By: Grant Tillery
Ranelle Johnson is nervous in interviews. The Bae Tigre vocalist and keyboardist credits social paralysis and external stimuli to her scattered, charming demeanor. Yet she switches into tunnel vision on stage and tunes out the world around her to focus on music.
“The pressure of knowing that this is something that’s going to be presented to other people and the person presenting is meeting me for the first time [is nerve-wracking],” Johnson said about the interview process. “I tend to lose my train of thought when I get really anxious.”