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Published 5:45 am Monday, January 26, 2026<\/p>\n
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The true beauty of music is that it connects people.<\/p>\n
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and Lake Cowichan musician Natasa Jovanovic will be sharing her song lyrics through three original music videos shot in the area, and on the island.<\/p>\n
Jovanovic will soon be celebrating a decade of island life, as she moved to Victoria from Serbia in 2016 to study music at Camosun College. Her musical journey first began at the tender age of three upon enrolling in classical piano at a local music school.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe education was very demanding and high-pressure since I had to do tests, performances and competitions regularly,\u201d said Jovanovic. \u201cAt age 11 I started to write music in English and joined my first metal band when I was 13, but I had to keep it a secret so my parents and teachers wouldn\u2019t find out that I am pursuing other kinds of music besides classical. My training was difficult, but it taught me so much about perseverance and my commitment to the art. Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be closer to the source of today\u2019s most popular music and since I had some family members in Victoria, I decided to take my chance here on the island.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jovanovic said that coming from a country that suffered the consequences of a civil war has had a great impact on her artistry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is trauma that each person is holding and my wish is to transform it through empowering music,\u201d said Jovanovic \u201cThe biggest remedy I found for the pain is that love radiates from within. I have so much love to share and singing is my best outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Jovanovic likes to mix genres with her music her main style is pop. The first of three original videos she is releasing is titled \u2018I Hope Ur Okay\u2019 which she wrote while living alone in Toronto. It will be released on all streaming platforms on Jan. 28, and is a message to all the people Jovanovic has lost contact with but who still remain in her heart. Jovanovic\u2019s friend Grace shot a video of her singing on Victoria\u2019s Mount Tolmie, while she recorded some scenic shots herself in Lake Cowichan near where she lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was basically coming back to all of the people that I had to leave behind for this or that reason,\u201d said Jovanovic. \u201cI\u2019m still thinking about them and hoping they are OK even though things between some of them may not have ended on the most friendly note. It\u2019s really about still having those people in your heart even though your paths are not together anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jovanovic says she continued the same process for her follow up song titled \u2018Frankly\u2019 which she recalls writing at 4 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really upset over the immigration process and how it has impacted others who shared their stories with me,\u201d said Jovanovic. \u201cIt kept me up, and I wrote it immediately. I heard in my head exactly how the song needed to go and it was a very fast process for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Frankly\u2019 is comprised of an array of shots of her singing on Hornby Island taken by a videographer she had just met the same day. Also included in this video is a short and very cute clip of one of her vocal students singing from Shawnigan Lake\u2019s Sitka Music School, where she began teaching voice and piano in 2017 and after a short hiatus returned in 2021. <\/p>\n
Jovanovic\u2019s third single titled \u2018Alive\u2019 was written shortly after Jovanovic first immigrated to Canada, during a time she felt isolated. It is actually a very uplifting song, she said, and was exactly how she felt as her friend Irwin Adrian recorded her in a myriad of Victoria locations as she was all done up in the fashions of local designer Nicole Mandryk, complimented with local make up brand Jourdie Cosmetics. <\/p>\n
Both \u2018Frankly\u2019 and \u2018Alive\u2019 are set to be released sometime in February.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Alive\u2019 is about me envisioning my future and being with friends and not feeling confused anymore and are just full of peace in our hearts,\u201d said Jovanovic. <\/p>\n
\u201cCreating my own music videos is something I had always fantasized about doing even with my students or other musician friends. We have so much talent on the island and I just kept my eyes and ears open for artists who are ready to create and take a break from their regular jobs. These videos are made voluntarily as a learning process yet I\u2019m still happy with the results since they capture the essence of my songs. Creating videos was such a beautiful and fun expression for me, so merely being in front of the camera was my favourite part, but shooting on Hornby Island was especially magical. I feel that the island is alive and was supporting me throughout the whole process.\u201d<\/p>\n
She is available for live show bookings as well as both personal and group singing, piano, and music artistry lessons. Jovanovic\u2019s music can be found both on YouTube as well as her website at muzajovanovic.com\/muza; she can also be followed on Instagram @muzajovanovic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith music and arts in general there is this strong conditioning that it\u2019s a waste of time, so even though you are keen and passionate about it, you can\u2019t help but feel trapped in those thoughts and conditions even though it\u2019s simply not true,\u201d said Jovanovic. \u201cAccomplishing this is like proving to myself that I was right, and I hope my story inspires people to pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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