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Lola Young on the secret to the lyrics of 'Messy' and advice for young songwriters
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24/05/2025
Speaking to NME at The Ivors 2025 before she won the Rising Star award, she told us about the lyrics of 'Messy' and its runaway success, advice for young songwriters, supporting Billie Eilish, and plans for Glastonbury
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00:00
Good afternoon, Loli Young. How are you doing today?
00:02
I'm good, thank you. How are you?
00:03
I am not bad at all. Lovely day-ish.
00:06
Ish, yeah.
00:08
Welcome to the Ivers. You're up for a few tonight, right?
00:11
I am. Three in total, but it's insane.
00:14
What does the Ivers mean to you above all loves?
00:16
That's the Songwriter Award, really, isn't it?
00:18
That's what it means. It's very prestigious and it's important, kind of...
00:24
It holds important prestige.
00:27
I think that it's just incredible that I'm here and got to be surrounded by incredible people and talent.
00:34
Not talent, I sound like something from X Factor.
00:37
Not talent, but incredible people.
00:39
Yeah.
00:40
What do you think it was about Messi that really captured people's hearts in the way that it did?
00:43
I think, I don't know, it's weird for me talking about my own song that I wrote from my past experience
00:49
in a way that sounds like it's not me that's talking about it,
00:52
but I would say that I just wrote it about...
00:57
Yeah, I wrote it from a really personal place.
00:59
It sometimes can be re-triggering, re-triggering, hearing that song,
01:04
because it was so intense for me. I'm out of that place now and out of a difficult time in my life,
01:10
but I think it's just a relatable song. I think a lot of people don't feel like they are enough for somebody
01:16
and they don't feel like they will ever win.
01:19
And how does it feel when people come up to you and tell you that they've related to it,
01:23
that it's meant something to you and it's changed something for them?
01:25
It feels incredible. It feels like a feeling that I am blessed to be feeling, you know,
01:34
because it's rare that you experience... There are so many incredible artists across the world
01:42
and artists that don't even know they're artists yet, just pure singer-songwriters who just write songs,
01:47
and I'm lucky and fortunate enough to have incredible people and move people.
01:53
Sorry, not incredible people. I'm lucky to have to move people with my work in a public way,
01:59
facing public, because there are so many other incredible artists that deserve that.
02:05
But I'm standing tonight for singer-songwriters or songwriters in general,
02:09
and especially women songwriters.
02:13
What would your advice be to any singer-songwriters out there who are struggling to make it,
02:17
considering whether they should continue or not?
02:20
I would say it's all going to be okay and everything has timing and everything has its own timing.
02:30
And I really believe that as long as you speak from your truth and in a way that you feel is important
02:37
and relevant to you, then people are going to relate.
02:41
And don't be scared. Another piece of advice I would give is do not be scared of releasing, of writing,
02:48
of putting things down honestly on paper, because that is the most healing and can be the most celebrated.
02:57
And finally, what's next for you?
02:59
I've got some really exciting things coming up.
03:02
I've got, I'm doing Glastonbury, I've got an album, a new album coming out this year,
03:08
which I talk a lot about, some very intense things I've gone through.
03:12
I'm supporting Billie Eilish in Paris and that's something I'm super excited about.
03:17
Festivals and vibes and good laughs.
03:21
Special plans for Glastonbury or just going to smash it?
03:23
I don't know if there's any special plans, but hopefully I do a good show.
03:28
Amazing. Lola, thank you so much and good luck.
03:30
Thank you. Thank you.
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