"I think that if you cut me open, looked into my bones you would see that's where the melodies flow". So opens north London singer, songwriter and all round bundle of amazing Ny's forthcoming single Music: a riot of pulsating synths, big wobbly bass beats and a ridiculously catchy chorus, which manages to capture the pure joy of music. It's a celebration of what music has done for Ny. And together with her debut album, Who Is She?, Music is a statement on the highs and lows that have seen Ny go from helping out behind the scenes at club nights to making mix-tapes with Plan B and Professor Green, and from teaching under-privileged kids how to sing to playing the 02 arena with N-Dubz. ...show more

"I think that if you cut me open, looked into my bones you would see that's where the melodies flow". So opens north London singer, songwriter and all round bundle of amazing Ny's forthcoming single Music: a riot of pulsating synths, big wobbly bass beats and a ridiculously catchy chorus, which manages to capture the pure joy of music. It's a celebration of what music has done for Ny. And together with her debut album, Who Is She?, Music is a statement on the highs and lows that have seen Ny go from helping out behind the scenes at club nights to making mix-tapes with Plan B and Professor Green, and from teaching under-privileged kids how to sing to playing the 02 arena with N-Dubz.

Ever since she was a child - at home with her four sisters, using the percussion instruments her parents brought them, in lieu of having a television - Ny's always known she wanted to be a singer. Instead of being force-fed entertainment Ny was encouraged to use her imagination: she was taught at home until the age of ten, learnt the clarinet, and immersed herself in poetry and reggae. Her first live performance in front of an audience came in the shape of an impromptu rendition of Mariah Carey's Hero following an electricity blackout at a small club. "I knew I wanted to do it [be a singer] but I hadn't had that reaction before: it was just me singing at home and my sisters saying 'shut up'," she explains.

"It was an amazing adrenalin rush, just really addictive. The best thing you could ever feel." Before that point, while school interested Ny to an extent, it soon became clear that Science and Maths weren't going to help make her a musician. So she made the decision, aged 13, that she'd only go in for Music, Drama, English and Languages...and would then focus on making headway in the music industry during this newfound 'spare time'. "I was maybe a bit too outspoken, a bit too headstrong and I'd often just say 'I'm coming in for the subjects I want' and then I'd go. ...show less