U-Summer Walker ungumculi-umbhali wengoma ozinze e-Atlanta othole ukuthandwa kwakhe kamuva nje. Le ntombazane yaqala umsebenzi wayo womculo ngo-2018. Ihlobo lalaziwa ku-inthanethi ngezingoma zalo ethi Girls Need Love, Playing Games nethi Come Thru. Ithalente lomdlali alizange libonakale. Abaculi abanjengo Drake, London on da Track, Bryson Tiller, 21Savage, Jhene Aiko nabanye. Ngo-2019, u-Summer Walker waba umculi wokuqala wesifazane ukuba ne-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ibe phezulu eshadini le-R&B evikini layo lokuqala lokukhishwa.
Impilo ye-Summer Walker ngaphambi kokuduma
Igama eliphelele lomculi lizwakala njenge-Summer Marjani Walker. Wazalwa ngo-April 11, 1996 edolobheni laseMelika Atlanta, Georgia. Umama wakhe ungowaseMelika kanti ubaba wakhe ungowaseLondon. Ihlobo lafunda eNorth Springs High School endaweni yaseFulton County. Ngenxa yokuthi le ntombazane yayingomunye wabantu abambalwa base-Afrika baseMelika esikoleni, izibiza ngokuthi "i-introverts self-proclaimed."
“Angizange ngikhulume ngempela nezingane engifunda nazo kanye nabanye abafundi esikoleni. Babecabanga ukuthi ngiyamangala futhi bengitshela ngakho ngaso sonke isikhathi, ”kukhumbula lo mculi.
Nokho, wazithola esesemculweni. Nsuku zonke, ngemva kokubuya esikoleni, u-Summer wafunda ukudlala isiginci, walalela i-Musiq Soulchild noma ama-CD omculo we-classic awanikwa uthisha wakhe wepiyano. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, intombazane yaqhubeka nokufunda ubunjiniyela bomsindo eyunivesithi. Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yobusha, u-Walker uphinde waqopha amakhava ezingoma ezidumile futhi wawathumela ku-YouTube. Amathonya adala kakhulu entombazaneni kwakunguJimi Hendrix, u-Erica Badu no-Amy Winehouse.
“Umculo ubulokhu ukhona empilweni yami. Umama wayevame ukulalela izingoma ezindala, lapho ngisakhula, zazingizungezile ngokoqobo. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngafikelwa wuthando lomuzwa engawuthola emculweni. Lokhu kuwumsebenzi onzima kimi kusukela ngisemncane kakhulu,” kusho lo mculi.
Ngaphambi kokuqala ukudlala umculo ngobungcweti, u-Summer wasebenza njengomhlanzi nomdansi ekilabhini ye-strip iminyaka emibili. Ngokuhambisanayo, wafunda ukudlala isiginci ezifundweni ze-YouTube.
“Impilo yami isishintshe kakhulu esikhathini esingangonyaka nesigamu. Ngonyaka odlule, ngasebenza njengomhlanzi futhi ngikhumula. Manje sengicishe ngikhululekile ngokwezimali. Ngikhokhele cishe yonke into yendlu nemoto, futhi konke kungenxa yakho. Ngiyabonga, ”kubhala lo mculi ku-Instagram wakhe.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo we-Summer Walker
Okwesikhashana, ihlobo lishicilele izingoma zakhe ku-SoundCloud. Uqale ukuqashelwa ngemuva kokukhishwa kwengoma yakhe ethi Session 32 ku-SoundCloud ngo-Ephreli 2018. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zokuqala, ingoma izuze ukusakazwa okungaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1.5. Ababhalisile abaningi ngokwengeziwe baqala ukuza kuma-akhawunti entombazane ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngo-2018, ihlobo labonwa ngumphathi welebula ye-Love Renaissance e-Atlanta. Abaphathi benkampani bawuthanda umsebenzi womculi futhi bamnikeza ukubambisana.
U-Walker akazange anqabe futhi kakade ngo-Okthoba 2018 ukhiphe i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala ethi Usuku Lokugcina Lwehlobo. I-albhamu ifinyelele kunombolo-44 ku-Billboard 200 kanye nenombolo 25 eshadini le-R&B lase-US. I-albhamu inezingoma ezingu-12, enye yazo eyokuthi Amantombazane Adinga Uthando, eshaye phezulu kwe-10 eshadini le-Billboard Hot R&B Songs. Ingoma yadonsa amehlo e-rapper uDrake futhi wamema ukuthi aqophe i-remix yengoma, abayikhipha ngoFebhuwari 2019.
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo i-Summer Walker
Ngo-2019, u-Summer Walker wakhipha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala yesitudiyo, i-Over It. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokukhishwa, ukukhuthaza irekhodi, umculi ufake amafoni okukhokha emadolobheni amaningana ase-US, apendwe ngombala wekhava. Ukulalela irekhodi, kwakudingeka ukufaka inombolo yocingo ekhethekile kudivayisi. I-albhamu ibihlanganisa izingoma ezithi Playing Games, Stretch You Out nethi Come Thru. Ngokungeziwe ezingomeni eziyedwana, ungezwa amaculo abonakala ezivakashini ka-Bryson Tiller, u-Usher, 6lack, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie no-Jhené Aiko.
Ekwenza i-albhamu, u-Summer uthe: “Ngibhale izingoma eziningi ngisusela kulokho okwenzeka esikhathini esidlule. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngiziqoqa lezi zingoma. Ngiphathise ngokuphelele umdidiyeli wami inqubo yangemuva kokukhiqiza. Waphinde wacelwa ukuba enze okuthile, ngokubona kwakhe, okungathuthukisa umsindo. Ukungibhalela kungokwami kakhulu. Umculo namagama kumele kudlule kimi. Ngakho-ke, i-Over It imane nje iyisiphetho sempilo yami.”
I-Over It ifinyelele inombolo yesibili ku-Billboard 200 ngesonto ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo. I-albhamu yawina ama-2020 Soul Train Music Awards futhi yaba yi-albhamu yabesifazane ye-R&B esakazwa kakhulu ngo-2020.
Ingxabano ezungeze i-Summer Walker
Ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus, abalandeli balo mculi bamsola ngokucwasa ngokwebala kanye nokucwasa kwabokufika. Ehlobo, ihlobo labelana ngevidiyo ku-Instagram yakhe okuthiwa ikhombisa amaShayina esakaza leli gciwane ngamabomu. Le vidiyo ibiqukethe isihloko esithi "Abantu baseChina ababonwe ngemuva kokusabalala kwe-coronavirus phakathi kwabantu." Kodwa, eqinisweni, ividiyo yayineminyaka emibili ubudala futhi ayihlangene naleli gciwane.
Abalandeli bavele bazi ukuthi kwakungamanga. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi umculi wengeze amazwibela kuvidiyo: "Lona uhlobo oluthile lombhedo." Nokho, ividiyo isavuse intukuthelo phakathi kwababhalisile.
Ekugcineni, ezindabeni zakhe ze-Instagram, umculi wasabela ngendlela engalungile endleleni yakhe, kodwa wacasula ababhalisile nakakhulu. “Abantu bayizithulu, bathi ngingumuntu ocwasa ngokwebala kanti le video yenziwa kudala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuyiminyaka engu-20 edlule noma manje, kubukeka kabi. Akusho lutho kimina ukuthi kwenziwe ngumuntu omnyama, omhlophe, ophuzi noma oluhlaza, kuseyisinengiso,” kubhala yena. Lo mculi uphinde wenqaba ukuxolisa esidlangalaleni kunoma ngubani ongacasulwa yile video.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ye-Summer Walker
Lo mculi ujola nomrepha, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomdidiyeli waseLondon On Da Track. Ihlobo neLondon baqale ukuthandana ngo-2019 ngemuva kokumsiza ukuqopha i-Over It. I-London iphinde yanikela ku-Playing Games eyodwa, eyathatha isampula ethi Say My Name ethi Destiny's Child.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwehlobo neLondon baba nzima kakhulu ngesikhathi esithile futhi lo mbhangqwana wahlukana izikhathi eziningana. Ngo-Ephreli 2020, u-Walker wabhala eposini le-Instagram: “Ngokusemthethweni akashadile. Ekugcineni, awunandaba nawe. Lokhu ubuncane obuphelele kimina.”
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, u-Summer wamemezela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi yena neLondon On Da Track babelindele ingane yabo yokuqala. Ekupheleni kukaMashi 2021, lo mbhangqwana waba nentombazane. Abazali abakalidaluli igama langempela lomntwana, ezinkundleni zokuxhumana bambiza ngothando ngokuthi “Princess Bubblegum”.
