On the subject of voices that surprise me, let's continue on from Zoo Kid with MNEK. I first went on his Myspace on some random day when I was probably meant to be revising. Devil In Pumps was on his player. I may have then Formspringed him about how ridiculously amazing his voice is... Maybe. He probably worked his little Nigerian ass off (just like me) in his bedroom putting those songs up until someone took notice. He made Tinashe's Saved a club tune and got his remix of Written In The Stars on the Ministry of Sound CD (cop dat disk). The Guardian and NME named him a producer to look out for, and he's friends with Frankmusik. He writes, he produces, he's usually hilarious on twitter.
The production is unashamedly pop, but the good kind. His voice is way too good to be most of the typical crappy top 40 mess you hear every week, and I'd even go as far as to say that I'd buy his music. As a poor A level student, that IS special. Plus he's 16 and sounds like he's about 20, so you know... That's pretty special.
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