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Dive into the mysterious world of musician
SEV DALIZA
, her music contains
breathy vocals contrasting with heavy baselines, creating a mood that
screams temptation. Born in Iran and now based in the Netherlands, 27year-old Sevdaliza has made quite a name of herself. Her music videos
caught the attention of many international blogs and Complex nominated
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her video "Sirens of the Caspian" as one the most creative music videos of
the summer, alongside artists such as Lana Del Rey and FKA Twigs. Since
there isn’t much information to be found on Sevdaliza’s background we
asked the artist for an exclusive interview in which she finally shares her
story.
T e ll u s abo u t y o u r jo u r n e y wit h m u sic .
It h as be e n a lif e -c h an gin g jou rn e y . Mu sic h as alway s be e n my f irst lov e . I gre w u p in a small v illage an d
n on e of my f rie n ds we re in to mu sic . I was, so I starte d liste n in g to all kin ds of mu sic at a v e ry y ou n g age an d
also did a lot of writin g. I c ome f rom a f amily of poe ts so writin g f e lt v e ry n atu ral to me . F rom th e re , my lov e
f or mu sic gre w more an d more bu t it re main e d a h obby be c au se I didn ’t re alize I c ou ld do th is f or a liv in g. I
got my maste rs in Commu n ic ation an d starte d a f u ll time job. B u t de e p down I kn e w th at th is wou ldn ’t make
me h appy . B y th e time I re ac h e d th e age of 2 3 I was c omple te ly bu rn e d ou t. I wasn ’t h appy an d I re ally h ad
to dig de e p to f in d my tru e ide n tity , wh ic h I th e n f ou n d in mu sic . I qu it my job an d th e re is we re my jou rn e y
with mu sic be gan .
W h e r e do y o u dr aw in spir at io n fr o m ?
I ge t a lot of in spiration f rom pain tin gs, mov ie s an d situ ation s in my lif e or oth e rs. W h at I like abou t writin g
is th at y ou c an c re ate y ou r own world an d liv e in side a world th at y ou h av e c re ate d. I still liste n to all
ge n re s in mu sic , wh ic h c an also in spire me , bu t n oth in g sou n ds like th e mu sic I c re ate . F or me , th is is a
c on stan t re min de r th at I c re ate my own world in wh ic h oth e rs are allowe d to liste n .
Ho w wo u ld y o u de sc r ibe y o u r m u sic ? I s y o u r m u sic a t r an slat io n o f y o u r fe e lin gs?
I wou ld say my mu sic is alway s me lan c h olic an d dark. It’s se n su al as we ll bu t I c an n e v e r pin poin t wh y th at
is. I trie d writin g h appy son gs bu t I simply c an n ot do it. I re me mbe r re adin g an in te rv ie w with Ly kke Li an d
sh e said th e e xac t same th in g. It’s n ot th at I’m c on stan tly sad or de pre sse d; on th e c on trary I’m a v e ry h appy
an d positiv e pe rson . I be lie v e th at with a positiv e attitu de I c an c re ate dramatic , se n su al mu sic , wh ic h migh t
sou n d stran ge to some , bu t I c an n ot c re ate th is wh e n I’m sad.
W h ile o n a v ir t u al st r o ll o n t h e in t e r n e t se ar c h in g fo r in fo r m at io n abo u t y o u I r e c o gn ize d o n e t h in g: y o u ar e qu it e a
m y st ic al c h ar ac t e r , r e le asin g m u sic v ide o s wit h e x t r e m e ly st r o n g v isu als wit h o u t an y st at e m e n t s, c o u ld y o u t e ll u s
so m e t h in g abo u t t h at ?
I do n ot like to f ill in y ou r de f in ition of my mu sic . I like to le av e a spac e f or pe ople ’s pe rc e ption s. I c re ate
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my v ision an d le av e it ou t in th e ope n f or pe ople to c re ate th e ir own story an d th at is wh at I like abou t
mu sic . It’s so dif f e re n t f or e v e ry on e an d it’s alway s c on n e c te d to some th in g pe rson al.
L e t ’ s t alk a bit abo u t fash io n , y o u r e c e n t ly lan de d an e dit o r ial in Vo gu e an d be c am e am bassado r fo r H&M. Do y o u t h in k
m u sic an d fash io n go h an d in h an d wit h e ac h o t h e r ?
Not alway s bu t f or me th e y do. I h av e alway s h ad a stron g c on n e c tion with f ash ion , my sty le isn ’t some th in g
I pic ke d u p in a magazin e , it’s an imme diate re f le c tion of h ow I f e e l. F or me it re ally h as to do with y ou r
ide n tity wh ic h some time s c h an ge s bu t th at’s ok, it’s part of be in g an e v olv in g h u man be in g. F ash ion f or me
isn ’t abou t th e late st tre n ds it’s more abou t wh e re y ou are in lif e .
Y o u o bv io u sly h av e a se n se o f st y le . . I s y o u r im age an d ae st h e t ic im po r t an t fo r y o u as an ar t ist ?
Ye s it’s v e ry importan t bu t I n e v e r c h ose a c e rtain image .. I’m ju st doin g wh at f e e ls n atu ral.
Y o u r m u sic h as c au gh t t h e at t e n t io n o f m an y abr o ad an d y o u h av e be e n bo o k e d fo r v ar io u s in t e r n at io n al pe r fo r m an c e s.
Ho w do e s liv in g in t h e N e t h e r lan ds affe c t y o u r wo r k ?
I re ally like liv in g in Rotte rdam be c au se I c an c h oose my in f lu e n c e s. It’s v e ry in du strial an d raw. W h e th e r
y ou like it or n ot, y ou are alway s in f lu e n c e d by y ou r su rrou n din gs. In my ge n re th e re are a lot of artists wh o
liv e in Ne w York or Lon don an d I f e e l th at it’s an adv an tage th at I don ’t liv e th e re .
An y ar t ist t h at y o u adm ir e ?
Mu sic ally I wou ld say K u rt Cobain , D’An ge lo an d J an e t J ac kson . I also h av e admiration f or f ash ion de sign e rs
su c h as Raf S imon s an d Zan a B ay n e bu t also draw in spiration f rom mov ie dire c tors su c h as W e s An de rson .
W o u ld y o u lik e t o sh ar e so m e o f y o u r h igh ligh t s in y o u r c ar e e r an d dr e am s y e t t o r e alize ?
Th e h igh ligh t in my c are e r h as be e n c re atin g some th in g th at c ome s f rom my min d an d sh arin g th is with th e
world. F or th e f u tu re I ju st wan t to c re ate in c re dible , time le ss stu f f . S ome th in g I c an look bac k on an d be
prou d of . I lov e play in g liv e an d pe ople su pportin g my mu sic bu t f or me c re atin g is th e u ltimate h igh ligh t
an d will re main th e h igh ligh t f or th e re st of my c are e r.
W h at c an we e x pe c t fr o m y o u in t h e fu t u r e ?
I’m re le asin g my f irst EP n e xt y e ar an d will c on tin u e workin g a lot in th e stu dio.
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