Sydnie Christmas has at all times recognized how you can command a stage. However now, she’s prepared to assert the airwaves, buying and selling remakes for authentic music and coming into a defining new chapter in her artistry.
The 2024 Britain’s Obtained Expertise winner, and West Finish star turned singer-songwriter steps boldly into a brand new period with the discharge of her newest single, ‘Run’ – a monitor that indicators not only a musical shift, however a defining second in her evolution as a recording artist. Identified for her powerhouse vocals and theatrical presence, Christmas trades the highlight of the stage for one thing extra intimate and instant, delivering a sound that feels each uncooked and resolutely fashionable.
With ‘Run’, she doesn’t simply introduce a brand new tune, she redraws the boundaries of her sound, marking the start of a chapter that positions her far past the theatre lights and firmly throughout the panorama of up to date music.
Sydnie Christmas – Run (Official Video)
We caught up with Sydnie to speak concerning the hard-won journey towards discovering her voice, pushing previous self-doubt, refusing to let worry outline her, and finally reclaiming her sense of self by placing pen to paper and telling her story in her personal phrases, on her personal phrases.
Your new single ‘Run’ has been out for a couple of weeks now! How does it really feel seeing individuals join with it?
It feels completely superb! I really can’t consider the response – I’m so comfortable! Individuals appear to be actually liking the tune and connecting with the lyrics, which I didn’t count on! So I’m actually, actually greatly surprised and thrilled by how nicely it’s been acquired. We all know how the web will be, individuals like to let you know in the event that they don’t like one thing, however contact wooden, to this point, I haven’t seen something unfavourable about it, which sort of blows my thoughts!
What did you wish to say with this tune, and was it a no brainer that this needed to be your first single?
Oh there was little question in my thoughts that this HAD to be my first single! I co-wrote it with Gabrielle Aplin and Ash Howes again in September of final yr, and as soon as we’d completed the session, all of us type of checked out every and stated: “that is the one!” It felt like a no brainer. The lyric, the message, the melodies combed… every part simply made sense. It’s a kind of songs that feels very common. I don’t wish to launch music that solely speaks to me, I would like it to resonate with everybody. And I’ve gotten so many messages from individuals saying how a lot ‘Run’ helps them which is superb, as a result of I would like individuals to really feel inspired and hopeful. I don’t wish to be a egocentric artist, who makes their songs all about them. In ‘Run’ I’m saying, I’m right here and I’m beating my issues, and I do know you are able to do the identical.
Given your background in TV and musical theatre, did the worry of not being accepted make releasing your individual authentic music extra daunting?
1000% – the considered being rejected for attempting one thing new was terrifying! If you turn into recognized for doing one factor, it may be difficult to transition into doing one thing else, as a result of it’s sort of customary that as a society, we don’t actually like change can we? It’s nothing one thing we address nicely (laughs). In order that worry of not figuring out how individuals would react to me releasing my very own materials brought on me to really feel numerous anxiousness. However the actuality is, I’ve been writing songs since I used to be child, and it’s at all times been my dream to launch them sooner or later, so I felt like I simply needed to push any fears I needed to one aspect, and go for it!
Forgetting different individuals’s perceptions of you, how does releasing your individual materials change the way in which you see your self as an artist?
It doesn’t. It completely doesn’t. A number of artists have a set look, and a theme that they comply with as a result of they know that’s what works greatest for them. However I’m not like that, in a manner I’m my very own theme, and I do what I do relying on how I’m feeling within the second. I don’t assume I will be outlined or positioned simply into one set class. I’m simply me, and no one will be me, aside from me. Accepting that takes numerous stress off of my shoulders, and permits me to stroll my very own path, and do my very own factor.
So was there a particular second if you knew you wished to maneuver from performing covers to writing and releasing your individual songs?
Yeah there was really! So in a short time after BGT I launched my album, after which went on tour, and it was superb! Like, I can not let you know how a lot I loved these reveals – it was a pleasure to face on stage evening after evening, and inform my story via all the songs I’d remade and recorded for the ‘My Approach’ album, it was an unimaginable expertise – one which I knew I wished to have many times. However I knew I couldn’t hold producing the identical present yr upon yr, I needed to change issues up, and that’s once I thought to myself: “wouldn’t it’s superb if on the subsequent tour, the setlist was made up of all my very own songs?” After which I all of a sudden had this need to get within the studio and write an album (laughs).
What’s been the most important problem in stepping away from interpretation and into creation? And does it really feel fairly liberating to be singing as Sydnie Christmas, not Sydnie Christmas enjoying a personality or reinterpreting another person’s tune?
I wouldn’t say there are any actual challenges, it’s simply actually cool (laughs). It’s sort of loopy how addictive it turns into to lean into your vulnerabilities and step on stage as your true self. Performing as Syd, and never as a personality, feels so liberating! Don’t get me fallacious, I nonetheless love the problem of enjoying completely different roles, and if I may have one foot within the appearing / musical theatre world, and one foot in music, then I’d be a really comfortable woman. However I feel I’m studying that proper now, I’m most comfy being me, which is a very nice feeling.
How would you describe your sound now in comparison with what audiences first heard from you?
I actually don’t assume I’ve a set sound, or a mode. By way of the texture of it, I’d say there’s a way of resilience that runs via the songs, like I would like individuals to listen to them and really feel optimistic. However by way of a style, it’s slightly bit everywhere. The fantastic thing about being a songwriter, is that subconsciously, you find yourself writing what it’s worthwhile to hear. So all I can do is write the songs I wish to sing, and convey them to life in a manner that feels genuine to how I’m feeling within the second. Each tune I write is completely different from the subsequent. There’s no set theme. There’s no set style. I’m very a lot somebody who goes off of the vitality within the room.
Did your background in musical theatre affect the storytelling in your authentic music?
Actually? No (laughs). It’s loopy, and I say on a regular basis… in relation to musical theatre, sure I skilled in it, sure I find it irresistible, and sure I like the appearing aspect of issues, and honing in on lyrics that assist inform a narrative and convey an emotion. However in relation to what influences me as a performer, I’ve at all times regarded to different artists. Whitney Houston was, and nonetheless is, my every part! I used to be wildly obsessed together with her! I like Celine Dion, Joss Stone, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatraand Judy Garland… they’re my every part! In order a lot as I am keen on musical theatre, and wished it to be my job and nonetheless do, it’s my appreciation for different recording artists that influences my very own music.
How essential was it so that you can set up your individual voice at this stage in your recording profession?
Crucial. I really feel like I’ve quite a bit to say, and a powerful message that I wish to put out into the world. I don’t wish to chase developments, or say the identical issues as everybody else, I wish to write the sort of songs, and album that individuals want at the present time.
What themes or experiences are you most drawn to writing about?
The recurring theme I at all times appear to return again to, is certainly one of optimism. I’ve been engaged on this report for a couple of yr now, so there’s been numerous ups and downs, experiences and classes for me to tug from. I went via a break up, then I met somebody new. I used to be additionally attempting to redefine what “regular” meant after coming off the present (BGT), after which there have been some private issues that I went via, that… how do I say this, due to my line of labor, perhaps performed out a bit extra publicly then they might have accomplished earlier than. So there’s been quite a bit happening (laughs). However even in these unhappy moments, the lyrics I wrote had been at all times hopeful and up-lifting. Why do I feel that was? Honestly, as a result of if I went the opposite manner, I don’t assume I’d have been in a position to deal with the uncertainty of every part. Looking for the constructive in a state of affairs is a bit like a coping mechanism for me. It’s what retains me feeling centred.
Sydnie Christmas performs with Nice Ormond Road Hospital Choir | Semi-Finals | BGT 2026
Do you assume making this album helped you perceive your self on a deeper degree?
Massively. I’ve realized that I’m much more affected person than I ever gave myself credit score for, and I’m quite a bit calmer and extra in command of my emotions than I believed. I used to assume I used to be a little bit of a nut (laughs) however this course of has helped me realise I’ve really grown – I really feel like I’ve actually blossomed alongside the way in which.
In instances of uncertainty and self-doubt, how do you encourage your self to maintain going?
By telling myself that nothing is everlasting, and that one thing good can come out of one thing dangerous. It’s a cliche I do know, however exhausting instances don’t final. You will be going via the worst ache potential, however you’ll come out the opposite aspect stronger and wiser for the expertise, you simply should hold pushing ahead, trip out the storm, be affected person and consider you’ll make it via. I really feel like I’ve a superb understanding of how I would like my life to be, and due to that, I’ve by no means been one to surrender. All of these years of rejection and wrestle lead me to audition for BGT… and look what occurred, I WON! What a beautiful factor to have occurred to me! That proper there may be proof that your life can change right away. None of us know when our time is up, so all of us simply should hold carrying on, and consider that our greatest days are forward of us. The sensation of pondering “what if” is worse than any disappoint or failure, I promise.
Does this new chapter sign a full shift into music, or do you see your self persevering with to maneuver between the stage and the studio?
Hear, you don’t know what’s across the nook on this life, so I’m open to any and all provides which are introduced to me (laughs). I don’t actually prefer to restrict myself, or say that I’m solely going to do, or be, one factor – I don’t assume anyone ought to dwell that manner. I at all times say to individuals: “there’s nothing you may’t do until you say you may’t” so I say go on the market and dwell your life being open to any and each alternative that comes your manner.
What sort of artist do you wish to be often known as in 5 years’ time?
I don’t know if that’s for me to resolve, have you learnt what I imply? It’s as much as my viewers to interpret my music and performances and take from them no matter resonates. I stated it earlier, I’m all about optimism and hope. If individuals see me as somebody who brings a bit of sunshine, and if I will be an instance that goals can come true with exhausting work, I’ll be actually pleased with that.
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