It’s been a big year for Elmiene who, since being named one to watch by BBC Radio 1 in January, has released not one but two EPs.
The soul singer from Oxford, who’s previously collaborated with Stormzy, says he’s “extremely grateful” to now be nominated for the Brit Rising Star award.
“If I could put the feeling of being nominated into words, I would say it’s like being completely satisfied with a meal you bought and then finding out it comes with dessert and a drink,” he says.
“Didn’t know it could get any better.”
Although he was nicknamed “the Michael Jackson kid”, Elmiene hadn’t written a song before his music GCSE and even then didn’t think it was for him.
But after a housemate posted a video of him singing in his back garden in 2021, he’s blown up online with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify and backing from legends like Missy Elliot and SZA.
