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Eliza rose youtube8/15/2023 ![]() ![]() But I was working in the record shop, I loved music, so I thought I'd start to DJ. I know it was stupid because I was only 21, but I genuinely thought I was too old to be starting out. ![]() It always kind of felt like an uphill battle I was doing it completely by myself, I didn't really know what I was doing and didn't have any guidance. Instagram was around, but it was just to take pictures, now it's like your CV! It was hard, it was kind of in the age before social media. When I turned 21 after college and uni, I knew I really wanted to try and do it properly, more seriously. Yeah, I was working in a record shop, trying to pursue singing. You said 10 years ago.so where were you 10 years ago? You're from East London and used to work in a record shop, right? They keep telling me "we told you so!" I was shocked. I thought it would be a big song on the underground scene, and it might get some radio play.but my management loved the song so much, they believed in it so much. I was amazed, I didn't think, let alone go up, because it's such an underground song. If you told me 10 years ago, I would have said "you're having a laugh, darlin'." I never thought this would be the case, and I think that's why it feels surreal, because it's happened so quickly. Totally - in a sense, you've given it away to others, right? But how does it actually feel to be a UK Top 10 recording artist, Eliza? There's an element of it which feels like it's separate to me almost, it's become it's own kind of entity, if that makes sense. The song has really taken on a life of its own, too. Yes, it's like I'm watching it all from afar. Does it feel like it's happening to someone else, almost? Like you're disassociating, really It's actually quite hard to gauge how to feel, obviously it's amazing, but it's quite overwhelming. We must be speaking at what I'm assuming is the most insane time in your life MORE: How far can B.O.T.A climb inside the Official Singles Chart this week? Hi, Eliza! First of all, congratulations. "I guess that's what I'm trying to do with my music." ![]() ![]() "I like this idea of the old school being re-imagined in a very modern way," Eliza tells us. Meeting her via Zoom as B.O.T.A, Eliza's first UK Top 10 hit, is rising quickly up the Official Singles Chart and showing absolutely no signs of stopping any time soon, proves to be the perfectly melting pot of Eliza's influence as an underground house DJ, and also as a singer who has studied the greats. Written and performed by Eliza with production from the Manchester-based DJ Interplanetary Criminal, B.O.T.A is an infectious track that combined a handbaggy house beat with Eliza's understated vocal performance, reminiscent of some of her favourite soul artists - Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Amy Winehouse. It was also FLO’s first UK festival performance, so it was only fitting that they were the opening act after being crowned winners of the BBC Sound Of 2023 and living up to their status as “Rising Stars.” Reneé, Jorja and Stella wowed the crowds with their sensational vocals and charismatic charm, performing their viral hit “Cardboard Box” and “Fly Girl.Eliza Rose is quickly becoming the name to know in the UK dance scene, after the phenomenal success of her breakthrough single, B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All). Last weekend the BBC hosted its biggest ‘Big Weekender’ festival to date, attracting over 80,000 festival goers. Later that week the girls took to the stage at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for the first time to perform a live rendition of “Fly Girl.”įLO has become the hottest festival act to see this summer, as they play Sol Blume in Sacramento alongside Kehlani, The Isle of Wight festival, Dublin’s Longitude festival, Glastonbury, TRNSMT Festival, Wireless Festival, and two dates at Summersonic in Japan. The tour attracted the attendance of R&B sensations Chloë Bailey and Destin Conrad, and during the Atlanta leg of the tour singer/songwriter and Ariana Grande’s creative collaborator Victoria Monét made a surprise appearance to serenade FLO with flowers during their performance. The nominations come following the conclusion of FLO’s successful debut North American tour in which they played 9 headline shows across 9 cities, performing at iconic venues from Toronto’s Opera House, New York’s Webster Hall, to the infamous Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. History-making London-based girl group FLO continue their collaboration with the legendary Missy Elliott, dropping two remixes of the summer anthem “Fly Girl” with Eliza Rose and Magicsticks.Įarlier this week it was announced that FLO is nominated for Best New International Act, Best Group, and Best New Artist at this year’s BET Awards. ![]()
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