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ANDREW "DREW" DELUCA — ABOUT | MUSINGS | VISAGE | THREADS ! ARDEN REILLY — ABOUT | MUSINGS | VISAGE | THREADS !

growing up as the first born son painted an image in drew’s mind early on. he had to set an example for his younger brother adam, though he was only older by a year, being a role model wasn’t something he took lightly. sports came easy to him, excelling at every sport his father and mother dared to have him try. drew slowly became the golden boy, what he lacked in academic success was often made up for with charm and athleticism. he dabbled through college, giving it his best try while his athletic scholarship carried him to graduation. the pressure of success led him to find a hobby that allowed him to let loose — beyond the occasional relationship he always managed to screw up — boxing. it started off as a simple hobby, but as the pressure of life increased so did the training and love for mma fighting. dumb luck led him to his first official match, luckily the team leader was desperate and found drew working out at his usual gym. his career started to take off, an undefeated streak to his name before he disappeared from the lineup completely due to one too many concussions making it impossible to compete legally. then things were quiet for a few months until he appeared behind the bar at barnacles and he's been trying to find himself again ever since.

arden, born in los angeles, california, was raised in a home shaped by both hardship and harmony. the daughter of a dedicated defense attorney and a mother she lost young to aggressive spinal cancer, she found stability in music early on, inspired by her father’s constant guitar playing after long days of work. by childhood she had claimed the drum kit as her own, discovering a love for rhythm that quickly became the center of her world. at seventeen, she joined a rising local band led by a charismatic frontman named axel, postponing college as the group gained momentum and embarked on a national tour. though she remained behind the drums, arden was the primary creative force behind much of the band’s music — writing lyrics, shaping melodies, and structuring songs — while allowing axel to take public credit and perform them as his own, content at the time to let the spotlight rest on him. as success grew, however, so did tension. axel’s insecurities manifested in public criticism and private betrayal, culminating in her abrupt dismissal mid-tour under the explanation of a “new image” for the band. almost overnight, arden’s face vanished from promotional posters and tour graphics, quietly edited out as axel attempted to sweep her departure under the rug—an erasure that did not go unnoticed by media outlets and fans, who questioned the sudden disappearance of the band’s only female member and principal songwriter. in the aftermath, arden stepped away from the spotlight, devoting herself to carefully crafting her own artistic identity independent of the narrative that had been forced upon her. though she has remained on hiatus from performing ever since (the six years since she claimed residence on catalina  island), her time away has been marked by introspection and reinvention, driven by a determination to eventually reclaim her voice — and her work — on her own terms.