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Spanish - Musician Born: February 20, 1996

All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

Music Today Focus Tomorrow

I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.

Listening Always Kind Up

Youssou N'Dour was really important to me growing up.

Me Growing Up Important Growing

I've been working a lot with this girl Kelly Kiara. She's amazing. She's going to be super important for R&B coming out of the U.K.

Girl Amazing Important She

I am very much my own person and my own artist.

I Am My Own Artist Person

I think people look back at the '90s as a golden era of female empowerment.

People Look Think Back

I like to spend time alone before I go on stage.

Alone Time Go Stage

I have a lot of energy in general, and I am pretty crazy.

I Am Crazy Energy Pretty

I'm not going to lie: I'd love to win a Grammy.

Love Lie Win Going

I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.

Growing Up Growing Up Definitely

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

Want Say Only Successful

I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was playing on the piano.

Writing Sense Playing Piano

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

Day You Every Day Voice

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

Music Good School Singing

I want to be an artist that grows slowly. If you appear overnight, there's a chance that you will also just disappear overnight.

You Chance Will Artist

I don't want to be all over the place with my style and my music, but I am experimenting.

Music I Am Style Place

I just want to make music that makes people feel good about themselves.

Music Good People Feel

I lived wherever my parents felt like making music, which had its ups and downs - I've had to move schools, but I've also seen a lot of amazing places and been on tour with my parents.

Music Parents Ups And Downs Amazing

My mum is one of my style icons!

Style Icons Mum

I'm the biggest Drake fan - my favorite is 'Tuscan Leather' because it's like three songs in one, and for somebody that's obsessed with keys, the outro has the best keys ever.

Best Three Like Leather

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.

Work Myself Me Parents

I put a song on Soundcloud, and Annie Mac made it record of the week, and a month later, I signed my record deal.

Song Month Week Made

I'm pretty much writing all the time.

Time Writing Pretty Much

Producing isn't my favourite bit about what I do, but the fact that I know how to do it gives me this sense of power in situations that are super male-dominated.

Me Power Know How

I think I took after my parents. Using music as one of my main ways of expression just felt natural.

Music Parents Think Expression

Destiny's Child's harmonies remind me of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Me Fire Wind Child

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