Mahalia Mahalia
Instead, she's spent most of the afternoon on a conference call about her debut album, and now she's being submitted to a gruelling interview.
"You're totally not interrupting me at all," she laughs. "I'm just making a cup of tea."
Bright and chatty, the 20-year-old is getting accustomed to a busy schedule.
In the past couple of months, she's won YouTube's One To Watch award, been nominated for a Brit, and toured the US with fellow soul star Ella Mai.... but she's far from an overnight success.
Born Mahalia Burkmar in Leicester at the turn of the millennium, she started playing guitar and writing songs as a child, and was signed to Atlantic Records when she was just 13.
Her first EP, Head Space, emerged a year later, followed by guest slots with Rudimental, a role in Noel Clarke's 2016 film Brotherhood and a tour with Ed Sheeran.
In some respects, then, that debut album is long overdue.
Instead, she's spent most of the afternoon on a conference call about her debut album, and now she's being submitted to a gruelling interview.
"You're totally not interrupting me at all," she laughs. "I'm just making a cup of tea."
Bright and chatty, the 20-year-old is getting accustomed to a busy schedule.
In the past couple of months, she's won YouTube's One To Watch award, been nominated for a Brit, and toured the US with fellow soul star Ella Mai.... but she's far from an overnight success.
Born Mahalia Burkmar in Leicester at the turn of the millennium, she started playing guitar and writing songs as a child, and was signed to Atlantic Records when she was just 13.
Her first EP, Head Space, emerged a year later, followed by guest slots with Rudimental, a role in Noel Clarke's 2016 film Brotherhood and a tour with Ed Sheeran.
In some respects, then, that debut album is long overdue.
