What makes Overgrown special is not just its underlying feminist and faith musings but its heralding to multiple eras of music. She signals her heritage with the Japanese remix of “That’s On You” with fellow Japanese-American Umi. The contemplative track is one that showcases her spirituality as she sings “You will be scared, unprepared sometimes // and don't you choose to lose your faith.” Wrice, a Japanese-American, grew up practising Buddhism and wanted this track to be one that showcased her fears and insecurities to her fanbase. The sonic journey through womanhood is best captured on the album’s title track, which doubles as the album’s outro. She exercises her confidence and leaves behind a disappointing lover in the “So Sick”, telling us that she “could havе whatever I want, so I'm choosing.” Under the covers of this silky romantic debut are timeless themes of self-empowerment that can serve just about any demographic that listens. On the first track “Chandler”, she sings “Let’s talk about all of the things // that women gotta endure just to get some love”, shining light on the unnecessary labor women exert in their quest for romance. Though Wrice takes the familiar route of centering her R&B debut around relationships, she does more than just wait around for incompetent lovers. Like the name suggests, Overgrown is an album about growing through the many facets of love and life. Fast forward to 2021 and Joyce Wrice has released her debut album, Overgrown, which weaves the flavor of hip-hop and classic R&B to produce a sound and project that’s entirely her own. singing on the hooks of songs with rappers like Dom Kennedy and Jay Prince, and releasing reworkings of 90s classics on Soundcloud. Couple years later, the San Diego native would find herself in L.A.
Her ukulele-assisted covers of hits by Brandy, Teedra Moses, Janet Jackson, Aaliyah showed her love and appreciation for the particular sound of R&B produced by her predecessors that would later influence her discography. Like most aspiring millennial singers and musicians, Joyce Wrice found an outlet for her talent on Youtube by releasing covers of her favorite songs.
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