For Leafar Seyer, inspiration has never been something that can be forced. His latest Spanish-language EP, Oraciones, arrived almost by accident, after a session in his friend Alfonso’s Chicago kitchen turned into four songs written in a single day. “I captured lightning in a bottle with these four songs,” Seyer‘s explains, describing the pressure-free process as his favourite way to create. What began with electronic beats eventually evolved into something more deeply connected to his Mexican heritage, with cumbia rhythms helping shape the EP’s direction.
While Oraciones represents a new chapter, Leafar says it remains connected to everything he has created before. His music continues to explore identity, conflict and the duality at the heart of his self-created Cholo Goth world. The EP also became a way for Prayers to reconnect with his Mexican roots. Its artwork features a childhood photograph with his parents, while he deliberately built a Mexico-based creative team around the project.
After years of feeling caught between cultures, Leafar says his recent trips to Mexico have helped him reconnect with a part of himself he had never fully known. Ultimately, Oraciones is both a tribute to his heritage and another example of Prayers turning lived experience into art. Check out the interview below for more.
