{"id":79674,"date":"2020-07-24T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T09:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=79674"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T10:52:12","slug":"emerging-uk-singer-songwriter-kunle-b-talks-individuality-motivation-musical-highlights-and-his-inspirational-new-single-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2020\/07\/emerging-uk-singer-songwriter-kunle-b-talks-individuality-motivation-musical-highlights-and-his-inspirational-new-single-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging UK singer-songwriter Kunle B talks individuality, motivation, musical highlights and his inspirational new single ‘Grow’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: Leon Murray<\/p><\/div>\n

What inspired you to begin a career in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would say Church definitely inspired me to begin my music career as that\u2019s where I found my voice growing up. I fell in love with the Gospel songs and hymns and loved how the music had a powerful effect on myself and other people and I wanted to be able to do this with my own music \u2013 provoke an emotion in people.<\/p>\n

What differs you and your sound from other upcoming artists in the music industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would say my sound is different because it\u2019s not one that you can really box. A lot of artists today tend to stay within the same genre of music in pursuit of being the next main artist of that genre. I make music based off the emotion I can hear in the beat and craft lyrics that suit that, whether that be a slow song or a song that\u2019s fierce and energetic, so my sound is always evolving.<\/p>\n

Your latest release \u2018Grow\u2019<\/a> is out now! Can you please describe the creative process and explain the inspiration behind the single?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know! I am so happy that this song is out! \u2018Grow\u2019 was a collaborative track that was created internationally. I\u2019ve been growing my following on Instagram by posting covers and mashups on songs that I listen to and enjoy for some time. I made a \u2018Don\u2019t Rush\u2019 mashup by Young T and Bugsey and Yoni Bierig, an artist and producer from California dm\u2019ed me and said he likes what I do and would love to work with me and began working on a song. I posted another mashup the week after and a producer who goes by the name of Bedroom Producer messaged me saying he has beats he\u2019d like to give to me. I went through the beats and all of them were amazing.<\/p>\n

The beat for Grow was entitled \u2018Rainy day\u2019 but I thought the beat was powerful and deserved a powerful set of lyrics on them. I had really bad writers\u2019 block prior to writing \u2018Grow\u2019 which in turn lead to me doubting myself. I sat down with the beat and wrote the chorus first and wrote the first part of the first verse with Yoni. After that, I wrote verse two and the bridge myself over the next couple of days. The inspiration behind \u2018Grow\u2019 came from me finding myself outgrowing people that I\u2019d once been tight with. I was slightly apprehensive to acknowledge the detachment because of the foundation I\u2019d built with these people, but I began to understand that it\u2019s life and people are like seasons; they change. You can\u2019t find life in dead things and must keep on progressing forward onto new chapters i.e. people and settings.<\/p>\n