Tulsa-based artist Casii Stephan recently traveled to Muscle Shoals, AL to record with producer Ben Tanner (Alabama Shakes, St. Paul and the Broken Bones).

The upcoming concept EP to be titled, Relationship Status, takes the listener on the emotional journey of going from one relationship status to another and finally landing on the realization that these statuses do not define you.

Leading single ‘Can’t Handle Me’ is a soulful funk pop rock thrill. She confides, “Being single has many highs and lows. This one is about overcoming a low. When a drunk guy at the bar can’t get the message that you don’t want to talk to him and he just keeps on talking and talking and talking… We bite our tongues, because the truth is they can’t handle us.”