With 2
singles from her debut album charting in the Top 40 and being signed to a label
that carries the likes of The Wanted and Ariana Grande, we think, new pop
princess Gabby deserves more recognition.
When she
walks into the interview room smile beaming, festive jumper on and Starbucks in
hand, I can already tell I’m going to love her. Her every day, normal style,
polite nature and not forgetting her amazing raw talent makes me wonder why
she’s not a global superstar yet, and why we don’t have more people like her in
the public eye anyway.
S; Hi Gabby
G: Hi, it’s
really nice to meet you
S; You too,
now you’ve had a very busy couple of months haven’t you?
G; Yeah, you
could say that, I would probably use the word crazy, but busy works too! I’ve
been finishing up my debut album, I released it at the end of last month and
doing a lot of promotion, it’s been
quite hectic!
S; I can
imagine! But it seems to be paying off, you’ve got 2 tracks in the Top 40 at the
moment!
G; I know!
I’m so grateful, not only for my marketing team who’ve helped me so much, but
my fans too, they are the people that allow my life to be what it is. Without
their support I would not be in the position I am today.
S; I think
it’s great that you are openly appreciative of all the people around you and
give them credit.
G; Thank
you! Yeah, it annoys me when other artists take all the credit for the work
because now I am in the business professionally I know they all have people
behind the scenes helping them out.
S; Now back
to your album, 2 singles from it are already in the Top 40 and it charted at No
3, not bad for a first timer!
G;
(laughing) thanks! I know, I really can’t believe it, it’s so surreal, I’ve
worked for so long on this to get it exactly as I like, so for other people to
like it too and buy my songs is great!
S; And the
all important Christmas No 1 week is coming up, do you think you could
challenge for the win?
G; I really
really hope so, like I said I’ve worked for so long and so hard on this album
so if it got Christmas No 1 I would be over the moon
S; What
inspired the album?
G; I loved
the soul singers of the sixties, I wanted to incorporate that style into quite
up-beat pop songs that people love to sing along too. I feel that in that era
music was genuine, the singers wrote the songs, they weren’t just given one the
label bought. I wrote most of the songs on my album, I did a few collaborations
which I was really excited about, but these songs are just personal.
S; I think
you really are right about music being genuine, a lot of the time now we find
that songs sound the same and have the same themes, most of the songs we hear
now are written by the same people.
G; Exactly
and I think because they are written for other people they can be quite
general, my songs are specific to me, they have meaning, and I hope that people
can hear that in them.
