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effortlessly climbs and falls, and the chorus remains with you long after the song finishes. All of her tracks achieve that perfect balance between being innovative and catchy. Eleanor tells me that she wrote Polaroid, the first track on her EP, in Nashville. Immediately it’s clear that we have arrived at her favourite discussion topic. The song describes the perfect stillness depicted in a Polaroid picture. For Eleanor, this picture is Nashville: “I remember looking out of the window in Nashville and what I was seeing was the song.” Eleanor has been dreaming of a visit to the city since she was a child obsessed with country musicians and Texas radio stations. She is evidently still in awe that her dream came true, and her eyes light up as she describes the trip. “When I finally got there, I was like ‘Yeh, this is what I’ve been listening to on the radio, this is what I’ve been dreaming of’.” She tells me that Nashville was “just lovely, it was warm like Liverpool.” Both cities are famous for having a welcoming musical scene, and have produced some outstanding musicians. Eleanor agrees “It was just so musically inclined. Every single bar on all the streets had a live band playing.” She talks of meeting welcoming musicians who helped her “write some of the most amazing songs I’ve ever written”. ‘Look around here at this place,’ she sings in Polaroid, a tribute to how Nashville has influenced her music. People Like Us was produced entirely by Cam Blackwood (who has previously worked with George Ezra, London Grammar and Florence And The Machine), and Eleanor has had the opportunity to work with a number of highly successful songwriters over the past two years. I ask what it felt like working with Sacha Skarbek, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’s Wrecking Ball and James Blunt’s You’re Beautiful. “He had worked with all these amazing people and then he just had little me in his studio writing. It was surreal,” she exclaims. “I was like, ‘Why are you writing with me of all people?’” It’s a question that is obvious to her listeners: at just 18, Eleanor has a voice and a work ethic to rival most mainstream pop stars. She may be humble, but she does not pause to wonder at her success. “I’ve got to snatch all the opportunities up and get everything I can from these people that I’ve always looked up to.” It’s the same determination that helped her secure gigs at just 13, and it is bound to take her even further. When I ask Eleanor where she imagines it all going, she is quick to answer: “No idea.” She hopes that Decca Records will become a long-term family for her to grow into, but is aware that “things like that can end in the blink of an eye”. Eleanor takes nothing for granted; a simple, 20-minute conversation convinces me that she will make the most of this opportunity. The only certainty in her future is that she will keep singing: “I wanna be making music for the rest of my life.” If People Like Us is anything to go by, I certainly hope she will too. ! Words: Maya Jones / @mmayajones Photography: Lauren Jade Keir / laurenjadekeir.format.com @eleanor_nelly Polaroid, the first single from the People Like Us EP, is released on 7th <strong>March</strong>. “I wanna be making music for the rest of my life” 14
An Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition presented as part of the National Partners Programme 24 February to 3 June <strong>2018</strong> FREE ENTRY liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/kaleidoscope @walkergallery #kaleidoscope @A_C_Collection #ACCNationalPartners Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England Image: Point X, 1965, Phillip King. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
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