UJorja Smith ungumculi-umbhali wengoma waseBrithani owaqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-2016. USmith usebenzisane noKendrick Lamar, Stormzy noDrake. Noma kunjalo, kwakuyizingoma zakhe ezaziphumelela kakhulu. Ngo-2018, lo mculi wathola i-Brit Critics 'Choice Award. Futhi ngo-2019, waze waqokelwa Indondo Ye-Grammy esigabeni se-Best New Artist.
Ubuntwana nobusha uJorja Smith
UGeorge Alice Smith wazalwa ngoJuni 11, 1997 eWalsall, e-UK. Ubaba wakhe ungumJamaican kanti umama wakhe uyiNgisi. Uthando lomculo lwafakwa kumculi ngabazali bakhe. Ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaGeorgie, uyise wayengumculi weqembu le-neo-soul 2nd Naicha. Nguye owameluleka ukuba afunde ukudlala upiyano ne-oboe, aye ezifundweni zokucula esikoleni. Umama womculi ubesebenza njengomklami wobucwebe. Njengoyise, wayehlala ekhuthaza ubuhlakani bendodakazi yakhe.
UGeorge usho lokhu okulandelayo ngabazali bakhe: “Abazali bami baba nethonya elikhulu esifisweni sami sokwenza umculo. Umama wayehlale ethi, “Yenza nje. Vele ucule." Esikoleni, ngangicula izingoma zasendulo, ngaze ngabhala nezivivinyo kulesi sifundo. Lapho ngafunda ukucula i-soprano lapho sicula izingoma zikaSchubert zedrama yami, ngesiLatini, isiJalimane, isiFulentshi. Manje sengisebenzisa lawa makhono ukuze ngibhale futhi ngiqophe amathrekhi ami."
Imizamo yokudala
UGeorge waqala ukucula eneminyaka engu-8, futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-11 wabhala izingoma zakhe zokuqala. Ngemva kwesikhashana, intombazane yathola umfundaze womculo wokufunda e-Aldridge School. Esemusha, umculi waqopha izinguqulo zekhava yezingoma ezidumile futhi wazithumela ku-YouTube. Ngenxa yalokhu, abakhiqizi basheshe bamqaphela. Ukuze athuthukise ikhono lakhe lokubhala izingoma, wathatha izifundo kumculi we-Anglo-Irish uMaverick Saber eLondon. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, uSmith wathuthela enhloko-dolobha yaseGreat Britain. Lapho wagcina enqume ukuhlanganisa impilo yakhe nomculo. Wayeziphilisa ngokusebenza njenge-barista esitolo sekhofi eduze kwasekhaya.
UGeorge ugqugquzelwe izinhlobo zomculo ezifana ne-reggae, i-punk, i-hip-hop, i-R&B. Esemusha, lo mculi wayezifela nge-albhamu yokuqala ka-Amy Winehouse ethi Frank. Uphinde wawathanda kakhulu amathrekhi ka-Alicia Keys, Adele kanye noSade. Umculi unikela izingoma zakhe ezinkingeni zomphakathi: “Ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthinta izinkinga ezenzeka emhlabeni namuhla. Njengomculi, ungazisa kakhulu izinto eziphazamisayo. Ngoba ngesikhathi abalaleli bechofoza inkinobho yokudlala, ukunaka kwabo sekungokwakho.”
Ukuqala Komsebenzi Womculo ka-Georgie Smith
Ngemuva kokuthuthela eLondon (ngo-2016), uGeorge ukhiphe ithrekhi yokuqala ethi Blue Lights ku-SoundCloud. Waba "impumelelo" kumdlali, njengoba ethole imidlalo engaba ingxenye yesigidi ngenyanga. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iziteshi zomsakazo eziningi zaseBrithani zengeze ingoma ohlwini lwazo lwadlalwayo. Ukuqamba kwaduma kangangokuba ngo-2018 umculi waze wamenywa ukuthi azowenza ohlelweni lwethelevishini lwakusihlwa uJimmy Kimmel Live.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, iculo lalo mculi lakhululwa kuyo le ndawo. Waqashelwa umrepha odumile uDrake, owabiza le ngoma njengehamba phambili futhi ayeyithanda kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Kakade ngoNovemba 2016, uSmith wakhulula i-EP Project 11 yakhe yokuqala. Uthathe isikhundla se-4 ohlwini olude lwe-BBC Music Sound 2017. Ngenxa yokuphumelela kwerekhodi, umculi waqala ukuheha abadlali abadumile. UDrake waba ngowokuqala ukumnikeza ukubambisana. Bendawonye baqopha amaculo amabili ephrojekthi yakhe ethi More Life.
U-Jorja umangaze izilaleli emhlabeni wonke ngomsindo wakhe opholile engomeni ethi Jorja Interlude nethi Get It Together. Ingoma yokugcina iqoshwe nguBlack Coffee. USmith waqala wanqaba isicelo sokusebenzisana noDrake ohlelweni oluthi “Get It Together” njengoba engazange abambe iqhaza ekubhaleni leli culo.
USmith uthe engxoxweni: “Ngiyithande kakhulu le ngoma, kodwa angizange ngiyibhale, ngakho angizange ngiwathathele phezulu amazwi. Kodwa ngabe sengihlukana nesoka lami, ngalalela ingoma futhi ngaqonda konke. Futhi ngakho sikuqophe. Isizathu sokwenqaba kwami ekuqaleni ukuthi angikwazi ukwenza izinto mahhala. Kudingeka ngikuthande ngokweqiniso engikwenzayo.”
U-Jorja Smith uphinde waba yisenzo sokuvula uBruno Mars ku-24k Magic World Tour yakhe ngo-2017. Emlenzeni waseNyakatho Melika wohambo, umculi wajoyinwa nguDua Lipa noCamila Cabello.
Ukuduma kokuqala kukaGeorgie Smith nokusebenza nezinkanyezi
Ngo-2017, umculi wakhipha izingoma eziyedwana ezimbalwa: Iziwula Ezincane Ezinhle, I-Teenage Fantasy, On My Mind. Eyokugcina yalezi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 5 eshadini le-indie lase-UK futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 54 eshadini le-pop. Ngawo lowo nyaka, lo mculi wathola amagama amathathu e-MOBO ngesikhathi esisodwa ezigabeni: "Best Female Artist", "Best New Artist" kanye "ne-Best R&B / Soul Act Artist". Nokho, wehluleka ukunqoba. Lesi sikhathi siphinde sabona ukukhishwa kweSpotify Singles EP, okwamanje engatholakali ezisekelweni zokusakaza.
Ngo-2018, ne-rapper uStormzy, uSmith wakhipha ingoma ethi Ngiyekeleni, efinyelele ku-UK Top 40 cishe ngokushesha. U-Ed Thomas wabasiza ukuba babhale ukuqamba. Ididiyelwe nguThomas noPaul Epworth. Ividiyo yomculo ikhishwe ngoJanuwari 18, 2018. Ividiyo iqoshwe eKyiv. Lapha umculi wayedlala umbulali wenkontileka owayeqashelwe ukubulala umdansi we-ballet. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uthandana nomdansi, okwabangela ukungabaza kwakhe okukhulu mayelana nokunemba kwesinqumo. UStormzy wabonakala kuphela ekupheleni kwevidiyo futhi wadlala indawo yomphathi kaGeorgie. Ividiyo inokubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 ku-YouTube.
Ngalesi sikhathi, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kuka-Kendrick Lamar, uSmith uphinde waqamba ingoma ethi I Am yefilimu ethi Black Panther. Ngenxa yalokhu, ukwazile ukuheha abalaleli abengeziwe emsebenzini wakhe. Futhi nokukhulisa intshisekelo ku-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo ethi Lost & Found (2018).
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesitudiyo nomsebenzi wamanje kaJorja Smith
Basebenze ekubhaleni nasekuqopheni i-albhamu iminyaka emi-5 eLondon naseLos Angeles. Kwaba ukuthuthela eLondon okwakhuthaza umculi ukuba aqambe i-disc, ezwakala ngesiRashiya ngokuthi "Ilahlekile futhi Yatholwa". Wafika enhlokodolobha ngo-2015 eneminyaka engu-18 kuphela ubudala. Lapha uGeorge wayehlala nomalumekazi nomalume wakhe. Ngenkathi esebenza njenge-barista ye-Starbucks, wayethatha ikhefu ngokubhala amagama kuVoicenotes ocingweni lwakhe. Ngokusho komculi, wazizwa elahlekile edolobheni elisha. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, uGeorge wayazi kahle lapho ayefuna ukuba khona.
I-Lost & Found ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu kubagxeki bomculo. Baphawule ukwakheka kuka-Georgie okungavamile, isitayela, okuqukethwe kwezingoma kanye nokukhuluma ngezwi. Irekhodi lifakwe ohlwini lwama-albhamu ahamba phambili okuphela kweminyaka futhi laqokelwa uMklomelo weMercury. Umsebenzi uqale kunombolo 3 eshadini lama-albhamu aphezulu ase-UK kanye nakunombolo 1 eshadini le-R&B lase-UK.
Kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2020 umculi ukhiphe izingoma zodwa. Phakathi kwazo, Thembeka noBurna Boy, eyedwa Ngayiphi Indlela futhi Woza NoPopcaan waduma kakhulu. Ngo-2021, i-EP yesithathu ethi Be Right Back yakhululwa, ehlanganisa amathrekhi angu-8. Umculi uchaza irekhodi ngokuthi "igumbi lokulinda" ukulungiselela ukukhishwa okuzayo kwe-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo. Izingoma ezivela ku-Be Right Back zabhalwa futhi zarekhodwa ngo-2019-2021. Umdwebi uchaze umsebenzi we-EP njengendlela yokuhoxa ezimeni eziningi ezenzeke kuye esikhathini esiyiminyaka emithathu.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Jorja Smith
NgoSepthemba 2017, kwabikwa ukuthi uGeorge wayethandana noJoel Compass (umbhali wengoma). Kube nombono kubalandeli balezi zithandani ukuthi uSmith noCompass bebethembisene umshado. Kodwa-ke, ngokungalindelekile kuwo wonke umuntu, ubudlelwano babo baphela ngo-2019.
UJoel uqinisekise ukwehlukana kwalo mculi ku-Instagram ngemuva kokuthi "umlandeli" ephawule ngamahlebezi okuthi uGeorge uqabule umrepha uStormzy. “Sahlukana kudala,” kubhala owayeyisoka lentombazane.
Ngo-Ephreli 2017, uJorja Smith naye wayenamahemuhemu okuthi uthandana noDrake. Kodwa-ke, ubudlelwano babadlali bomsebenzi. UGeorge akakaze akhulume ngokuba nesoka kusukela ahlukana noJoel. Njengamanje lo mculi akajoli namuntu.
