Sharnee is a young RnB singer from London. She signed to DJ
Mustard’s 10 summers label after DJ Mustard discovered her talent on Instagram.
Her first release at 10 summer’s records was her Souls EP, which was released
June 15 2016 and has blown up since. London
caught up with Sharnee for a quick chat on how everything is going for her so
far.
1) Hello Sharnee AKA Miss upcoming superstar,
How are you?
2) How did you get started into making music?
Well I have always loved music, even when I
was a little baby if a song came on I would sing along to it. Music has always
been a part of me. When I was eight years old my mum bought me a piano so I
learnt how to play and write music myself from young. I think the first song I
ever wrote was called “broke my heart” with the corniest chords ever, I still
laugh thinking about how an earth I thought making that song was acceptable.
Over time I improved and got better at it. When I was around 13/14 I started
going to the studio to sing songs I wrote and just mess around with the sound.
3) Have you always wanted a career in music or
was it a bit unexpected?
From the day I was born I knew I wanted to
be a singer, I’ve just always been that passionate about it. I can’t imagine
myself doing anything different or anything outside the music entertainment
industry. I know that it is a competitive field which is why I work really hard
at what I do trying to stand out and be the best.
4) Who is your biggest influence in your
music?
I would say that my biggest influence in my
music is… Mariah Carey and Jhene Aiko. Mariah Carey has been my idol since
before I could even remember, I look up to her because she has an enormous
range and her riffs and whistle tones are just perfect. She is a diva and won’t
take shit from nobody which is something I look up to because it is very easy
to lose yourself and be taken advantage of in this industry. Secondly, I say
Jhene Aiko because her sound is just amazing and unique. Also she is just
herself and down to earth which I respect and aspire to be like as like I said,
it is really easy to lose yourself in all of this. My sound is more like Jhene
Aiko which is why she influences me so much as well as us creating music in the
same genre.
5) What is your friends and family’s response
to your quick rise to fame?
Yeah, they all think it’s crazy! Honestly
it’s just been so overwhelming for the lot of us. My family and friends have
been my biggest supporters as they were there supporting me from when I was
very young and before anyone even knew of my name. I mean my life has
drastically changed like before if I went out shopping or something, no one
would even bat an eyelid but now all I hear is people screaming my name and
asking for pictures and autographs.
6) How do you feel about your fans and their
response to your single “He won’t”?
It’s been crazy. It’s like something that
you always wanted to happen. The response I got back was mainly positive. It
blew up all over Instagram, Everyone was sharing and reposting my stuff, making
covers to it and there were even dance groups creating choreography to it. It
feels amazing to know that everyone loves my work and what I’m doing and that
my fans are 100 percent behind me.
7) So we know that you got spotted off
Instagram, how long were you making videos for and when did Mustard reach out
to you?
Yeah, I’m on Instagram 24/7, I’ve had it
for ages. But it’s like one day I had my moment and told myself “Sharnee what
are you going to do to get yourself out there and take yourself to the next
step?” like I go to a music specialised college and all my friends know how
passionate I am about music, but how do I get onto the next level and that’s
when I decided that I would make singing videos. Not on YouTube though because
that’s what everyone does, I decided to put them on Instagram as it would be
short and snappy which tends to grab an audience more. I would sing songs that
were currently trending, at the time it was “679” by Fetty wap, but then I
would put my own twist on it to showcase my own sound. Mustard discovered my
Instagram probably around November 2015. He reached out to me through DM’s and
was like “where are you from”. He was surprised to find out I was from London
as most people think I’m from like LA. And yeah it took off from there really.
You
said that most people think you’re from the US, Is it important to you to
promote your London identity?
Yeah, 100 percent. Everyone assumes I’m
American when they hear me sing but London is where I was born and where I am
from so of course I want to represent that and make my city proud.
Being
from London, Brexit is quite a controversial topic now, what are your opinions
on it?
Personally, I am quite upset about it as I
came from a family who voted to stay in so it came as quite of a shock to find
out we was leaving the UK. I think it will be harder for Britain now since we
just left one of our main trade blocs which means tariffs and quotas will be
higher resulting in higher prices for us as the consumer. There’s nothing we
can really do about it anymore but pray.
I
agree with you on that one, anyway we have to wrap it up now. It was really
nice meeting you sharnee and I hope everything goes great for you.
Thank you for having me, it was great to meet
you.
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