North London native Natalie Shay crafts indie-pop for individuals who really feel every little thing deeply. A multi-award-winning graduate of BRIT Faculty and a gifted lyrical storyteller, she’s been strumming guitar and writing songs since childhood. Her music paints vivid soundtracks of affection, self-discovery, and the realities of navigating your twenties, mixing uncooked honesty with uplifting, infectious vitality.
Her upcoming EP, ATMOSPHERE, dives into the emotional tug-of-war of affection, self-awareness, and the chaotic area in between. Natalie describes it as a sonic diary capturing the extreme obsession of recent love—usually tangled within the aftermath of trauma bonds. The title monitor, “environment,” co-written with longtime collaborator and shut good friend Kaity Rae (Keep in mind Monday, The Shires), explores whether or not the connection protecting you hooked is real love or simply one thing lingering within the air. Every tune on the EP marks a special chapter, reflecting the experiences and classes which have formed her since her final launch.
Natalie shares, “I wish to bookend eras of my life with our bodies of labor, so it was essential to me that ATMOSPHERE displays every little thing I’ve gone via since my earlier EP.” She provides, “My music is the soundtrack to my life as a mid-twenties inventive who feels every little thing intensely. I crave love, however I’ve additionally been harm by it.” Created over two years via a mixture of collaborative classes and late-night solo writing, the EP options songs she couldn’t depart behind. “Each tune is sort of a confession,” she explains. “I write songs to carry out dwell. It’s my remedy.”
One standout monitor, “sorry for u,” captures the frustration of betrayal by somebody who as soon as had her belief and love. Crafted with producers RNDMBEATS (Wes Nelson) and Name Me Loop (Pussycat Dolls), it’s a fierce indie-pop anthem. Natalie feedback, “I hate it when somebody near you modifications and sabotages, then both ghost or deny every little thing to deal with dropping you. That’s what this tune is about.”
With over 20 million streams and collaborations with dance producers like Grum, Giuseppe Ottaviani, and Kryder, Natalie has garnered assist from BBC Radio 1 Future Pop, BBC Radio 6 Music, and BBC Introducing, together with options in Rolling Stone, Billboard, CLASH, NOTION, Wonderland, and The Line of Finest Match.
She’s bought out reveals at Omeara, supported Shania Twain at BST Hyde Park, toured with Gavin DeGraw, and carried out at festivals together with SXSW, Latitude, Studying, and Isle of Wight. Ceaselessly dwell on CBBC and featured on Love Island UK, her music continues to resonate with a large viewers.
This April, Natalie Shay will headline her greatest reveals but at Oslo in London and her first regional headline in Manchester. Tickets can be found now!
April seventeenth – Manchester (Deaf Institute Lodge)
April twenty third – London (Oslo)
- Electronic mail: neill@outloudculture.com
