" I was 13 when i first got into music, hearing it on the radio really inspired, I knew that's what I wanted to do, however I couldn't my parent's were both in the medical practice and they wanted me too, they were keen to get me into the best university's. I did enjoy it however looking back I think now it's maybe because of how i was brought up, I never was offered anything else, I didn't have hobbies, watch television or listen to music, except for the first time, I still remember it like it was yesterday, it was Dizzee Rascall 'I Luv U' I was at a friends birthday party and I just felt the music flood inside of me." So, you haven't always liked music then? " No, I suppose I would of if my parents had let me, obviously I knew what music was and had heard it, just it was never something big in the family, silence and work were the only options really." How was your opinions to life? " They had always been good, I had perfect grades and a stable house however I lacked confidence, I didn't have many friends, and I had a small family so I had no one to talk too, when I was in year 7 I moved to Leicester, which meant moving school and it didn't go very well, my attitude to learning went downhill, I didn't care, I felt lost, I didn't know who I was, this was till around year 12, I went to college to do art, it broke my parent's hearts, they obviously wanted me to be a Nurse however I didn't want it, I desperately wanted to get into the music I just didn't know how too, I know it's only music but it made me depressed, I knew what I wanted and was capable of doing it just I didn't know how too, I didn't dare speak out to my college let alone my parent's, I didn't care about life, whether I was on the streets or in a house, I was a broken joke.'' When did your life turn around and you become 'NY'? " Doing art at college changed me, I felt i could express myself in the colours just like I could with music, music is art. I was 16 and there was a trip to New York for gifted and talented students, I was destroyed, it had always been my dream to go there, i meerly passed my GCSE's and had only just scraped a place in college, so there was no way I was getting on the trip, however after my first assestment, my teachers saw how good my work was, and knew I was going to get top grades and knew they couldn't afford me to miss an opputunity like this, they even funded me. New York was a real eye opener, although it was an art trip I couldn't let my dream go, music. I had so much passion for it, it was my life. Over there I met a girl a few years older than me, her name was 'Kiz', she found me. It was the last night of the trip we were back in the hotel and there was a talent contest on, I didn't even think about singing in front of people however I thought this could be my chance, just to perform could make me feel alive again, I did, and I had my friends cheering along, it felt like I had just performed to the world, I felt magic. Kiz was a waitress at the hotel, I didn't even see her the whole time I was there however that night after my song she came up to me and we got speaking, she said she had seen me perform and who I was working for, i was mesmorized, I thought she had got the wrong person, 'why is she speaking to me?' we sat there talking all night and she gave me her number and told me to call her when I was back in the UK, I did as soon as i landed, and I have never looked back on that day, she was a recording artist who was already signed, she had a record label and she got me involved with her managers, they contacted me and flew me out to NY basically as soon as I got back, by this time I had moved out into a flat with a few friends and had no contact with my parents, they disowned me because of the music and I also dropped out of college, I did love it however it wasn't what I wanted to do. I got recording a few songs, I'd been recognised, noticed, me? It was all going so fast and I didn't know if I should laugh or cry of happiness. I flew back to the UK on my 17th birthday, as soon as I got 'home' I knew I didn't belong here, New York was my home, it's where I belonged. It made me. So is this why your name is NY? ''Partly yes, however the main reason was my name being Natasha Yates, my initials are NY which could seem as fate I suppose?
To be continued.
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