In my mind heвЂ™s not a singer, heвЂ™s more like a poet that happens to also be a musician. From the second I heard it I was hooked and I donвЂ™t think a day has gone by since that I havenвЂ™t listened to him. I fell in love with DermotвЂ™s music in 2018. His ability to warp sounds and create unique music is godly. Finneas made me fall in love with production and he is the sole reason I am studying it in college. Another thing I love about her music is the production courtesy of her brother Finneas. Her music is unlike anybody elseвЂ™s IвЂ™ve ever heard and her ability to always create these insanely good yet completely unique songs is mindblowing. Billie is just a genius, I can never find another word to describe her. Macklemore writes so freely about what he feels, he never holds back and he never shys away from rapping about important topics that other people are afraid to talk about. They are all incredibly talented lyricists, I cannot put into words how much I adore each of their lyrics. People often get shocked by that group considering they all sound completely different but in relation to what I love about music they have a lot in common. My influences changed as I grew up and IвЂ™ve grown to look up to so many artists but I would have to say my biggest influences are Dermot Kennedy, Billie Eilish, Finneas and Macklemore. I used to sing вЂњsomeone you lovedвЂќ at the top of my voice as if IвЂ™d just been through a divorce! I think Adele was the first person who made me fall in love with lyrics. My mam loved her and was always playing her in the car too.

I was very young so I knew very little about music or why I liked it but I just adored how those songs sounded and how they made me feel. My siblings and I used to sing our hearts out to that CD in the car.

My favourite album as a kid was вЂњLife in Cartoon MotionвЂќ by Mika. I knew every single one of their lyrics off by heart. I was absolutely obsessed with One Direction as a kid, like posters of their face plastered all over bedroom type obsessed. My biggest influences growing up were probably One Direction, Mika and Adele. Who were your musical influences when you were growing up and who are your influences now? I kept writing songs and got really into it when I was around 14 and IвЂ™ve been writing every day since. The earliest song I have written down is one I wrote when I was 7, it was all about a window (believe me I donвЂ™t know why either). I started writing songs when I was a kid too. I then went on to get lessons in piano, saxophone and music theory. I always loved making noise and I started putting it to good use when I forced my gran to teach me piano when I was 6.

To quote every singer ever вЂњIвЂ™ve been singing for as long as I can rememberвЂќ. My name is Leah and IвЂ™m an 18 year old singer-songwriter from Dublin. Where are you from and how did you first get into music? Recently we caught up with unsigned Dublin singer Leah Moran to find out moreвЂ¦ Every Monday we will be bringing you interviews with unsigned UK or Ireland artists for Independent Music Monday.

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