NAHLI

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NAHLI
BornEssex, England
GenresPop
LabelsRebel Records

Nahli, (professionally known and stylised as NAHLI), is a British singer and songwriter who has worked with DaVinChe. [1] Her moniker is her birth name combined with her dad's stage name (Natalie and Harley). [2] [ deprecated source ]

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Early life

NAHLI grew up in England with both parents being professional singers. [3] [4] She was exposed her to a wide variety music such as Boney M, Abba, Elvis, Michael Jackson and Enya. [1] [2] [ deprecated source ] Writing a diary since the age of 5 helped her realise how she can transfer her thoughts from paper into song form. [1] [3] From age three she took ballet lessons and attended Italia Conti on a half scholarship. [3]

NAHLI has expressed that she felt very split between two families and like she didn't fit anywhere and was a burden. Her parents divorced when she was young and both her mum and dad had a children with a new partners. Her friend Simon, died when NAHLI was 15 and her life began to crumble.. [4] [2] [ deprecated source ] At age 16 she worked at Tesco to afford a trip to the Maldives. [5]

Career

NAHLI has been working with DaVinChe for close to a decade and thinks of him as a big brother, mentor and friend. [1] They met when she was scouted to be in one of his projects and she says she hounded him to work closer with her. [3]

NAHLI has featured on tracks such as Professor Green’s ‘Bad Decisions’, Rude Kid's ‘Please Don’t’, Crystal Fighters ‘Costa Rica’ and Conducta's ‘Only U’. [6] She toured across Europe with SIGMA where they played concerts to over 50,000 people. [7] [8]

In 2019, NAHLI released her debut solo EP named 'Therapy (Side A). [1] The cover art was designed by Aymi and portrays NAHLI with a distorted throat. [1] She stated that she hadn't spoken to her father for a few years and her ex fiancé ended things, so she penned tracks to express her feelings on the EP aimed at them. [3] [2] [ deprecated source ]

In 2021, NAHLI released the singles "Catch 22", featuring Big Narstie and "Something's Gotta Change". [7] [6] [5]

I hope people will see the things I have to offer as not only a music artist, but a painter too. I just have a deep desire to create. I’d like people to see me as someone with kindness and with the willingness to listen and help anybody where I can. I give a lot to music. [4]

Personal life

NAHLI thinks of the moon as God and regularly speaks with it and adorns herself with images of it. [1]

Human rights, especially topics of women's empowerment are important to NAHLI and she regularly discusses them in interviews and her music. [1] [6]

NAHLI began painting when she broke her leg and her housemate, who was an artist, encouraged her to give it a go. [4] [7] She often posts pieces to her social media platforms. She has painted portraits of Kurt Cobain and Dennis Rodman (which Carmen Electra gave a like to). [4]

She resides in East London but hails from Essex. [8]

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