We were lucky to catch up with Aaliyah Nicole recently and have shared our conversation below.

Aaliyah , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

In my past I struggled with heartbreak. Honestly I still do, in all areas of life not just in my love life. To start off, in 2020 I was going through a lot. As far as not understanding who I was to not loving my girl correct at the time and vise versa. I struggled with expression mentally and physically and the only way I could express what I was feeling was through music. That’s how my last project Love Vs. Lust came about. Just feeling all these things all at once. Wanting to confront things that I couldn’t admit out loud. I just spent months in the studio working and creating something that I felt was relatable and will stick forever. That tape was and will be one of my best and biggest soul spills I’ve created. It molded me in a lot of ways as an artist far as learning how to be more venerable and free within writing. Thats something that I’m going to appreciate forever.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am a anti social artist from Acworth , Georgia. I go by the name “Aaliyah Nicole”. I first got into the industry back in 2019 with a hand full of releases on SoundCloud. In that time a lot of people were waiting on my releases due to them knowing that I wanted to pursue music. I got a lot of love in that time but I don’t think I really felt like I was accepted in the game until I released my single MindGames in 2020 on all platforms. I was blessed enough to shoot a music video for free with a whole filming crew and let’s just say things turned out more than planned. After kind of getting a taste of what it felt like to have a great role out with great feed back and support it pushed me to continue to release music on all platforms. Throughout the years I’ve been studying artist and the ends and outs of the industry far as marketing, role outs and building a major fan base for myself. My biggest goal was to get booked for shows and oddly enough god was just working for me without me even trying. The whole year of 2021 I was booked about 3 times a month. It humbled me and I was so grateful because I only manifested to do one show that year, just one. Before being booked I used to practice in my room every night. Full out show with 110% energy, just picturing what it’d be like to actually be in front of a crowd. I never knew when I’d get my chance but I always pushed myself to prepare for it. I’ll never forget when I performed at my first fashion show and it had over 200 plus people there. I was so nervous, I had no idea how to take that many people and crowd control, but once I got on stage they knew my name when I finished. I’ll never forget that day, I was so proud of myself and it put me in a space to feel like I could do anything. Nothing in this world can stop me from being great. I know that I’m going to blow up and I know I’m going to be one of the biggest if not the biggest artist in the world one day. I don’t find anyone to be competition because this is my world, and I create what comes out of it. I think that’s what sets me apart from a lot of artist, not feeling like I’m competing, I just love what I do. I love music.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

I appreciate this question because this isn’t talked about enough. One thing I’ve noticed is majority of society supports only major artist and creative directions that are known or talked about. Not that it’s a bad thing, but I feel like the same support isn’t shown to local creatives. We are the next wave to take over and humans just don’t take the time to get to know potential until you make it. It’s so important to show love now and appreciate the progress an artist is making. Taking the time to listen to the song, go to a show, even getting familiar with there content. Just doing those small things create growth and a strong mindset for the artist.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

There’s nothing more that I want than to leave a print on this universe. It isn’t necessarily about the music. I just want to be an entity that is opened minded and leads the youth in the right direction and actually talk to them and teach them things. I’ll never be too cool for anyone no matter how big I get,

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/aaliyahnicole
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaliyahnicole__
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/Aaliyah_NicoleL
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/zhduvqhS3Go

Image Credits
Jonas Bean Jaylon Norwood Matthew Kleinman