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XandriaFirst Major Interview

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XYoung Xandria played her first sold out show in The Mayflower pub in London four nights ago. How was it? “An old French man came up to me,” the cordial Xandria recollects, “and said he’d seen the Vaccines had perform a few days before I came along and said it was going to happen for you too!” That poshly spoken chap isn’t the only person falling Arse over elbow for Xandria. Unless you’ve been hibernating under a rock, you have heard of her too. Most certainly via ‘Don’t Come Running Back’ – the alternative rock anthem that has been leaking its way around the net faster than Kim Kardashian’s bikini selfie, in addition to her most recent single ‘Wreck That Bass’, a fire-raising debut has the nation rocking to its charismatic beat.

If being named the preeminent innovative upcoming artist of the century wasn’t enough, everything has suggested that her new single ‘Two Finger Salute’ could be something not even Lana Del Rey can write up herself, meanwhile Xan-dria’s European tour (sold out) have emphasised the impact Xandria is going to have on the music industry and its fans; bringing rage, her cocky attitude and last but not least her slamin’ bod that would put Megan Fox to shame. “I’m surprised the show did so well, feeling a bit like the Female Justin Bieber of alternative music” the outgoing Xandria reminisced while she laughed sarcastically to herself, “I’m kind of sh*tting myself if I’m going to be frank, it’s a f**king huge crowd, not for- getting I’m going to be the only one on stage...but it should be fun. I’m not one to shy away from a challenge”. Raised and brought up by a single parent, Xandria has been brought up to stay humble and down to earth, “I hate it when celebrities talk about being ‘down to earth’ when all they do is flash their cash and pretend like nothing’s going on in the world. I’d like to think that I’ll be able to give back, even if I’m ‘famous’ or not; my mum taught me a maxim that I live by “the more you give the more you receive”, I know it sounds cheesy” Xandria giggled, letting us see that there’s more to this ‘bad girl bravado she buts on, on stage, “I’m a strong believer in karma...once I went swimming with my friend and he fell into the pool, and of course the lovely girl I am, I started laughing at him; seconds later I was sinking in the pool, so I pretty much nearly drowned...KARMA!”. Xandria’s sarcastic face brought forth the idea that she’s a bit of a practical joker. Xandria is the best new artist in the UK, and thrown at her is a platinum record and what is known to be the best album of this year! “I try to pay the least attention to all the hype about my music as possible,” Xandria shrugs, clearly not focussed on the fame and the possible stampede of screaming Xandria fans that could possibly climb through the doors and tear her limb from limb. “I’m more unaware of it now than ever, I don’t exactly search myself on the internet or purposely listen to my songs on the radio when I know they’re playing my songs, the only time I hear about the hype is when I talk to my mum and friends; mostly when I do interviews. I’m pretty astonished people like what I do, I get to do what i love and do it as a job...what more could I ask for really.”“I’m pretty tired -most people I know are tired- tired of having to wait three minutes to hear the chorus to a damn song! Don’t get me wrong, there is so much great music out there believe me, I just feel as though people are getting stuck in this never ending phase where lyrics don’t seem to matter at all; and of course there are those people who go along with it and pretend they’re enjoying what they’re listening to...they’re just followers,” Xandria coincides. “I prefer to have straight forward right in the middle music, but I feel like people are doing the exact reverse thing. And of course she’s right, that’s an issue that has to be put out there. Playing the guitar and piano, no wonder Xandria has got such an opinion about music; at five Xandria’s mum nudged her to learn to play instruments, “She said she wanted me to express myself through music; I was a vocal child, I suppose I still am.” Xandira admits light-heartedly as she notices the near to rant she nearly gave us when expressing her view on today’s modernised music scene.“I’m friends with the Vaccines you know; they are so funny. I’m pretty close to Justin, he tends to be as opinionated and as funny as I am; I’m not trying to sound big headed by calling myself funny by the way” Xandria laughed anxiously as she thought over what she just said, she continued saying “Justin plays the guitar just like I do, we tend to have a jam session and get into our music; the room is always silent when we play our music. Somehow everyone seems to be entranced in our guitar playing. Me and Justin tend to make up random songs that sometimes don’t even make sense” Xandria giggled to herself. “The other boys are just so funny, I went with them around Europe because I was their opening act…they pretty much pranked each other nearly every single day I was with them.”We asked Xandria how long she thought she would be doing music for.“i don’t see myself doing music for the rest of my life, but i certainly enjoy it; it’s my life passion and i cant see myself ever doing anything different with my life. I don’t call what I do a job, the fact that I get to do what I love for a very long time makes everything worthwhile; the pay isn’t that bad either.” She laughed sarcastically as she continued, “I’d like to think I’ll be doing and making music for about 25 years. I don’t think anyone will want to listen to my music when I’m like 50, who knows what kind of music will be popular then or what music I’ll be interested in, I guess if I build a

Xandria world tourShut up and listen album.

This autumn Xandria will be tour-ing around the world; you better get your tickets before they sell out. Go on the ‘name of magazine’ website to order your tickets when they come out. Don’t be a coach potato and get off your a*s and buy tickets! Xandria will be touring all major cities such as London, Paris and NYC.

Xandria talks about who inspires her when it comes to writing songs.

“I mean I listen to so many people and so many people inspire me but I just can’t et enough of Michael Jackson! I know we’re in two com-plete music genres but I just love his music, it’s catchy and I can relate to some of his songs. He’s the most tal-ented artist I know. I love to listen to the arctic monkeys pretty often, they tend to get me more in the mood when I’m about to write some lyrics down”

Xandria talks about Coldplay

They are musical geniuses!! They’re the ultimate band; who doesn’t know any of their songs?!! surel;y if someone didn’t know any of their songs they must have been living under a rock.They’re one of the bands i still listen to even know...they’re my childhood. They focus on their music and that shows through when you listen to their new AND old albums.

“Two Finger Salute”

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great fan base they would follow me in what I was doing and follow me in my journey of music as I discover myself. I know that while I’m a musi-cian I’m going to go through a jour-ney, a musical journey and personal growth. My fans will go through this with me and that’s something I’m willing to share with them and anyone who wants to go through this transition with me.

That poshly spoken chap isn’t the only person falling Arse over elbow for Xandria. Unless you’ve been hiber-nating under a rock, you have heard of her too. Most certainly via ‘Don’t Come Running Back’ – the alternative rock anthem that has been leaking its way around the net faster than Kim Kardashian’s bikini selfie, in addition to her most recent single ‘Wreck That Bass’, a fire-raising debut has the na-tion rocking to its charismatic beat.If being named the preeminent innovative upcoming artist of the century wasn’t enough, everything has suggested that her new single ‘Two Finger Salute’ could be something not even Lana Del Rey can write up herself, meanwhile Xandria’s Europe-an tour (sold out) have emphasised the impact Xandria is going to have on the music industry and its fans; bringing rage, her cocky attitude and last but not least her slamin’ bod that would put Megan Fox to shame. “I’m surprised the show did so well, feeling a bit like the Female Justin Bieber of alternative music” the outgoing Xandria reminisced while she laughed sarcastically to herself, “I’m kind of sh*tting myself if I’m going to be frank, it’s a f**king huge crowd, not forgetting I’m going to be the only one on stage...but it should be fun. I’m not one to shy away from a challenge”. Raised and brought up by a single parent, Xandria has been brought up to stay humble and down to earth, “I hate it when celebrities talk about be-ing ‘down to earth’ when all they do is flash their cash and pretend like noth-ing’s going on in the world. I’d like to think that I’ll be able to give back, even if I’m ‘famous’ or not; my mum taught me a maxim that I live by “the more you give the more you receive”, I

know it sounds cheesy” Xandria gig-gled, letting us see that there’s more to this ‘bad girl bravado she buts on, on stage, “I’m a strong believer in kar-ma...once I went swimming with my friend and he fell into the pool, and of course the lovely girl I am, I started laughing at him; seconds later I was sinking in the pool, so I pretty much nearly drowned...KARMA!”. Xandria’s sarcastic face brought forth the idea that she’s a bit of a practical joker. Xandria is the best new artist in the UK, and thrown at her is a platinum record and what is known to be the best album of this year! “I try to pay the least attention to all the hype about my music as possible,” Xandria shrugs, clearly not focussed on the fame and the possible stampede of screaming Xandria fans that could possibly climb through the doors and tear her limb from limb. “I’m more unaware of it now than ever, I don’t exactly search myself on the internet or purposely listen to my songs on the radio when I know they’re playing my songs, the only time I hear about the hype is when I talk to my mum and friends; mostly when I do interviews. I’m pretty astonished people like what I do, I get to do what i love and do it as a job...what more could I ask for really.”

“I’m pretty tired -most people I know are tired- tired of having to wait three minutes to hear the chorus to a damn song! Don’t get me wrong, there is so much great music out there believe me, I just feel as though people are getting stuck in this never ending phase where lyrics don’t seem to matter at all; and of course there are those people who go along with it and pretend they’re enjoying what they’re listening to...they’re just followers,” Xandria coincides. “I prefer to have straight forward right in the middle music, but I feel like people are doing the exact reverse thing. And of course she’s right, that’s an issue that has to be put out there. Playing the guitar and piano, no won-der Xandria has got such an opinion about music; at five Xandria’s mum nudged her to learn to play instru-ments, “She said she wanted me to express myself through music; I was a vocal child, I suppose I still am.” Xandira admits light-heartedly as she notices the near to rant she nearly gave us when expressing her view on today’s modernised music scene.“I’m friends with the Vaccines you know; they are so funny. I’m pretty close to Justin, he tends to be as opin-ionated and as funny as I am; I’m not trying to sound big headed by calling

myself funny by the way” Xandria laughed anxiously as she thought over what she just said, she continued saying “Justin plays the guitar just like I do, we tend to have a jam session and get into our music; the room is always silent when we play our music.

Somehow everyone seems to be entranced in our guitar playing. Me and Justin tend to make up random songs that sometimes don’t even make sense” Xandria giggled to herself. “The other boys are just so funny, I went

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