Artist Interview

This is my interview:

Rising star, Ava Garcia (21), has been a main focus in the alternative music scene in recent months with her smash hit debut album ‘Splinters’ that soared to number 1 in December. Critics are describing her as ‘a passionate and fierce young woman’ as well as her career ‘having a huge impact on the industry and could change the face of music in the next few years’.The release of your album last November created quite a stir, was this expected at all?

No way did I ever think that my debut album would actually sell well or get recognized. I’ve just got lucky, most artists have to release one or two albums before they get anywhere, but somehow I managed to skip this process which I am extremely thankful for.

Okay so judging by this recognition, you’ve had to adapt to your new life of being ‘famous’, has this in any way changed the way you do things?

Hell no! I’m not someone who changes easily, I mean it’s hard to adapt sometimes to being followed by the paps, but otherwise I still go about my usual daily routine if I have a day off and I always used to tell myself that fame isn’t allowed to change me if I ever get to that.

Now this album has had two singles released from it so far, both of which got to number 1, so we were just wondering what the meaning behind the songs are?

Well most of my album is focused on love but I’m not a romantic so there isn’t anything cringe worthy or cheesy in it, most of it is focused on the pain of it and how love can twist a person and drive them crazy. There are some songs though that are about issues such as death and suicide, because I have known people that this has happened to, and I find it is an important subject and wanted to write about it to make more people aware of the pain it causes as well as why people do these things.

I can imagine this is quite a pressing focus for you. So moving on, you’re going on tour next month, exciting? What have you got in store for your fans?

Yes, I can’t wait! I’m not going to lie though, I am incredibly nervous too, I’ve never performed directly to people who want to see me, I’ve only done TV shows, such as BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, so it’ll probably be terrifying but hopefully I’ll warm up to it. I’m not the sort of person that wants to have a massive production when I perform so my shows are going to be quite laid back, it’s just my preference I guess plus I don’t think my fan base are into crazy shows either, well I hope so anyway!

We thank you so much for taking the time to come and do this interview with us today!

Thank you for having me!

Ava’s album is out now in stores and on iTunes, you can still get tickets to your UK tour too, if I’m correct?

Yes you can, they’re being sold on ticketmaster.com and gigsandtours.com, so it would be awesome if you could all come along and support me. I'm really looking forward to it so I hope to see you there!

It’s safe to say that Ava is one of the most sincere artists we’ve ever spoke to here at Hybrid magazine! She happily answered everything we asked her about and genuinely seemed happy to speak to us, not what we always get from artists, it was an absolute pleasure to have her. Like she said, you can buy her album for £10.99 on iTunes as well as in stores.

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