Ever since she was a child - at home with her four sisters, using the percussion instruments her parents brought them, in lieu of having a television - Ny's always known she wanted to be a singer. Instead of being force-fed entertainment Ny was encouraged to use her imagination: she was taught at home until the age of ten, learnt the clarinet, and immersed herself in poetry and reggae. Her first live performance in front of an audience came in the shape of an impromptu rendition of Mariah Carey's Hero following an electricity blackout at a small club. “I knew I wanted to do it [be a singer] but I hadn't had that reaction before: it was just me singing at home and my sisters saying 'shut up',” she explains. “It was an amazing adrenalin rush, just really addictive. The best thing you could ever feel.”
Before that point, while school interested Ny to an extent, it soon became clear that Science and Maths weren't going to help make her a musician. So she made the decision, aged 13, that she'd only go in for Music, Drama, English and Languages...and would then focus on making headway in the music industry during this newfound 'spare time'. “I was maybe a bit too outspoken, a bit too headstrong and I'd often just say 'I'm coming in for the subjects I want' and then I'd go. I wasn't disruptive,” she explains. “I used to come to the Roundhouse in Camden and a little studio just two minutes down the road and I'd lie about my age. My mum was quite supportive: she believed that nurturing talent shouldn’t be age-dependent.”
Around this time, Ny was already appearing on pirate radio station Freak FM, singing jingles and helping out where possible. A well-known underground DJ, XL Bass, took her under his wing, though he was later tragically murdered (“I think of him all the time. I’ll never forget how he encouraged me and pushed me to do well”). After entering a talent show at the age of 15 she was approached by one of the judges (she made it to the final) about working at Bigger Fish - a music company that staged under 18s raves. “It was everything from organising travel cards to a bit of stage management; planning meetings and making sure the artists were on the stage at the right time,” she says of her time there. One of the people she met was Ms Dynamite who asked her to join her on tour; not to perform, but to watch and learn. A 15-year-old Ny’s music apprenticeship was evolving, giving her the experience that so many new talents simply don't have. “It taught me that I could go in a room and not be shy to talk to anybody; to know that if you believe in what you're doing, you've got to make other people believe in what you're doing.”
Initially raised on a mix of pop, R&B and reggae, Ny also started to get into grime as a teen. “It gives me the freedom to say what I want and be what I want. It was like doing poetry but over a beat. It's not the aggression; it's the passion that comes out.” She also revelled in the fact that she was a woman in a male-dominated genre, knowing that people were wrongly underestimating her. It was this headstrong spirit that saw Ny go on to work with the British Council at The Roundhouse, in conjunction with a wealth of well-known African artists. “It was amazing,” recalls Ny, “because we got to go and perform in places like Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and sang for the Queen at the Commonwealth Conference in Uganda. My dad has lived in Ethiopia for ten years: he works for Save The Children, so I go there every year now.”
By the age of 17, then, Ny’s fierecely independent streak took over: she moved out of her mum's house and moved in with her then-boyfriend Wiley (and her beloved dog). From there Ny started singing on people's beats, balancing her own work with extended projects in the local community (teaching kids how to sing, some of whom would go on to join her onstage). Before long, Ny decided it was about time to do her own mix-tape. She flicked through her bulging book of contacts, got friends Plan B and Professor Green on board and asked Wiley to help out. Not that it was charity; “He was never like 'I'd get it for you', he would just give me the producer's number and let me do the rest.”
With the first mix-tape done (Ny sold them on CD for a fiver around the West End), a follow-up was released to great acclaim. Having worked up an album’s worth of tunes, in 2011 she started personally emailing out the futuristic slice of R&B gold that is Be With You (the video to which has now had over a quarter of a million views on YouTube) to various radio stations. This saw it selected as Record of the Week at 1Xtra and gaining airplay on the Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton shows. All of this occurred while still unsigned. From there Ny took a leap and joined best friend Tulisa and the rest of N-Dubz as support on their UK arena tour. “For me, doing arenas was next level. You don't really get the chance to sit and think about it, and I hate sitting down: I've got ants in my pants. I'm always thinking 'what do I have to do next?'”
Well, next is the brilliantly-tiled Who Is She?, the debut album released via Ny’s own Dream Juice label (under exclusive license to Cooking Vinyl). Opening with the squelchy, drum clattering and visceral new single Music, it's a record that takes in the full gamut of the current UK music scene, touching on elements of dubstep, grime, house, pure pop and the general melting pot of influences that have influenced Ny throughout her life. Highlights include the cheeky, dance-inflected R&B of Trophy Boy (“Think I'm really looking for a trophy boy, someone to ride on the passenger side” runs the chorus) and the more aggressive, grime-tinged wobble of Burn It Down. Curveballs abound throughout, not least on the gorgeous rush of Over, which is built around the simple strum of a guitar and big echoey drums, and the hauntingly beautiful Dark Side, which marries Ny's soulful vocals to a delicate piano figure and intricate drum claps. Staying true to her UK underground roots, guests include rappers Giggs and Ghetts, whose dark and imposing rhymes juxtapose spectacularly with Ny's voice, which itself has an uncanny ability to flit between soothing and scathing in an instant.
From her patient beginnings to her ability to draw from her collaborators while still maintaining a sense of who she is, to her passion for the UK music scene that embraced her, it feels like it's finally Ny's time. “For me, music's been a huge factor - like another parent, then a boyfriend, then it's been a friend and then it's been a child when it's acting up. It feels like it's trapped you in a little bubble and you don't even want to get away from it.” She has no doubt about her own destiny, either. “The only thing I want is that when I die, I die a legend. That's what I want. I believe it will happen.” No one can stop Ny.
Music
NY Lyrics
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Between a criminal and a minority
Seems to me they are both a majority
In being convicted for illegal activity
Honestly
I'm sick of hearing all these words (aye)
Describing people at they worst (aye)
The only plan's to get em hurt
I'm not gonna preach and tell you I'm an angel
But I get to see from most others angles
Killing each other because of a payroll
Now a single mothers son's wearing a halo
What is the reason for all of this slaughter
What is the reason for fatherless daughters
Why does it seem like they come and they go
White people kill just to sit on a throne
Yeah
All the ever wanted to be
Was to be equal to all of their oppressing people
Blame the governments evil
But all we know from the get-go
Keep your head low
Cause of hoods
You might get smoked
No it ain't their fault
No the ain't evil
Captain America painted them in dark hood coats
Like red skull
You laugh and you smile, Ignoring the issues
When most of these problems are stemming from you
Preach it'll stop once we all elect you
But once you're elected, you're easy to see through
Why are you leaving these people in darkness
Supporting yourselves, while others in hardships
Humans supposed to be living with others
You people are making all humans look heartless
Too Greedy, too evil
To fix it, you're prideful
We're stuck in a cycle
It's our fault, we're liable
Our history's repeating
Because of our ignorance
Oppressors, slavers, bullies
You tell me the difference
So many people out here acting evil
This is the start, this ain't no sequel (This is the start)
Lotta things happening they are so feeble
These songs are on point like it's a needle (They are on point)
I see some things that go on, that are wrong and I'm thinking this world, it just needs some justice
I've been betrayed by some people I know and it makes me question just who I can trust in (Who I can trust)
Lotta good things been done over time
But there's a lot that we gotta refine (We need change)
Gotta go back to the way we're designed
But if we don't I won't be surprised
Gotta start calling out all the lies
It's thanks to god I am now on the rise (I'm on the rise)
Feels like this world has gone to demise
But some don't even care or realise (They do not care)
Knowing one day that all things will be fair
Hoping 'till then I'll be able to bare (Hoping to bare)
The stresses of life,
yeah, I've had a fair share
I'm trynna spread a good message that's rare
We need a change to this nationwide system
Calling it out so the points you can't miss em
When you speak the truth, people quick to dismiss them
Gotta stay true and all the lies, just resist em (Gotta resist)
Still, in these days, we be needing reform
Blessed I am here, I made it through the storm (I made it out)
Made it through trials, I'm ready for more
Now I'm fighting satan, I'm ready for war (I'm ready for war)
Saying what's true, I have a lot to say
For wrong I know I will not be swayed (I won't be swayed)
For the right path, we gotta pave
Change can only happen if we pray
Aye
The song "Music" by NY is a tribute to the importance of music in the artist's life. The lyrics repeat the questions "Do you want it?" and "Do you need it?" several times, emphasizing the gravity of music's significance. The artist asserts that music is her everything, and that it flows through her veins like a part of her own anatomy. The refrain "Music you are my everything, and I'll never go astray" reiterates this belief.
In the second verse, the lyrics explain that if you were to dissect the artist and peer into her bones, you would see the melodies flowing through her. The artist asserts that there is nothing on earth that could take her away from music, and that she will never change. She feels it is her destiny to make music and live it, and that nobody can tell her otherwise.
The final verses repeat the same sentiments, solidifying the strength of the artist's conviction. She is in love with music, and will never cheat on it. The song portrays music as a driving force that shapes the artist's entire being.
Line by Line Meaning
Do you want it, want it, want it?
Asking if the listener wants music.
Yes
The listener wants music.
Do you need it, need it, need it?
Asking if the listener needs music.
Yes
The listener needs music.
Music you are my everything
Expressing the importance of music.
And I'll never go astray
Music is reliable and always there for NY.
I think that if you cut me open
Using a hyperbolic expression to emphasize how important music is to NY.
Looked into my bones, you would see
NY's love for music is deeply ingrained in their being.
That's where the melodies flow
NY's creative output comes from their love of music.
And nothing on this earth that could take me away
Nothing can distract NY from their love of music.
No, I'll never change
NY's love for music is unwavering.
Yeah I'm stuck in my ways
NY's love for music is a permanent part of who they are.
Nobody nobody nobody can tell you otherwise
No one can convince you to not love music.
Or they're telling lies
Those who say otherwise are not being truthful.
Can offer anything
No argument or offer can sway NY's love for music.
And I mean it
NY truly means what they say about their love of music.
There's no deal, no no no
NY cannot be bought or convinced to not love music.
I need it yeah, I breathe it yeah
NY's love for music is an integral part of who they are.
Me and music together, it's double trouble
NY and music are inseparable; they complement and amplify each other.
I feel it yeah, I live it yeah
NY's love for music is constantly present and influencing them.
It's rolling with me now, we're out of f'ing control
NY and music are constantly evolving and pushing the limits.
I know that if you listen
NY believes others can hear their love for music in everything they do.
Put your ears up to my heart, you would hear
NY's love for music is in their heart and soul.
That's where the bass comes from
NY's musical creativity is rooted in their heart and soul.
There's nowhere in the world that I'd ever stay
Without music, nowhere in the world feels like home to NY.
No it ain't a game
NY's love for music is serious and not to be taken lightly.
So don't try to play
NY won't tolerate anyone trying to diminish their love for music.
Somebody somebody somebody can tell you otherwise
Others may try to convince you to not love music.
Then they're telling lies
Those who say not to love music are not being truthful.
And there is no way
Nothing can convince NY to not love music.
I mean never but
NY will always love music and never change their mind.
I need it yeah, I breathe it yeah
NY's love for music is intrinsic to their being.
Me and music together, it's double trouble
NY and music are inseparable, and they thrive when together.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
An expression of enthusiasm and passion for music.
I'd never go astray
NY will always stay true to their love of music.
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Brad B, Damian Makings
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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