{"id":50120,"date":"2015-05-20T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=50120"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T11:53:58","slug":"new-noise-omi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/05\/20\/new-noise-omi\/","title":{"rendered":"New Noise: Omi"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s responsible for one of the catchiest hits in recent years. We sit down for a chat with Mr Cheerleader himself, OMI.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a><\/strong>We literally can’t go anywhere without hearing the infectious sounds of summer smash anthem ‘Cheerleader’, and the man responsible for the track which is still sitting at the top of the UK music chart for the third consecutive week, kindly sat down for a quick exclusively with us.<\/p>\n

Give us an insight into your musical CV \u2013 where did it all start with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It started with my dad. He was a singer \/ songwriter and I really respected him and looked up to him. He was my giant. Music is in my DNA. I was 14 when I realised that I was able to write and appreciate the melodic value of music. I knew I wanted to choose it as a career. I was in the studio everyday, recording and developing my catalogue.<\/p>\n

How did you come up with a hit like \u2018Cheerleader\u2019 \u2013 the song has been doing colossal things all over the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was intended to be an album interlude originally. When I met my manager, he thought it would be a good idea to turn it into an actual song. He knew it was going to be a hit. When we released it, it had a huge impact in Jamaica, Hawaii, Dubai and it was always just there.
\nThe new remix has reinvented the track and its going platinum all over the place.<\/p>\n