Jorja Smith ndi woyimba waku Britain komanso wolemba nyimbo yemwe adayamba ntchito yake mu 2016. Smith adagwirizana ndi Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy ndi Drake. Komabe, njira zake zinali zopambana kwambiri. Mu 2018, wosewerayo adalandira Mphotho ya Brit Critics 'Choice. Ndipo mu 2019, adasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy mugulu la Best New Artist.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa Jorja Smith
Jorja Alice Smith anabadwa pa June 11, 1997 ku Walsall (UK). Bambo ake ndi Jamaican ndi dziko, ndipo amayi ake ndi Chingerezi. Chikondi cha nyimbo chinakhazikitsidwa mwa woimbayo ndi makolo ake. Georgie asanabadwe, abambo ake anali woimba wa neo-soul band 2nd Naicha. Ndi iye amene anamulangiza kuti aphunzire kuimba piyano ndi oboe ndi kutenga maphunziro oimba kusukulu. Amayi a woimbayo ankagwira ntchito yokonza zodzikongoletsera. Mofanana ndi bambo ake, nthawi zonse ankalimbikitsa mwana wake wamkazi kuti azichita zinthu mwanzeru.
George akunena zotsatirazi ponena za makolo ake: “Makolo anga anasonkhezera kwambiri chikhumbo changa cha kuphunzira nyimbo. Amayi anga nthawizonse ankati, “Ingochitani izo. Ingoimba basi.” Kusukulu ndinaphunzira kuimba nyimbo zachikale, mpaka ndinalemba mayeso pa phunziroli. Kumeneko ndinaphunzira kuimba soprano pamene tinkaimba nyimbo za Schubert m’masewero anga, m’Chilatini, Chijeremani, Chifalansa. Tsopano ndimagwiritsa ntchito lusoli kulemba ndi kujambula nyimbo zanga."
Zochita zaluso
Jorja anayamba kuimba ali ndi zaka 8, ndipo ali ndi zaka 11 analemba nyimbo zake zoyamba. Patapita nthawi, mtsikanayo adalandira maphunziro a nyimbo kuti aphunzire ku Aldridge School. Ali wachinyamata, woimbayo adajambula nyimbo zodziwika bwino ndikuziyika pa YouTube. Chifukwa cha izi, opanga adamuwona posachedwa. Kuti awonjezere luso lake lolemba nyimbo, adaphunzira kuchokera kwa woimba wa Anglo-Irish Maverick Saber ku London. Nditamaliza sukulu, Smith anasamukira ku likulu la Great Britain. Kumeneko adaganiza zogwirizanitsa moyo wake ndi nyimbo. Iye ankapeza ndalama zambiri pogwira ntchito yogulitsira khofi m’sitolo yapafupi ndi kwawo.
Jorja adalimbikitsidwa ndi mitundu yanyimbo monga reggae, punk, hip-hop, R&B. Ali wachinyamata, woimbayo ankakonda kwambiri nyimbo ya Amy Winehouse, Frank. Anakondanso nyimbo za Alicia Keys, Adele ndi Sade. Wojambulayo amapereka nyimbo zake ku mavuto a anthu: "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikofunikira kwambiri kukhudza mavuto omwe akuchitika padziko lapansi masiku ano. Monga woimba mutha kulengeza zambiri kuzinthu zosokoneza. Chifukwa nthawi yomwe omvera akusindikiza, chidwi chawo chimakhala kale chanu. ”
Chiyambi cha ntchito yoimba ya Jorja Smith
Atasamukira ku London (mu 2016), Jorja adatulutsa nyimbo yake yoyamba, Blue Lights, pa SoundCloud. Zinakhala "zopambana" kwa wosewera, popeza adapeza masewero pafupifupi theka la milioni pamwezi. Nthawi yomweyo, mawayilesi ambiri aku Britain adawonjezera nyimboyi pamndandanda wawo wamasewera. Kapangidwe kake kudakhala kotchuka kwambiri kotero kuti mu 2018 wojambulayo adaitanidwa kuti achite nawo pa kanema wawayilesi wamadzulo Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, nyimbo ya woimbayo "Ndinapita Kuti?" Adawonedwa ndi rapper wotchuka Drake, yemwe adatcha nyimboyo kuti ndi imodzi mwazabwino kwambiri komanso zomwe amakonda panthawiyo. Kale mu November 2016, Smith adatulutsa EP Project 11. Inatenga malo a 4 pa BBC Music Sound ya 2017 mndandanda wautali chifukwa cha kupambana kwa album, woimbayo anayamba kukopa chidwi cha oimba otchuka. Drake anali woyamba kupereka mgwirizano wake. Onse pamodzi adajambula nyimbo ziwiri za polojekiti yake ya More Life.
Jorja adadabwitsa omvera padziko lonse lapansi ndi mawu ake ofatsa mu nyimbo za Jorja Interlude ndi Get It Together. Nyimbo yomaliza idalembedwa ndi wojambula Black Coffee. Poyamba Smith anakana ntchito ndi Drake pa "Get It Together" chifukwa sanatenge nawo mbali polemba nyimboyi.
Smith adati poyankhulana: "Ndidakonda kwambiri nyimboyi, koma sindinailembe, chifukwa chake sindinatenge mawu ake mozama. Koma kenako ndinasiyana ndi chibwenzi changa, kumvetsera nyimboyo ndikumvetsa zonse. Ndipo kotero ife tinazilemba izo. Chifukwa chimene ndinakanira poyamba chinali chakuti sindingathe kuchita zinthu pachabe. Ndiyenera kukonda kwambiri zomwe ndimachita. "
Jorja Smith adatseguliranso Bruno Mars paulendo wake wa 24k Magic World Tour mu 2017. Paulendo waku North America woimbayo adalumikizana ndi Dua Lipa ndi Camila Cabello.
Kutchuka koyamba kwa Jorja Smith ndikugwira ntchito ndi nyenyezi
Mu 2017, wojambulayo adatulutsa nyimbo zingapo payekha: Opusa Aang'ono Okongola, Zongopeka Za Achinyamata, Pa Maganizo Anga. Yotsirizirayi inafika pachimake pa nambala 5 pa UK Indie Chart ndipo inafika pa nambala 54 pa Pop Chart. M'chaka chomwecho, woimbayo adalandira mayina atatu a MOBO m'magulu: "Best Performer", "Best New Artist" ndi "Best R & B / Soul Act Performer". Komabe, analephera kupambana. Panthawiyi, Spotify Singles EP idatulutsidwanso, yomwe sikupezeka pa nsanja zotsatsira.
Mu 2018, ndi rapper Stormzy, Smith adatulutsa nyimboyo Ndisiyeni, yomwe nthawi yomweyo idalowa ku UK top 40. Ed Thomas adawathandiza kulemba zolembazo. Yopangidwa ndi Thomas ndi Paul Epworth. Kanema wanyimboyo adatulutsidwa pa Januware 18, 2018. Kanemayo adajambulidwa ku Kyiv. Apa woyimbayo adasewera munthu wakupha yemwe adalembedwa ganyu kuti aphe wovina wa ballet. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, adakondana ndi wovina, zomwe zinamupangitsa kukayikira kwakukulu ponena za kulondola kwa chisankhocho. Stormzy adangowonekera kumapeto kwa kanema ndikusewera ngati bwana wa Georgie. Kanemayo walandila mawonedwe opitilira 14 miliyoni pa YouTube.
Panthawiyi, motsogozedwa ndi Kendrick Lamar, Smith adalembanso nyimbo ya I Am ya filimu ya Black Panther. Chifukwa cha izi, adakwanitsa kukopa omvera ambiri ku ntchito yake. Komanso onjezerani chidwi mu chimbale choyamba cha studio Lost & Found (2018).
Kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale cha studio ndi ntchito yapano ya Jorja Smith
Anagwira ntchito yolemba ndi kujambula nyimboyi kwa zaka 5 ku London ndi Los Angeles. Uku kunali kusamukira ku London komwe kunalimbikitsa woimbayo kuti atchule chimbalecho, chomwe chimamveka mu Russian "Lost and Found". Anafika ku likulu mu 2015, ali ndi zaka 18 zokha. Apa Jorja ankakhala ndi azakhali ake ndi amalume ake. Pamene ankagwira ntchito ngati barista ya Starbucks, ankapuma polemba mawu a nyimbo mu Voicenotes pafoni yake. Malinga ndi woimbayo, adadzimva kuti watayika mumzinda watsopano. Koma pa nthawi yomweyo, Jorja ankadziwa bwino lomwe kumene ankafuna.
Lost & Found adalandira ndemanga zabwino kwambiri kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo. Iwo adawona momwe Georgie adapangidwira, kalembedwe kake, mawu ake komanso kamvekedwe ka mawu. Zolembazo zidaphatikizidwa pamndandanda wama albino abwino kwambiri kumapeto kwa chaka ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Mercury. Ntchitoyi inayambika pa nambala 3 pa Tchati cha UK Top Albums ndi No. 1 pa Tchati cha UK R&B.
Kuyambira 2019 mpaka 2020 woyimbayo adatulutsa nyimbo zokha. Mwa iwo, Khalani Owona Mtima ndi Burna Boy, payekha Mwanjira Iliyonse ndipo Bwerani ndi Popcaan adadziwika kwambiri. Mu 2021, EP yachitatu Be Right Back idatulutsidwa, yokhala ndi nyimbo 8. Woimbayo akulongosola mbiriyo ngati "chipinda chodikirira" kukonzekera kutulutsidwa kwa album yake yachiwiri ya studio. Nyimbo za Be Right Back zidalembedwa ndikujambulidwa mu 2019-2021. Wojambulayo adalongosola kugwira ntchito pa EP ngati njira yopezera kutsekedwa muzochitika zambiri zomwe zidamuchitikira pazaka zitatu.
Moyo wa Jorja Smith
Mu September 2017, zinanenedwa kuti Jorja anali pachibwenzi ndi Joel Compass (wolemba nyimbo). Pakati pa mafani a banjali panali lingaliro lakuti Smith ndi Compass anali pachibwenzi. Komabe, mosayembekezereka kwa aliyense, ubale wawo udatha mu 2019.
Joel adatsimikizira kupatukana kwake ndi woimbayo pa Instagram pambuyo poti "fan" adanenapo mphekesera zoti Jorja adapsompsona rapper Stormzy. "Tinasiyana kanthawi kapitako," bwenzi lakale la mtsikanayo analemba.
Mu April 2017, panalinso mphekesera zoti Jorja Smith anali pachibwenzi ndi Drake. Komabe, mgwirizano pakati pa ochita masewerawo ndi waukatswiri. Jorja sananenepo za kukhala ndi chibwenzi kuyambira pomwe adasiyana ndi Joel. Pakalipano, woimbayo sakucheza ndi aliyense.
