ʻO Jorja Smith kahi mele mele Pelekane i hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ma 2016. Ua hui pū ʻo Smith me Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy a me Drake. Eia naʻe, ʻo kāna mau mele ka mea i lanakila loa. I ka makahiki 2018, ua loaʻa ka mea mele i ka Brit Critics 'Choice Award. A i ka makahiki 2019, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no kahi makana Grammy ma ka ʻāpana Best New Artist.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Jorja Smith
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo George Alice Smith ma Iune 11, 1997 ma Walsall, UK. He Jamaican kona makuakāne a he Pelekane kona makuahine. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke aloha i ka mele i ka mea hīmeni e kona mau mākua. Ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o Georgie, ʻo kona makuakāne ka leo leo o ka hui neo-soul 2nd Naicha. ʻO ia ka mea i aʻo iā ia e aʻo i ka hoʻokani piano a me ka oboe, e hele i nā haʻawina hīmeni ma ke kula. Ua hana ka makuahine o ka mea mele ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā nani. E like me kona makua kāne, paipai mau ʻo ia i ka noʻeau o kāna kaikamahine.
'Ōleloʻo George i kēia mau mea e pili ana i kona mau mākua: "He mana koʻu mau mākua i koʻu makemake e hana mele. ʻŌlelo mau koʻu makuahine, “E hana wale. Himeni wale." Ma ke kula, ua komo au i ke mele mele kahiko, a ua lawe au i na hookolokolo ma keia kumuhana. Ma laila au i aʻo ai i ka hīmeni ʻana i ka soprano i ka wā i hoʻokani ai mākou i nā haku mele a Schubert no kaʻu mau keaka, ma ka ʻōlelo Latina, Kelemānia, Palani. Ke hoʻohana nei au i kēia mau mākau e kākau a hoʻopaʻa i kaʻu mau mele."
Hooikaika hana
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo George e hoʻokani i ka makahiki 8, a i ka makahiki 11 ua kākau ʻo ia i kāna mau mele mua. Ma hope iki, ua loaʻa i ke kaikamahine kahi haʻawina mele e aʻo ai ma ke kula ʻo Aldridge. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea mele i nā mana uhi o nā mele kaulana a kau ʻia ma YouTube. Mahalo i kēia, ʻike koke nā mea hana iā ia. No ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna mau haku mele, ua lawe ʻo ia i nā haʻawina mai ka mea mele ʻEnelani-Irish ʻo Maverick Saber ma Lākana. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula, ua ne'e 'o Smith i ke kapikala o Beritania Nui. Ma laila ʻo ia i hoʻoholo ai e hoʻohui i kona ola me ke mele. Ua loaʻa iā ia kona ola ma ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he barista ma kahi hale kūʻai kofe kokoke i kona home.
Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo George e nā ʻano mele e like me reggae, punk, hip-hop, R&B. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua ʻike ʻia ka mea mele i ka album mua a Amy Winehouse ʻo Frank. Ua makemake nui ʻo ia i nā mele o Alicia Keys, Adele a me Sade. Hāʻawi ka mea pena i kāna mau mele i nā pilikia pilikanaka: "Manaʻo wau he mea nui loa ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā pilikia e kū nei i ka honua i kēia lā. Ma keʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻolaha hou aku i nā mea hoʻopilikia. No ka mea, ʻo ka manawa e paʻi ai ka poʻe hoʻolohe i ke pihi pāʻani, aia ko lākou nānā ʻana iā ʻoe.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana mele a Georgie Smith
Ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana i Lākana (i ka makahiki 2016), ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo George i ka mele Blue Lights ma SoundCloud. Ua lilo ʻo ia i "breakthrough" no ka mea hoʻokani, ʻoiai ua loaʻa ʻo ia ma kahi o ka hapalua miliona mau pāʻani i hoʻokahi mahina. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻohui ka hapa nui o nā lekiō Pelekane i ka mele i kā lākou papa inoa. Ua lilo ka haku mele i mea kaulana loa i ka makahiki 2018 ua kono ʻia ka mea pena kiʻi e hoʻokani iā ia ma ka hōʻike televise ahiahi ʻo Jimmy Kimmel Live.
He mau mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele mele a ka mea mele Where Did I Go? ma ia pūnaewele hoʻokahi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e ka mea rapper kaulana ʻo Drake, nāna i kapa i ke mele kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa a me kāna punahele i kēlā manawa. Aia i Nowemapa 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Smith i kāna debut EP Project 11. Ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana 4 ma ka papa inoa lōʻihi o ka BBC Music Sound o 2017. Ma muli o ka kūleʻa o ka moʻolelo, ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele e huki i ka manaʻo o nā mea hana kaulana. ʻO Drake ka mea mua i hāʻawi iā ia e hui pū. Ua hoʻopaʻa pū lāua i ʻelua mele no kāna papahana More Life.
Pīhoihoi ʻo Jorja i ka poʻe hoʻolohe a puni ka honua me kāna kani mālie ma nā ala Jorja Interlude a me Get It Together. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele hope loa me ke komo ʻana o Black Coffee. Ua hōʻole mua ʻo Smith i kahi hāʻawi e hana pū me Drake ma "Get It Together" no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i komo i ke kākau ʻana i ke mele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smith ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau: "Makemake wau i kēia mele, akā ʻaʻole wau i kākau ia, no laila ʻaʻole wau i lawe koʻikoʻi i nā mele. Akā, ua haʻalele wau me kaʻu hoaaloha, hoʻolohe i ke mele a hoʻomaopopo i nā mea a pau. A pēlā mākou i hoʻopaʻa ai. ʻO ke kumu o koʻu hōʻole mua ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana me ka manuahi. Pono wau e aloha maoli i kaʻu hana. "
ʻO Jorja Smith hoʻi ka hana wehe no Bruno Mars ma kāna 24k Magic World Tour ma 2017. Ma ka wāwae o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau o ka huakaʻi, ua hui pū ʻia ka mea hīmeni e Dua Lipa lāua ʻo Camila Cabello.
ʻO ke kaulana mua o Georgie Smith a hana pū me nā hōkū
I ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kekahi mau mele mele: Beautiful Little Fools, Teenage Fantasy, On My Mind. Ua piʻi ka hope o kēia ma ka helu 5 ma ka pakuhi indie UK a ua piʻi i ka helu 54 ma ka pakuhi pop. I ka makahiki hoʻokahi, ua loaʻa i ka mea mele ʻekolu mau koho MOBO i ka manawa hoʻokahi i nā ʻāpana: "Best Female Artist", "Best New Artist" a me "Best R&B / Soul Act Artist". ʻAʻole naʻe i lanakila ʻo ia. Ua ʻike pū ʻia kēia manawa i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka Spotify Singles EP, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēia manawa ma nā platform streaming.
I ka makahiki 2018, me ka rapper Stormzy, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Smith i ke mele Let Me Down, i hiki koke i ka UK Top 40. Ua kōkua ʻo Ed Thomas iā lākou e kākau i ka haku mele. Na Thomas lāua ʻo Paul Epworth i hana. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke wikiō mele ma Ianuali 18, 2018. Ua paʻi ʻia ke wikiō ma Kyiv. Ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻokani ka mea mele i kahi pepehi kanaka i hoʻolimalima ʻia e pepehi i kahi hula hula. I ka manawa like, ua aloha ʻo ia i kahi hula, kahi i kānalua nui ai i ka pololei o ka hoʻoholo. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Stormzy ma ka hopena o ke wikiō a hoʻokani i ke kuleana o ka luna o Georgie. Aia ka wikiō ma luna o 14 miliona mau manaʻo ma YouTube.
I loko o kēia manawa, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Kendrick Lamar, ua haku ʻo Smith i ke kani ʻo I Am no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Black Panther. Mahalo i kēia, ua hiki iā ia ke huki hou aku i ka poʻe hoʻolohe i kāna hana. A e hoʻonui i ka hoihoi i ka album studio mua Lost & Found (2018).
ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka album studio a me ka hana o kēia manawa a Jorja Smith
Ua hana lākou ma ke kākau ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka album no 5 mau makahiki ma Lākana a me Los Angeles. ʻO ia ka neʻe ʻana i Lākana i hoʻoikaika ai i ka mea mele e kapa i ka disc, e kani ana ma ka ʻōlelo Lūkini ʻo "Lost and Found". Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i ke kapikala i 2015 i ka makahiki 18 wale nō. Ma ʻaneʻi i noho ai ʻo George me kona ʻanakē a me kona ʻanakala. ʻOiai e hana ana ʻo ia ma Starbucks barista, ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia ma ke kākau ʻana i nā mele ma Voicenotes ma kāna kelepona. Wahi a ka mea hoʻokani, ua nalowale ʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale hou. Akā i ka manawa like, ʻike maopopo ʻo George i kahi āna i makemake ai.
Ua loaʻa iā Lost & Found nā loiloi maikaʻi loa mai ka poʻe loiloi mele. Ua ʻike lākou i ka haku mele ʻana o Georgie, ke ʻano, ka ʻike mele a me ka hoʻopuka leo. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo ma nā papa inoa album maikaʻi loa i ka hopena o nā makahiki a ua koho ʻia no ka makana Mercury. Hoʻomaka ka hana ma ka helu 3 ma ka UK Top Albums Chart a ma ka helu 1 ma ka UK R&B Chart.
Mai 2019 a 2020 Ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i nā mele hoʻokahi wale nō. Ma waena o lākou, ua kaulana loa ʻo Be Honest with Burna Boy, solo By Any Means and Come Over with Popcaan. I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kolu o ka EP Be Right Back, nona nā mele 8. Hōʻike ka mea mele i ka moʻolelo ma ke ʻano he "lumi kali" no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o kāna album studio lua. Ua kākau ʻia nā mele mai Be Right Back i ka makahiki 2019-2021. Ua wehewehe ka mea pena i ka hana ma ka EP ma ke ʻano he ala e haʻalele ai i nā kūlana he nui i loaʻa iā ia ma kahi o ʻekolu makahiki.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Jorja Smith
I Kepakemapa 2017, ua hōʻike ʻia ua pili ʻo George iā Joel Compass (mea kākau mele). Aia kekahi manaʻo ma waena o ka poʻe pā o nā kāne ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Smith lāua ʻo Compass. Eia naʻe, me ka manaʻo ʻole no ka poʻe āpau, ua pau kā lākou pilina ma 2019.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Joel i ka haʻihaʻi ʻana me ka mea mele ma Instagram ma hope o ka "fan" i haʻi aku i nā lono ua honi ʻo George i ka rapper Stormzy. "Ua haʻihaʻi mākou i kahi manawa i hala aku nei," i kākau ai ke keikikāne o ke kaikamahine.
I ʻApelila 2017, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Jorja Smith e pili ana iā Drake. Eia naʻe, ʻoihana ka pilina o nā mea hana. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo George i kāna keikikāne mai ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo ia me Joel. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole pili ka mea mele me kekahi.
