Candice Lamb: Feeling It All
By Mattea Overstreet
For singer-songwriter Candice Lamb, writing begins unplanned and driven by raw emotion.
“I tend to write from a place of a strong feeling coming up,” Lamb says. “Sometimes I don’t know what I’m going to say. Sometimes I press record and start singing and playing, and I’ll be super lucky if it ends up being a whole song in one moment of doing that.”
Those moments of creative spontaneity have become part of her process. Instead of forcing a song into shape, Lamb listens for what is already present emotionally and lets the music reveal it.
Earlier in her songwriting life, this usually meant writing about heartbreak. Songs became a channel to move through difficult transitions. “That was my way of coping with ending relationships or situations that were painful. It was also my way of processing what I learned from those experiences.”
Over time, her focus has shifted. Themes of self-acceptance and spiritual reflection have become central to her work. “Sometimes loneliness comes up,” Lamb explains. “It feels good to be able to sit with that and know that that is happening when it is, and write about the truth in allowing that to be as it is. It’s not even about fixing the feelings.”
That openness appears clearly in her song “I Wanna Feel It All.” The title reflects a philosophy that has emerged through joy and grief. Lamb describes witnessing her grandmother’s final moments and the complicated mixture of love, loss, and gratitude that existed in that space.
“There’s grief, but there’s also this richness of an experience,” she says. “Seeing your grandmother’s last breath and being there with love and being able to tell her how much you love her… It’s something I can’t really put into words, but I can put it into a feeling when I’m singing ‘I wanna feel it all.’”
In many ways, Lamb’s songs are intrinsic reminders. While writing, she sometimes realizes the message is meant for herself as much as anyone listening.
“Maybe at times I’m writing for myself to convince myself,” she says with a laugh. “Like telling myself, ‘It’s okay to feel. It’s okay. I’m okay. I’ll get through this.’” This perspective gives her music a deeply spiritual quality. Her songs encourage listeners to stay present with their emotions rather than rushing past them. Joy, grief, loneliness, and love all belong to the same human experience.
