Nick Mono | |
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Birth name | Nick Nannar |
Born | 2002 |
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Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | Parlophone |
Website | nickmono.com |
Nick Nannar (born 2002), professionally known as Nick Mono, is a British singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from West London, United Kingdom. He has described his musical style as "a wide range of music from hip-hop to alternative rock". [1] Following his independently-released single "Effy Stonem" in 2020, Mono signed with Parlophone. [2] [3]
Nick was born in London in 2002 and is of Punjabi-Indian heritage. [4] He became interested in music after watching The Jackson 5 perform their song "I Want You Back" on The Ed Sullivan Show , and started playing the guitar at age five. [4] Nick is a self-proclaimed "die-hard fan" of Justin Bieber since childhood, and lists him as his biggest inspiration to this day. [5] At age ten, Nick uploaded two covers to YouTube—one of Bieber's "Boyfriend", and another one of One Direction's "One Thing". [6] [7]
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