Singer-songwriter Ella Jane is still finding her voice. And she's totally OK with that

LOS ANGELES — In her shared Silver Lake apartment, Ella Jane picks up one of the four guitars strewn about her room and begins strumming. Seconds ago, she was laughing about how her guitar teacher used to tell her that when his eyes were closed, it almost sounded like she knew what she was doing.

But when her fingers meet the strings, her face hardens, like ancient marble. Suddenly, she's out of reach.

Then, as quickly as she left, she returns, a 21-year-old balanced against a shaky headboard. It's easy to imagine her in her Tufts dorm room in 2020, fashioning a recording studio out of a stack of pillows and a twin-sized blanket, humming into a