Remi Nicole
Remi Nicole is a singer-songwriter and musician from London whose mastery of numerous styles, from doo wop to rockabilly, girl-group pop to soulful rock, is evinced on her new album, Cupid Shoot Me.
Having written and recorded the 11 songs for the album at home, Remi then went into a studio with Grammy-winning producer Mark Taylor – “because of his pop sensibility,” she says – who insisted on leaving all of her musical and lyrical ideas intact, quite a compliment from someone who has worked with Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Diana Ross, as well as Britney, Kylie and Nelly Furtado. Taking control of every aspect of the album’s creation, Remi conceived of Cupid Shoot Me as a sort of concept.
Cupid Shoot Me is the sort of accessible but adventurous record that will appeal to everyone from regular punters to, well, Presidents of the United States: her acupuncturist has predicted that she will meet Barak Obama by the end of the year, and Remi has been having dreams about Sasha and Malia Obama being huge fans of hers. And why not? With Cupid Shoot Me under her belt, anything is possible.
Can she do it? Yes, she can.