Nadia Rose Isn't A Musician, She's A Magician

We talk the MOBOs, Spice Girls and more with our Brand New For 2017 nominee...

Friday, January 27, 2017 - 11:38

Nadia Rose is on fire right now, and we're not just saying that because her recent debut EP is called Highly Flammable - happy coincidence. Last year she bagged a MOBO, performed on the Wireless Festival main stage and featured on the Kideko & George Kwali earworm 'Crank It (Woah!)'. Now she's nominated for MTV's Brand New For 2017 title and her star is only just rising.

Speaking to us in our exclusive interview, Nadia told us of the ride so far, "it’s just been this crazy, snowball that I wasn’t expecting but I’m definitely enjoying [it], and it’s kind of fulfilling to be doing, you know, what I love doing for a living."

Nadia is no stranger to the industry, counting Stormzy as her cousin. "I’ve always been into the creative field," she said, " I love acting, I love dancing, I love music. It got to the point where I couldn’t really express myself through the dancing and the acting and I naturally drew towards the music.

"Do you know what? I don’t even think I’m a musician, I’m a magician. Yep, magician. My sound is majestic. Yeah, that’s it. I don’t need to explain, majestic."

WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT ON NADIA ROSE HERE:

The bubbly Croydon MC, who is rarely seen withour her hair tied up into her trademark buns, also revealed to us her style icons. "On different days I want to be a different Spice Girl. Usually Sporty…"

The infectious 'Skwod' last year won Nadia a MOBO Award for Best Video. Still beaming about it, Nadia reflected: "We won a MOBO for it! I don’t know if any of you watched it but I feel like it’s quite evident that I wasn’t expecting it.

"We did put a lot into the video, a lot into the song. It was an ‘I see you’ kind of thing. And I know other people have their people as well and I know it’s something that everyone can relate to. Because everyone has their squad."

WATCH NADIA ROSE'S 'SKWOD' [EXPLICIT] HERE:

View the lyrics

Guess who's back, but you never left
Yes I did, I rose from the dead
And now I'm here to kill them with flows
And some punch lines that'll go over your head

Drop, turn back I'm a caution ahead
I'm your worst nightmare stood over your bed
So them girl try call me
But I smell defeat like a hole in your creps
Wow, she's sick and she's bad
She sings and she raps
She's shit and she's wack
They talk all that chat
But when they see me don't speak none of that

Cause nobody bad like me
I'm fuckin' higher than a block of flats in Battersea
And I'm with my team (skwody)
Skwody, where you at my G's?

I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod
I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod

I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
Fuckin' with my skwod? I think not
Me and my bitches we roll deep
And we always got green
So we pretty much peas in a pod

I was at the scene had to flee from the cops
I go inside with no keys for the locks
"Scuse me, Madam, how did you get on the premises?"
Well, I came to kill off my nemesis

So I used my juju and I came up in the crevices
Them bitches say their bad
But I'm from where the fuckin' devil is
So if they get me mad, we in the yard disturbing residents
Then we leave out the yard, hop in the car, dispose the evidence

Cause, nobody bad like us
But really we dont want no fuss
Someone roll them blunts, so we can turn shit up
Skwody, let me see you brush your guns

I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod
I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod

I'm rolling ten girl up in that skwody
Came tru with the clan, came tru with the posse
I came with Mary Jane's, I came in here with Molly
Nuff' girl in it, that's the way you roll skwody

Nuff' girl in it, that's the way you roll out
If the lighting's good, you have to get your phone out
Bare skin teeth when we pose for the photos
Some girl are braided, some girl are in cornrows

But still gon' dread if we have to
The heart is built like a statue
Been on my grind like my back tooth, yeah
Take out the time with a fat zoot
Step on the gas hit the back roads, why?

Cause if my bitches need me there, well I'm coming
And if I ain't gotta wish it, I'm runnin'
I do it for 'em, it ain't nothin', skwody
Let me see you brush your guns

I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod
I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod

I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod
I'm rollin' ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwod

I'm rolling ten girl up in that skwod
That's what? That skwody
That's the clan, that's the posse
That's them and that's moi

Writer(s): Nadia Rose, Jordan Willocks Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

For anyone looking to follow in her footsteps, she offered these wise words:

"In anything that you do there are challenges. Just be you, forget what anyone else tells you, of course people are gonna have good things and helpful things to say but it’s still down to you, you’re at the front of it, you’re in the light. Whatever anyone else does it still comes down to you, so just be strong and battle through."

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