportunity to work with some amazing people. The fact that my first song out the gate is with a Grammy Award winning producer, Bob Robinson from Tim & Bob. I also had a chance to work with 1500 or Nothin and some dope writers from Atlanta as well so it has just been great out the gate to have an amazing project where I was able to work with people who have a lot of history and notoriety behind their name.
How do you deal with haters? Have you had naysayers telling you to stick to real estate? How do you deal with people who don’t see your vision?
I haven’t gotten a lot of that. I really try to, I’m very particular about who I have in my circle, in my life and who I allow to be in my entire life experience. I haven’t had a lot of that. I can really only count a handful that I’ve seen. Not saying they’re not around — but from what I’ve seen — I like to stay in the eagle view honey so the little stuff going down below, I don’t see much about it. One thing that was said to me was, ‘Well you have children so I don’t know if you’re going to have the time that it will take.’ Someone said, ‘Well you’re 35 and a lot of people get into the game when they’re in their early 20’s.’ That was something that was stated to me and honestly I kind of let it go right in one ear and out the other. Honestly I don’ think there should be an age limit or a limit on what you can do because you have children. If you feel that you have been gifted with a talent and you want to work that talent there is nothing wrong with that. So I just continue to work and continue to put my best foot forward.
I’ll be honest, the first time I went in the studio after about 30 minutes I was like, ‘Forget this, I’m ready to go. I don’t want to do this. No ma’am.’ It is challenging, like I said it’s more challenging than people think it is. Being in a studio recording is different from you being at home or being at events and performing and singing. It’s totally different. I overcame it though, I stuck it out and by the time we were done we were able to have an amazing base of a masterpiece that we were able to put together. So I say no matter what it is you want to do in life don’t allow anyone to hinder you from what it is you want to do.
For the folks wondering, how far back did the events we’re seeing on the show actually happen?</strong
What’s airing right now was filmed in the Fall of 2020 — about four or five months ago.
Melody’s song “Tell Tale Signs” is currently available on all streaming platforms. What did you think? Those lyrics definitely hit hard.
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