U-Alice Merton ungumculi waseJalimane owazuza udumo emhlabeni wonke ngengoma yakhe yokuqala ethi No Roots, okusho ukuthi "ngaphandle kwezimpande".
Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi
U-Alice wazalwa ngoSepthemba 13, 1993 eFrankfurt am Main emndenini oxubile wama-Irish-German. Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, bathuthela edolobheni lesifundazwe laseCanada i-Oakville. Umsebenzi kayise waholela ekuhambeni njalo - ngakho u-Alice waya eNew York, eLondon, eBerlin naseConnecticut.
Naphezu kokuhamba njalo, intombazane ayizange idabuke - yathola abangane kalula futhi yaqonda ukuthi lolu hambo lwaluyisidingo esiphoqelelwe.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-13, u-Alice Merton wagcina eseMunich, lapho athatha khona ucwaningo olunzulu ngolimi lwesiJalimane, olwaba nethonya elihle ebuhlotsheni nomndeni wakhe. Ngenxa yezifundo zolimi lwakhe lwendabuko, ekugcineni wakwazi ukuxhumana ngokugcwele nogogo wakhe. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, umculi wayekhuluma ngesiNgisi kuphela.
Kusukela esemncane, umculi wesikhathi esizayo wayethanda umculo, okwathi kamuva kwaba nomthelela ekukhethweni komsebenzi. Emculweni, intombazane yathola ugqozi namandla.
Ngemva kokuthweswa iziqu, u-Alice wafaka isicelo e-University of Music and Music Business eMannheim, lapho athola khona iziqu zakhe. Akatholanga khona imfundo kuphela, kodwa nabangane kamuva ababa yingxenye yeqembu lakhe.
Ngemva kwalokho, intombazane nomndeni wabuyela eLondon, lapho waqala umsebenzi wakhe zomculo.
Umculi womculo
Ukuqala kuka-Alice kochwepheshe bekuseqenjini lomculo iFahrenhaidt. Esebenzisana nabanye abaculi, lo mculi wakhulula iqoqo elithi The Book of Nature. Ngokushesha wakhanga ukunaka, futhi ngenxa yakhe wathola indondo njengomculi we-acoustic pop.
Khona-ke umculi wanquma ukubuyela ezweni lakubo ukuze athuthuke ngesitayela sokudlala yedwa. Wayefuna ukudingeka eJalimane, lapho kwase kudlule iminyaka yobusha bakhe. Le ntombazane yathuthela eBerlin, ikholelwa ukuthi yilapho izothola amandla nogqozi lomsebenzi.
EBerlin, u-Alice Merton wasebenza nomdidiyeli uNicholas Robscher. Ululeke lo mculi ukuthi agcine isitayela sakhe somuntu siqu futhi angathembi muntu ngohlelo.
Ukusebenzisana kwamkhuthaza ukuthi akhe ilebula yokuqopha ethi Paper Plane Records International.
Ngo-2016, umculi wakhulula ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi No Roots - lena umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala ozimele. Ingoma ikhombisa umuzwa wakhe wesizungu ohambisana nokunyakaza njalo. U-Alice wahlukaniswa phakathi kwe-UK neJalimane, ekhaya nasemsebenzini.
Lokhu kwaholela eqinisweni lokuthi kamuva umculi wazibiza ngokuthi "umuntu wezwe." Imicabango ehlala njalo mayelana nokuthi iyini indlu nokuthi ungayibheka kuphi iholele oculayo esiphethweni sokuthi indlu ingumqondo ongaphatheki. Kuyena, ikhaya, okokuqala, abantu abasondelene, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bakuphi (eJalimane, eNgilandi, eCanada noma e-Ireland). Izwe ngalinye lalawa lithandeka kuye ngendlela yalo, ngoba isikhathi sakhe esidlule nabangane bakhona.
U-Alice Merton ngokwakhe, lapho ebuzwa ngendawo yakhe yokuhlala, uphendule ngendlela engokomfanekiso: "Umgwaqo ophakathi kweLondon neBerlin."
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi No Roots yakhululwa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-600 futhi yasheshe yaduma, njengoba kwenza isiqeshana sevidiyo segama elifanayo. Ingoma ibisendaweni yoku-1 yamashadi aseFrance isikhathi eside. Ungene ezingomeni ezingu-10 eziphezulu ezidawunilode kakhulu ku-iTunes, futhi umculi wawina ama-European Borden Breaking Awards.
Lokhu kumenza alingane no-Adele noStromae. Emhlabeni womculo we-pop, lokhu kuyimpumelelo eyivelakancane, ngoba kuyaqabukela umuntu oqalayo akwazi ukuma ezingeni nochwepheshe abadumile. Inkampani yaseMelika i-Mom + Pop Music inikeze umculi inkontileka "yokukhangisa" phakathi kwezakhamuzi zase-US.
Impumelelo enjalo igqugquzele umculi ukuthi aqhubeke nomsebenzi we-indie pop nezitayela zokudansa. Yaphuma kanje ingoma ethi Hit the Ground Running, yagqugquzela abalaleli ukuthi bathuthuke njalo futhi bazuze izinjongo zabo. Le ngoma iphinde yangena kwabayi-100 eshadini lesiJalimane.
U-2019 umakwe ngokukhishwa kwe-albhamu elandelayo ye-Mint nokubamba iqhaza kujaji lombukiso we-Voice of Germany. Lapho yena kanye nozakwabo uClaudia Emmanuela Santoso bawina.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Alice Merton
U-Alice Merton usebenzisa amanethiwekhi omphakathi ngenkuthalo. Ku-Instagram, akagcini nje ukushicilela amavidiyo wokuphromotha nezimemezelo zamakhonsathi esikhathi esizayo, kodwa futhi nezithombe zomuntu siqu. "Abalandeli" bangabuka impilo yomculi wabo oyintandokazi, bashiye amazwana futhi baxhumane naye.
U-Alice Merton manje
Njengamanje, u-Alice Merton usebenza ngenkuthalo, enikeza amakhonsathi eJalimane nakwamanye amazwe. Akakwesabi ukusebenza nabanye abaculi, kanti ingoma ethi No Roots isikhiqize amakhava amaningi futhi idlalwa njalo emicimbini yomculo.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngo-Alice Merton
Lo mculi ubenezinyathelo ezingu-22 ngemuva kwakhe. U-Alice Merton uthi yilokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okwamfundisa ukulingana nanoma yisiphi isimiso futhi apakishe izikhwama zakhe ngokushesha.
Umculi washiya "isikhathi capsule" emadolobheni ayehlala kuwo. Lokhu kungaba umbhalo osedeskini noma isikhumbuzo esingcwatshwe engadini. Isiko elinjalo eliyimfihlo lamsiza ukuba ehlise umoya lapho ethutha.
U-Alice Merton uthi izingoma zakhe ziwukubonakaliswa kobuqotho. Ngosizo lomculo namazwi, kulula ukuveza imicabango yakho kunokuphila kwansuku zonke.
Umculi wayefuna ukwenza umculo njalo, kodwa wayesaba ukwehluleka. Ngemva kokucabangisisa, wanquma ukuzinika ithuba elilodwa nje kuphela, futhi kwakufanele.
