Rachel Chinouriri opens up about extra hurdles she faces as a black woman in the indie music scene, early memories around music & working with The Snuts.
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indie-musician Rachel Chinouriri has opened up about being mislabelled as an ‘R&B and soul artist’ and how this has affected her career in an exclusive interview with Keep Cardiff Live.
The 23-year-old from Croydon has taken to Twitter to voice the added hurdles she has faced in her music career as a black woman creating Alternative Indie Pop music.
Chinouriri released her first single ‘What Have I Ever Done’ to Spotify in June 2018, and now has over 1.8 million monthly listeners on the streaming app.
She is also a former student of the renowned Brit School of Performing Arts and Technology, whose past students include Adele, Amy Winehouse and Jessie J.
While Chinouriri’s fans await her first album release, her latest EP ‘Better Off Without’ was released earlier this month.
Her collaboration with promising indie band ‘The Snuts’ has been praised by many music critics, while Chinouriri claims the collaboration has helped her in becoming identified correctly for the music she creates.
Audio Interview and Words Lewis Sharpe