Antonia breakthrough in 2015 was huge, but with other upcoming bands
will she be able to keep up with 2016? The ever so elegant Antonia with a voice
so unique no one can match and her band to amplify her talents.
It’s normal
to see young bands come and go with one hit, but Antonia insists her band is
here to stay, but what makes her and her band so different?
The 19 year old Antonia
hit the charts back in early June this year with her song ‘Sound City’ which
became one of the hottest hits that summer. After her song became number one,
their twitter account gained three million followers in three days and their
YouTube channel gained two million in one day as soon as their music video was
released. They then began their tour in early September in the UK, which had to
be cancelled due to the huge demand of tickets so the venue was moved to arenas
instead. Antonia insists this is only the beginning for her band.
When you wrote ‘Sound
City’ did you expect it to do this well?
“No, not in a million years, we wrote that song three years
ago and we performed it live a couple of times and it always got the crowd in a
good party mood and when we got the chance to write an album we knew that was
one. We weren’t originally going to put that song as our single, but in the
end, we did and it was obviously the right choice.”
Are you happy with
the album (Simple terms) you wrote?
“Yes and no, we were given three months to write an album so
we had to use some our older songs which we wrote when we were seventeen in a
basement and we’ve improved since then however I do love those songs and glad
we got them recorded and released. Our fan base loves our music which is always
good (laughs).”
Talking about fans,
was it terrifying working with all your heroes?
“Hell Yeah! I have a lot of respect to the people I got to
work with. I grew up listening to them in my bedroom and now I’m in the studio
with them working on our album! It was kind of intimidating having to sing in
front of them, but I’m friends with a few of these legendary people. You just
don’t want to let them down and they all really helped me improve my singing
techniques.”
Do you think it’s
important for artists to interact with their fan base or do you think it’s
getting too extreme now?
“I think looking back when I was younger, I would have loved
to have been able to tweet my favourite band member and its great how they can
get to know more about them. It does scare me a bit when fans sneak into hotel
rooms or know where you live… it’s become part of the job to deal with it now."
Do you think there is
any negative with social media or mobiles for the music industry?
“As I said social media is great and it means band which may
not have gotten the chance to be heard now can with a website like YouTube and
Twitter. I do find in sad when I meet a fan and we never really get a good
conversation they just want a photo and follow… I don’t mind taking photos I
would just love a conversation with a fan.”
When growing up did
you ever expect to be in a band?
“I always loved being on stage and loved singing so it
always made sense, since I quit school to focus on the band I have never been
more happy. Music makes me feel part of something great. Music is everything to
me. I always wanted to have a career in music and I’m just so lucky it turned
into a reality.”
2015 has been a great
year for you, what can we expect in 2016?
“We are hoping to release an EP and begin working on our
next album, but we’re also touring America and some part of Asia! [Tickets on
sale March 18th] 2016 was just a warm up for our band Antonia. By
the end of 2016 we won’t be the band we’re today we will be even better and
hopefully more music out there on the market.”
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