Amalia 13
A pen ready to give the best of itself; a growing ambition and a passion for music more than palpable, you're seeing one that won't fail to create a stir about her in the months and years to come in the French Rap game. Amalia has everything to become a real female figure in Rap, and it’s good to see that the spotlight is finally on the growing talent of this young 20-year-old Marseillaise. After being noticed on Skyrock, and her hard-hitting freestyles on the networks, Amalia took the time to talk to us about what pushed her to get into music, and especially about her views on the place of women in this still too-masculine industry. Between kindness and simplicity, the sincerity of Amalia won't fail to touch you. Tell us about yourself Amalia, we want to know all about your beginnings in the music industry! It happened when I was 18. I had a friend of mine who couldn’t get past a heartbreak, and I decided to put her pain to music. In the end, this first lyric was the very first of my “career” and it's also my first video “24h”. In fact, when I saw my friend’s enthusiasm for what I had written, I said to myself, “Come on, I’m going, I have nothing to lose anyway.” In the end, I realized that maybe there was something to do in music because I really liked it and I saw that people also liked what I was doing, too. I decided to post my first freestyles on Instagram, and that’s when it took on much larger proportions than I imagined... Did you expect this success? Not at all honestly. It would be a lie to say that I didn’t want it, because when you get into music, you always want to make it work. In truth, I didn't expect such a crazed response from the public. I still don’t really understand what’s going on... I think on the one hand it’s better, so I don’t have the pressure of success, and I’m not obsessed with it. I post my freestyles without worrying about the followers to win, or the likes to reap. I’m doing this because I want to, and I’m happy to see that it gives me access to opportunities I never thought I’d have. After my time on Skyrock, I started to realize that I might really belong in the Rap game. Speaking of Skyrock, I saw your appearance on Meryl’s Planète Rap last February. Can you tell me more about this first appearance? In fact, I had freestyled for an Instagram contest which had been liked by the Planète Rap account, and I was very surprised! I sent a message saying “Thank you for the like, if you ever need someone to come and rap live, just let me know.” Few days later, they asked me if I wanted to do the freestyle listener [e.d: the radio calls a participant to do a freestyle on the phone during a live radio show], so I immediately said yes without even hesitating. And from there it all happened; I rapped by phone on Tuesday and Meryl’s team validated me and asked me to join her live for the show on Friday. So, I went to Paris alone - without asking myself any questions - and I enjoyed it. It’s true that it was a lot of stress, but it was above all an incredible adventure.
