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I really want to get popular but and want to build my music identity especially since half of the songs I released are mediocre at best and my newest release is not even that original is my best work so far. But I also want to produce and help my friend (who is my school friend and now best friends) who currently might try music her self. So should I build an identity around my self or around her then make a Re-imagined of her said ep ill make but with more of my style