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Ella Eyre She has said that she had to “unlearn” much of what she was taught early in her career, revealing what she faced as a young woman growing up in a male-dominated music industry.
The 31-year-old British pop singer first rose to fame at the age of 16 when she performed Rudimental’s number 1 single “Waiting All Night”, which won Brit Awards For British Single of the Year.
Ayer said of that period, “My life changed overnight.” “But the bar was set very high from a very young age, and so I’ve had to undo what I was shown early in my career and learn and find joy in what I’m doing.”
When asked how she now looks back on the early stages of her career, Ayer admitted that she feels “pretty sad” because there are some things she would have done differently.
“I feel stronger in myself now because I’ve worked and had to do a lot of things to do it, but for the first eight years of my career, both of my managers were men,” she said. positive vibrations podcast.
“As a 16-year-old girl, not having female opinions or female touch around me really hindered my confidence.”
She explained that she had positive relationships with both managers, “but there was something lacking in the support I needed as a young woman growing up in a very male-dominated industry”.
Last week Eyre released his first studio album in a decade, Everything, in time, Who Independent praised offering a “powerful pop track full of warmth and integrity” as a “confident comeback”.
In the same interview, Ayer talked about the difficult period where she had to have surgery to remove scar tissue from the vocal cords in 2020, which required “aggressive” surgery that left her unable to speak for a month.
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“It was something that needed to happen – the lockdown was quite a blessing in a way because it meant I could recover while everyone else was at home,” she said.
“It was very hard, because ultimately when you’re not speaking for a month, you’re going through a lot in your mind, and I’m not even allowed to cry, I’m not even allowed to laugh, because those things [were] Very detrimental to my recovery.”
Eyre said he had to come to terms with his condition and accept that his recovery would take place “in its own time”.
He said, “I think it’s allowed me to be more vocal in terms of journaling, writing songs… I’ve definitely learned to channel that into other places.”
Ayer’s new album everything, in time It’s out now.
full episode of Roisin O’Connor’s Good Companies With Ella Eyre will be available on all streaming platforms from Friday 28th November.