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Pandemonium’s Fire
She is the 18 year old up
and coming solo singer from her number one album Pandemonium born and raised in
the bay area of San Francisco but currently resides in London. She was
approached by her current record label Interscope Records at the age of 17 when
they found her busking on the streets outside a Starbucks with a cardboard sign
displaying the message that she needed money for a bus ride home. As we enter
the her studio apartment we immediately hear the screams and laughs of girls
having a blast and enjoying their time, almost hard to believe that its coming
from an artist that has had a chart topping success in most of the songs
released this year. As we approach
inside the apartment, we are immediately met with Harley Rose, an image
completely changed from the strong all black wearing girl in the photo shoot.
Instead we are with an average teen wearing ‘sweats’ as she likes to call it
,looking very comfortable and cosy for the fall season.
So how is life different from here
in London to the bay area?
Well, the bay area is very
sunny… sunny spells all the way! (laughs) but British weather is so insane! You
get the sun… and the rain, you get clouds of doom and rain would find its way
here (laughs) But you know it’s great, in a way that its different. I mean I’ve
come to find a way to make peace with the rain, and as of now London is home
for me.
It seems that you have made
friends (looks towards them). Have they inspired you in any way towards your
music?
Of course, definitely. I
mean I am thankful for these girls because they seem to tolerate me, especially
with my American attitude towards things, you know everything in London is
definitely smaller and cosier I should say. In terms of music, they have
definitely inspired me as the stories behind my songs and music are not always
about me but about other people as well. I believe that it helps to keep my
music relatable and that’s what music is about, sharing people’s experiences
and stories to the world. It’s a form of art.
How did you feel when your debut
song Calamity topped the UK Charts?
We were in a daze where
you feel alive cause your walking fine and people are seeing you, but inside we
felt like a bubble about to burst and fly away into space. (Laughing) It sounds
like I’m on drugs but that is the only way I can do justice in describing it.
Maybe it’s like mothers when they give birth, it was hard work but once you see
that little baby everything feels all right with the world. In a state of
Euphoria maybe? Funny thing is that the first thing we did to ‘celebrate’ was
to call the local pizza shop and told them who I was and that my song is number
one right now, and they were like of course, my song’s number one too
(laughing). They didn’t believe us for a second.
Why have you chosen to call your
debut album ‘Pandemonium’?
Normally, for an artist it
would be a self-title album with their name or something. But I felt that this
is the album that shows the beginning of my career in music, so why not call it
something that is just out of this world or memorable I should say? Pandemonium
means creating wars, disorder and chaos; I just felt that my entrance into this
industry should be loud and chaotic, almost as if I’m telling the world ‘Hey!
There’s a 17 year old girl who would like for you to listen to her songs’ (laughs)
I know you write songs, and your
debut album is self-composed. How does it feel knowing that your own written
songs have topped most music charts worldwide?
I mean yeah, it’s surreal
and most of the time I feel like I’m dreaming. You know it’s hard to believe my
achievements, I mean now I can actually go tell people that I wrote the song
that’s currently number one right now, not a lot of eighteen year olds can
actually say that.
Now, how has the success been for
you?
I’m gonna be honest with
you, it has changed me. Fame has changed me. I always used to look up to those
artists you know, thinking they had the best job in the world because they
would sing in front of thousands of people who love their songs and create that
connection with them. But I realised that it wasn’t all that, because that was
just the front of it all. There were producers, managers and the label to
impress, you couldn’t just play any music you wanted to- you had to get the
permission to do it. I mean, I feel that I learnt it the hard way, because I
was so persistent in what I wanted that everything would end up being back to
square one and the same thing would happen all over again. But it turned out to
be a part of our label’s big plan for me, training me to be able to face the
world and being able to live under the pressure of this business and still
keeping the you intact. It has helped
me to mature. But at the end of the day I’m just a kid having the time of her
life.
Do people treat you differently?
If by people you mean my
family, NO. They still order me around the house when I visit home, one time I
was really lazy and woke up late and I remember my mum saying to me “I know you
may have a number one song right now, but it doesn’t mean anything different in
this household. I’m number one around here” (laughs). I do get free food from
time to time, the fans are increasingly getting larger and more people are spotting
me from the streets. Some of those in the older generation are kind of shock to
think that I’m famous because their grandchildren would want pictures with me
and they would be ‘I don’t know who you are, but during my time we wouldn’t see
Michael Jackson on the streets”.
Any plans for a new album?
My debut album is
currently being promoted right now so my focus would be on that, but I will be
returning to the studio in the New Year to get creative again. You know I feel
that’s the best part about being an artist, the creative process.
Any upcoming world tours?
Yes! It’s in the making
and I don’t think I should be saying this (laughs). but let’s just say it’s a
world exclusive right? I am so excited for this, there are plans of it
happening and I just can’t wait to meet all o the fans. It will definitely be
happening sometime next year, let’s just cross our fingers its sooner.
What can we expect from Harley
Rose in the future?
Currently, I am busy
promoting my debut album Pandemonium but I will be back in the studio in no
time. There are already plans and ideas for the next album, so things should
get exciting soon. I am currently working on a secret project (winks) and I
can’t tell you anymore or they’ll tell me off! I’ve already said too much
(laughing)
Any hints on this secret project?
I have a feeling this will
be first and last solo interview. You guys keep on making me spill things
(laughing). But I think… I think I should be able to say that it’s a collab?
Maybe? Maybe not? (laughing) Who knows, I didn’t say anything.
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