English - Musician | November 3, 1994 -
There's a lot of young females doing R&B in England who are extremely talented and deserve more light on their stories.
Ella Mai
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I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car.
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I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do.
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L.A. is so slow. Everyone is so chill, and the weather, of course, makes everything better, but it's just a different vibe.
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A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt.
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There's loads of eyes and expectations. People are almost waiting for you to make a mistake so they can say, 'Oh, she's a one-hit wonder!'
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I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love.
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I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent.
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I think R&B is way bigger in America. It's not really that mainstream in the U.K.
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A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much.
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People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open.
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I'm someone who likes routine.
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