Nashville Singer-Songwriter Mokita Looks To The Heavens On New Single “Figure Me Out” From Brand New EP ‘Color Me In’

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mokita (real name John-Luke Carter), released his new EP Color Me In over the weekend. The five-track release is about Carter’s new perspective after becoming sober for the last three years. Reflective and lush, the EP is released alongside his new focus single “Figure Me Out”.

“I had started looking at a lot of the questions that I had been putting off for most of my life. ‘Color Me In’, ‘Figure Me Out’ and ‘Happiness’ are all sort of an amalgamation of those thoughts and are steeped in some deeper content that I haven’t really written about before”, he shares.

“I had written about depression and breakups and anxiety a lot before this batch of songs, but I really love writing about the things I’m going through currently. One of the things that was tough for me when I first quit drinking was just trying to figure out how to spend my nights. You get in the habit of going out every night and then all of sudden when you quit doing that you realize you don’t know what to do. I was just bored. So, I started reading a lot more and diving into what I believed, who I wanted to be as a person and really chased after that. I wanted to be able to write about my doubts just as I wanted to write about things I knew for certain“.

“Figure Me Out” sheds a light on Carter’s faith and his relationship with religion: “It basically says, ‘If I’m going to give up control of my life, I need to know you’ve got me figured out.’ It’s a real discussion of faith, ‘If this is what I’m living for, I have to know it’s right.’”

His warm, rustic vocals meet in the middle with a steady guitar strum, as the track gradually opens up with a string arrangement and captivating chorus hook.

Listen to the single below:

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