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I went from playing to like ten people in a pub to playing thousands of people and being in this music industry, you really have to get out of your comfort zone fast.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Industry
Music Industry
Ten
Zone
Music Your People
Fast
Pub
Thousands
Thousands Of People
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I absolutely love collaborating with other people, but I think it's so important to always be able to rely on yourself because there are ups and downs in this industry.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Collaborating
Rely
Love Yourself People
Love Always Yourself
Absolutely
Downs
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I have a song coming with blackbear. He's a huge artist, I would say in the dark-pop scene. He has also collaborated with a lot of hip-hop artists. He's huge on Spotify.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Scene
Spotify
Artists
Collaborated
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A song like 'Loyal To Me,' for example, I originally wrote that for a girl band in mind, that's why it has so many harmonies and it's got that sort of '90s/R&B feel to it.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Band
Example
Loyal
Song
Mind Me Feel
For Example
Harmonies
Originally
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From past experience I wouldn't go out with another musician. With song writing people can be a bit sensitive. Something completely different, like a lawyer, would be good.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Lawyer
Musician
Sensitive
Song Writing
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I only tend to use YouTube for learning difficult guitar things or music videos. I tend to just walk around London and take it all in; there are so many fashionable people.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Fashionable
London
Youtube
Music Videos
Tend
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I try to create an image to suit my music. These days, you have to create your own personal brand as an artist. It's not about just putting music out any more unfortunately.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Music Your Own
Unfortunately
Personal
Putting
Suit
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But I think as you grow up, you realise that actually, if you want to dress sexy there's nothing wrong with that - it's your prerogative as a woman to dress however you want.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Prerogative
Grow Up
However
Realise
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I think it's exciting because it pushes you harder to write a great song. Even for established artists, it has to be really good now because people have so many other options.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Harder
Good Great People
Established
Good Great Song
Great Song
Options
Pushes
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I live in a neighborhood that's very family-oriented, so I feel like everyone else is sleeping and I'm sitting up, making music. It's just me. It's a nice time to be creative.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Creative
Nice
Sleep
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I took two years out to find what sound I felt passionate about and what I liked making. After the last album, 'Peroxide', which is quite poppy and acoustic, I felt really bored.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Bored
Passionate
Acoustic
Album
Liked
Poppy
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I never want people to know who I'm going out with or about my family. But it's difficult, because when people have seen you online since you were 14, they feel like they know you.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Online
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I listened to a lot of female pop music growing up. I started to realize that there were women out there wanting to stay something, playing instruments and writing their own songs.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Female
Growing Up
Instruments
Pop Music
Stay
Listened
Realize
Wanting
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But then as I got older, I got to know all these amazing artists like Alanis Morissette, Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, all these women who are really the creators behind who they are.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Creators
Stevie
Harry
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I've always been very independent, and I love being able to enjoy different parts of music. It's amazing to be able to hear the sound in your head and instantly make it come to life.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Independent
Life Love Music
Different Parts
Instantly
Parts
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There's even a feature on my website where you can translate messages into codes, so whenever I have any big news it goes out in code first so the diehard fans are the first to know.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Big News
Code
Diehard
Messages
News
Translate
Website
Feature
Whenever
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I couldn't get gigs because you need to be 18 in most venues. So I started doing videos. I wasn't thinking about getting a record deal, I just wanted to know if people thought I was good.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Gigs
Venues
Good Thinking People
Record Deal
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Peroxide' is a mix of everything I have experienced from the age of 15 until now with themes of break ups, first love, growing up - all the sorts of things that you experience at that age.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Experience
Age
Break
First Love
Growing Up
Experienced
Mix
Themes
Ups
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Sometimes I fall out of love with what I'm doing, but only for about a week. Once it's over I'm back to thinking it's the best job in the world again. But every job has it's ups and downs.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Love Best Thinking
Downs
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I feel like in our society there is definitely still a lot of underlying sexism. It's funny how many guys are surprised when you pick up an instrument in the studio, or write your own songs.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Sexism
Instrument
Pick
Studio
Surprised
Underlying
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I try to create a style that reflects my music. So I would say it's definitely got some '90s elements, some pop elements that are a bit more feminine, and then more indie, androdgynous elements.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Elements
Feminine
Indie
Reflects
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Being young and extremely naive and coming from a very sheltered place has been a slight disadvantage to me because in Edinburgh, if you meet someone and they're nice, they just become your friend.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Edinburgh
Disadvantage
Extremely
Meet
Sheltered
Slight
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For a date, I'd like to do something different to drinks or dinner - like walking around Camden for a day in the sun, or something weird, like skydiving. Then at least if you don't get on you've had fun.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Camden
Dinner
Skydiving
Sun
Weird
Date
Drinks
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Then when I was writing alone, I'd just be in my bedroom in London and I had a little studio setup. I was like, You know what, if no one's gonna produce my music, I'm gonna have to learn how to do it myself.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Alone
Bedroom
London
Produce
What If
Just Be
Studio
Setup
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Well, there's this culture on Instagram where everyone uses filters and lighting, or people smooth their skin out. It's this weird thing. We all know it's not real and we all complain about it, yet we all do it.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Filters
Instagram
Lighting
Smooth
Weird
Skin
Complain
Uses
Weird Thing
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I didn't grow up with a musical family. My mom had a lot of CDs in the house, particularly Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, ABBA, all the sort of like diva icons. She's Swedish, so she loves pop music.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Abba
Cds
House
Icons
Musical
Pop Music
Swedish
Whitney
Family Mom Music
Diva
Grow
Family Music Mom
Particularly
Loves
Grow Up
Mariah Carey
Pop
She
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I do loads of pitch writing as well, where you write a pop song and then pitch it to DJs who can then work with the song, and sometimes they keep your vocal on it. It's just good to be involved in different things.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Different Things
Djs
Involved
Pop Song
Vocal
Work Good Your
Work Good Song
Loads
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As an introvert, you have to spend a lot of time with me and then little bits of my personality will come out over time. But as an artist, sometimes you only get five minutes to impress someone, so it is kind of hard.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Bits
Impress
Minutes
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London seems to be one step ahead of everywhere else which I like because you see things first. It's where British fashion is developed and there are so many little vintage shops and boutiques; there are always loads on offer.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
British
London
Shops
Vintage
Everywhere
Ahead
Developed
Loads
Step
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I would say my favorite is probably the 'Colder' video. Just because that sort of brings the album artwork to life. It's not my favorite song on the album, but visually, I think it just came out exactly how I had it in my head.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Artwork
Video
Album
Brings
Colder
Exactly
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I've learned not turning things up to full volume is a good idea. Also, because I have the freedom, sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Songwriting
Volume
Turning
Carried
Good Idea
Production
Sacrifices
Verse
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I've learned a lot about being in control of your career - and that being positive and believing in yourself goes a very long way. And creatively, the music needs to sound like it's come from you, not someone else who's choosing the songs for you.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Long Way
Believing
Choosing
Creatively
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My tenth-ever gig was in an arena, which is mad... I remember being backstage with multiple artists there and someone had had their teeth done - like veneers - and I come from a very small village where people are lucky to even have all their teeth.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Arena
Mad
Multiple
Teeth
Village
Backstage
Gig
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I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two albums that just never came out, and that was just a really big knock to my confidence, because everything I sent seemed like it just wasn't good enough.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Confidence
Good Enough Day
Basically
Came
Every Day
Record
Label
Record Label
Seemed
Sent
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So I just sat in bed for six months - I literally didn't leave the house - and it was the first time that I'd actually experienced being depressed. I'd be sad on and off but I'd never experienced actual depression. Like, crying for no reason. It was really horrible.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Sad
Bed
Being Depressed
First Time
Horrible
House
Months
No Reason
Sat
Six
Actual
Crying
Depressed
Leave
Experienced
Literally
On And Off
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Working with other artists and writers over the past couple years has really given me a clear idea of my strengths and weaknesses and what is unique about me as an artist. I figured it's my storytelling lyrics, falsetto range and tone of voice, so I write songs to utilize those.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Range
Storytelling
Tone
Unique
Couple Years
Writers
Figured
Past Couple
Strengths
Utilize
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Working with other people, it's hard to get them to make it sound like what you have in mind. Also, it's really expensive to get your tracks produced, so I thought if I could learn how to do it myself, I could make five albums in a month and it would be free, it would be me, and it would be everything that I'm doing.
Nina Nesbitt / Singer-Songwriter
Mind
People
Track
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