Bounce Magazine September 2018

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 2018 | 2018 ISSUE | ISSUE #71 | #71 GABRIELLE
You know, it was crazy, but it was worth
every minute of it.
into the studio to write and record a song
together.
R: I bet! Well onto the first question, I
would love to know how you got into
music?
The producers liked my voice, and
afterwards they said, “we really like your
tone”.
Oh my gosh! Well, I’ve always been into
music in general; I loved listening to all
of the greats such as Michael Jackson,
Madonna, all the pop stuff and the stuff
from my mum’s music collection.
I was always singing but never imagined I
would ever have a career out of it. I
remember as a teenager watching ‘Top
of the Pops’ and ‘Fame’, way before your
time… I loved all of the characters and I
just really loved music.
Although I should have been more loyal to
my friend, she was about ten years older
than me and had already had her own
record released, when I was asked by the
producers to come back, I snapped their
hand off.
Obviously, she found out, and we weren’t
friends again but hey, you know, I was a
young girl and I was in pursuit of having
my own record like she did. So that’s how
it happened, yeah.
It wasn’t until my cousin’s boyfriend
entered a fashion show at a club
called ‘Moonlighting’ and they wanted
entertainment as well as models, so my
cousin put me forward, and I said “no I
cant do it, I cant do that”!
After I went back into the studio I was
then put out on a white label and ahead of
my recording label signing me, the white
label had fallen into their hands and they
came looking for me so that was how I
was put on the radar.
She said “but you love singing”? and I
responded “no, no not in front of people”!
Somehow she twisted my arm, and
although I was scared I wanted to do it.
Come the night I was on edge, I was so
nervous. I was waiting for my mum to
arrive and I was literally pushed on stage
to sing a Luther Vandross cover song
called ‘Any Love’, so that was my first
introduction to public singing.
R: How did you get your big break?
Right so, by me singing at ‘Moonlighting’
I ended up dating a guy who paid for me
to go to a recording studio with my friend,
and her boyfriend paid for her. So we went
R: What music inspired you growing up?
My musical tastes are diverse, bearing in
mind I have a 15-year-old daughter who
loves a bit of Drake, I am the ‘pop tart’ in
my house. I love Britney, Pink, Sam Smith,
James Arthur and Jay-Z and Beyonce.
I go from one to the other, so, what you’d
expect from this middle-aged woman is
not what I am giving you, I just love pop
music. I grew up as an 80s child so it
was like Spandau Ballet, a bit of Michael
Jackson, I love Nirvana, The Beatles, and
Oasis.
R: Well believe it or not, I grew up
listening to you, so it’s surreal for me to
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