Young Xandria
played her first sold out show in The Mayflower pub in London four nights ago.
How was it? "An old French man came up to me," the cordial Xandria
recollects, "and said he’d seen the Vaccines had perform a few days before
I came along and said it was going to happen for you too!"
That poshly spoken chap isn’t the only person
falling Arse over elbow for Xandria. Unless you’ve been hibernating under a
rock, you have heard of her too. Most certainly via ‘Don’t Come Running Back’ –
the alternative rock anthem that has been leaking its way around the net faster
than Kim Kardashian’s bikini selfie, in addition to her most recent single
‘Wreck That Bass’, a fire-raising debut has the nation rocking to its
charismatic beat.
If being named the preeminent innovative upcoming
artist of the century wasn’t enough, everything has suggested that her new
single ‘Two Finger Salute’ could be something not even Lana Del Rey can write
up herself, meanwhile Xandria’s European tour (sold out) have emphasised the
impact Xandria is going to have on the music industry and its fans; bringing
rage, her cocky attitude and last but not least her slamin’ bod that would put
Megan Fox to shame. "I’m surprised the show did so well, feeling a bit
like the Female Justin Bieber of alternative music" the outgoing Xandria
reminisced while she laughed sarcastically to herself, "I’m kind of
sh*tting myself if I’m going to be frank, it’s a f**king huge crowd, not
forgetting I’m going to be the only one on stage...but it should be fun. I’m
not one to shy away from a challenge".
Raised and brought up by a single parent, Xandria
has been brought up to stay humble and down to earth, "I hate it when
celebrities talk about being ‘down to earth’ when all they do is flash their
cash and pretend like nothing’s going on in the world. I’d like to think that
I’ll be able to give back, even if I’m ‘famous’ or not; my mum taught me a
maxim that I live by "the more you give the more you receive", I know
it sounds cheesy" Xandria giggled, letting us see that there’s more to
this ‘bad girl bravado she buts on, on stage, "I’m a strong believer in
karma...once I went swimming with my friend and he fell into the pool, and of
course the lovely girl I am, I started laughing at him; seconds later I was
sinking in the pool, so I pretty much nearly drowned...KARMA!". Xandria’s
sarcastic face brought forth the idea that she’s a bit of a practical joker.
Xandria is the best new artist in the UK, and
thrown at her is a platinum record and what is known to be the best album of
this year! "I try to pay the least attention to all the hype about my
music as possible," Xandria shrugs, clearly not focussed on the fame and
the possible stampede of screaming Xandria fans that could possibly climb
through the doors and tear her limb from limb. "I’m more unaware of it now
than ever, I don’t exactly search myself on the internet or purposely listen to
my songs on the radio when I know they’re playing my songs, the only time I
hear about the hype is when I talk to my mum and friends; mostly when I do
interviews. I’m pretty astonished people like what I do, I get to do what I
love and do it as a job...what more could I ask for really."
"I’m pretty tired -most people I know are
tired- tired of having to wait three minutes to hear the chorus to a damn song!
Don’t get me wrong, there is so much great music out there believe me, I just
feel as though people are getting stuck in this never ending phase where lyrics
don’t seem to matter at all; and of course there are those people who go along
with it and pretend they’re enjoying what they’re listening to...they’re just
followers," Xandria coincides. "I prefer to have straight forward
right in the middle music, but I feel like people are doing the exact reverse
thing. And of course she’s right, that’s an issue that has to be put out there.
Playing the guitar and piano, no wonder Xandria has
got such an opinion about music; at five Xandria’s mum nudged her to learn to
play instruments, "She said she wanted me to express myself through music;
I was a vocal child, I suppose I still am." Xandira admits light-heartedly
as she notices the near to rant she nearly gave us when expressing her view on
today’s modernised music scene.
"I’m friends with the Vaccines you know; they are so funny. I’m pretty
close to Justin, he tends to be as opinionated and as funny as I am; I’m not
trying to sound big headed by calling myself funny by the way" Xandria
laughed anxiously as she thought over what she just said, she continued saying
"Justin plays the guitar just like I do, we tend to have a jam session and
get into our music; the room is always silent when we play our music. Somehow
everyone seems to be entranced in our guitar playing. Me and Justin tend to
make up random songs that sometimes don’t even make sense" Xandria giggled
to herself. "The other boys are just so funny, I went with them around
Europe because I was their opening act…they pretty much pranked each other
nearly every single day I was with them."
Xandria
talked to Out The Box about her long term plans, including her new recent plan
to take over the word!!
“Fuck yeah I
plan to take over this shit! I have a master plan: first I’m going to become more
well-known and take over America…that seems to be every artists dream. Breaking
America appears to be the thing that makes or breaks your career musical career
and I plan to do what many artists fail to do in a couple of weeks. I have a
lot of things up my sleeve; trust me.” Xandria laughed giving off a little wink
as she contemplated the idea of breaking America “they won’t know what’s hit em.”
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