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Authors note:

When I was told I was to conduct an interview with new artist Kya Sole about her rise to fame and new album ‘Paper Man’, I must admit I was a bit star struck. I’m an avid country music fan and, as a young woman of 24, I just feel that she is so relatable in both her music and her personality.

Interview:

When I was 22 I was studying for a career in journalism, I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a new multinational album selling artist, can you give me some insight?

Ha-ha, I’m not sure I’m the person to ask about music advice; I’m not exactly the most up to date person when it comes to that. I was always that child at school who was, like, ‘so behind on all the latest music trends’, I was still into the wiggles when everyone else was rocking out to Metallica.

Well people obviously agree with your music taste now though?

Yeah I guess, I don’t know why. I mean, yeah, obviously I believe in the  messages of my own music and think it’s pretty cool, but I was pretty shocked when people both older and younger than me started buying my records and coming up to me in the street asking for my autograph.

Do you find that harder now?

What? Walking down the street? Yeah I have no personal time anymore, my personal time becomes everyone else’s business. I think I’m going to be that artist that goes crazy because of fame… I’m going to be the next Miley Cyrus, just not as slutty.

Do you think you would have become a country musician if you had known this was going to be your lifestyle now?

Of course, I love to make and share my music and I enjoy my job… plus you have to admit it is lovely to be able to be financially stable enough to buy that £200 pair of jeans you admired in the shop window as a girl!

So what inspired you to become a musician?

My Mum, she spent her life trying to be the best mum she could be, I barely saw her when I was younger [because] she had about three jobs, one in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at night. She was a single mum since she was 27 and I was totally inspired by her situation.

I’m Intrigued, would you mind if I asked you to tell us about her?

Of course not. My Mum had my older brother, Kieran, when she was 16, she was judged for it her whole life and her mother never fully forgave her. It wasn’t her fault and she did her best besides the situation she was in. she married my dad [the father of the baby] and then had my older sister Maisie, me and was pregnant with my little sister May when my dad died aged 28.

So how did this inspire you?

She worked so hard to provide for us and give us the best life and it just made me realise that she was such an amazing woman but that she wasn’t truly happy. It seems sad I know, but it made me realise I wanted to spend my life doing something I loved for a job instead of working just because I have to in order to keep my family together.

So, I have your new album with me today

Haha, I was waiting for this to come up!

It’s called Paper Man, is there a message behind this title?

It’s about living a life in order to earn money instead of to live. I’m basically saying that whilst moneys nice you shouldn’t have it as your main aim in life because effectively it wont keep you alive… besides the obvious ways.

Well it was lovely talking to you and it sucks that we have to leave it here.

Haha, you too, I hope we get to talk again.