DAMANSARA - Social media influencer, Nelysa Nazrin, 19, talks about her musical upbringing and her desire to continue learning.
“I grew up with music so as much as I want to continue to be surrounded by music in the sense of performing music, I also want to produce my own music.
"So, like in the future I can imagine myself or I hope I’ll be in the setting where I’m constantly making music and learning new things,” said Nelysa.
When she was younger, she and her friends would occasionally sing, but she never gave it much consideration.
“It’s because I didn’t think I had what it takes to use my singing as a career or anything professional.
“When I was 13 or 14 years old, I got scouted by these people and then they formed a group for us to do OST for their project and then I started going into the professional setting so I thought it was really interesting,” shared Nelysa.
She then took the effort to polish and approached it more seriously than she had in the past when she had only done it as a hobby.
“When I learned to record my own music, I learnt the technical stuff about the music itself rather than just my voice. So, that’s what started my interest in learning how to produce music.
“I used to sing cover songs a lot on Instagram and YouTube but I archived some already. During the Movement Control Order (MCO), I used my cover making process and tried to learn as much as I could with it,” said Nelysa.
Nelysa, a pre-university student, expressed how she wishes to pursue music in her studies as well as her career.
“I’m doing pre-u like a Canadian Matriculation pre-u but then using that pre-u, I want to apply to a Korean university. Insyaallah (laugh) or United Kingdom (UK), my dad wants the UK but my mum is like go wherever you want lah. So, Korea is my choice,” shared Nelysa in an interview session with me.
When asked about her upcoming musical projects, Nelysa teased that she’s working on something ‘exciting’ with her best friend.
“I think this specific project is gonna be really exciting? For me personally, because I’m doing it with somebody who is my best friend. I would say she’s like my soulmate too.
"Working with her on a project like this would be a lot of fun, and I think the way we're going about this project would allow us to express our creative selves while also being a part of the effort,” added Nelysa.
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