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theatre throughout my whole childhood so I wanted to do more of my own stu° .”

Working with New York-based producers Johnny Cummings and Sam Polizzi, Venice co-wrote her song ‘Tug of War’.

“It took a couple weeks to ÿ nish writing it and then it took a while to get the whole sound and mix, the backing track, then recording it.”

Using Zoom online, Venice says: “We had to set up a good time that he’d be awake [in NY] and I’d be awake at the same time so that we’d have a long enough period of time to record the song”.

Venice says people who enjoy songs that are “a bit more dramatic” will like ‘Tug of War’.

“I think the songs that I prefer singing are very acoustic, not super upbeat songs I guess. I wanted to write something that could relate to a lot of di° erent things; like it can relate to peoples’ relationships and it can relate to your own self.”

Another song

Venice says a many school friends were shocked to ÿ nd out she was putting out a song. “A couple of my friends at school didn’t actually know I was releasing a song and then when I posted on my Instagram...they were all like: ‘What? ˜ at’s crazy!’

“˜ ey’ve all said it’s awesome and they love listening to it, so that’s really good. I think it’s kind of di° erent. It’s not the everyday stu° you hear on the radio, so I hope people listen to it and they enjoy it and want to keep listening.”

Venice plans to release another song in autumn.