Musical Style
Brettina cites as her main influences Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, Shirley Bassey, Sade, Adele, and LIRA. She sings jazz, and describes her style as "organic".
She draws from personal experience in her songwriting. For example, she cites her poor childhood as the inspiration for her song "Poor Old Times", her fondness for chai as the inspiration for "Chai", and childhood memories as the inspiration for covering the Belafonte-Burgess song "Island in the Sun".
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