


You’ve been working on your debut EP due for a release next year, how’s that been going? Luckily for me, everyone pulled together and helped to make something.ĭescribe the ‘Wasted’ music video in two words for people who are yet to see it? At the time, I didn’t have management, so I had to organize the entire shoot myself, which I truly had no business doing, so I was definitely overwhelmed and confused and afraid it wasn’t going to turn out the way I’d envisioned. Lulu: Making the music video for Wasted was like, the single most stressful thing I have ever done. You’ve also released the ‘Wasted’ music video, what was it like making the music video to your debut single? Lulu: I picked Wasted as my debut song because it’s the very first intentional pop song, and to be honest, I wrote it about someone who really hurt my feelings and I wanted him to know it. Why have you picked ‘Wasted’ to be your big debut single? I like to make music that you could listen to in a convertible but I think that realistically my lyrics aren’t super compatible with that, so I make sure the track is fun whilst the lyrics are true to whatever emotional mess I’m partaking in that week. It’s like, music that you can dance to whilst also crying. Lulu: I think my music is fun but also intimate and emotional. How would you describe your music and yourself as an artist for people who are yet to hear ‘Wasted’? The good news doesn’t end there as we sat down with Lulu Simon and discussed everything from her debut single, ‘Wasted’ to musical influences, dream collaborations and more upcoming music. Lulu Simon’s debut single, ‘Wasted’ is only the beginning of her musical journey as her highly anticipated debut EP is to follow in early 2019. This exact moment was when my focus shifted and I wanted to start making music that made me feel like dancing and being in a convertible, while also still maintaining the intimacy as an original songwriter.” “I was like oh my gosh this music makes me feel better than any music has ever made me feel. She immediately fell in love with song-writing once getting her hands on an acoustic guitar, this was only encouraged even more upon hearing Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2015 album, ‘Emotion’ for the first time. This intertwined Lulu into learning to play the acoustic guitar, where she found her calling. Lulu has always enjoyed music, learning to play the piano from a very young age. Lulu Simon, daughter of musical legend Paul Simon, is taking a leaf out of her father’s book and slowly becoming a pop star in her own right.
