HeeSun Lee: Finding Beauty in the Ashes

After deciding to name the album Beauty For Ashes, HeeSun Lee wanted cover art that would visually convey its meaning. “I said maybe we should show people that I was made out of ashes. We should do something in that way; maybe I could be pulling skin off of my face and it sounded almost impossible to do.” Lee was told by the people she shares a studio with about a makeup artist who would be able to create that. “She was able to create that on my face.”

“All Out” is a song on Beauty For Ashes HeeSun Lee calls a Christian anthem. She says that she is going to go all out for God, and hopes that others will join her in that endeavor.

With “Underdog,” she speaks about how as a female, an Asian, and a Christian, she feels like an underdog in music despite having been rapping for over fifteen years. “I have a fan base. I’ve been growing. A lot of people do know who I am but at the same time I feel like I’m still not where I want to be.”

In the song she features three other female rappers, Sicily, Butta P, and Wxnder Y, who have similar opinions. They believe that as females, there is a glass ceiling that people put over them and their music. “I feel like a lot of it is [because] we’re females. People just put that limit on us and don’t care to give us a chance.”