{"id":33127,"date":"2014-07-07T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=33127"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:07:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:07:32","slug":"new-noise-slk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/07\/07\/new-noise-slk\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: SLK"},"content":{"rendered":"

We threw an abundance of quick-fire questions to London soul Queen, SLK.<\/p>\n

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\nWhy did you choose the moniker SLK? How do we pronounce that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Silk\u2019 was a studio nickname so I kept it but lost the \u2018i\u2019. It is pronounced Silk<\/p>\n

Tell us about your journey – how did you end up creating and making music as a full-time career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always performed in some way growing up. I studied dance then acting and wanted to be the next\u00a0 Kate Winslet. Although music was always around me and I would spend hours as a child belting out Whitney or Bjork to anyone who would listen It was not until a few years back \u00a0I actually started professionally. Amy Winehouse\u2019s \u2018 Back to Black\u2019 gave me the kick I needed to sing in public. After earning my stripes in both palaces and dives I decided to write myself and find my own sound.<\/p>\n

You seem pretty style-savvy. Who are your fashion icons and who did you admire and want to dress like as you were growing up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was in awe of women performers who effortlessly found their own style through taking risks. As a child women like Gwen Stephani, Roisin Murphy and Madonna all got me hitting up my mums wardrobe and creating \u2018space age vintage street style\u2019.<\/p>\n