“We’re all a mess, but I guess this is what it feels like to be young”
Anne-Marie Chats To iRadio About Her Latest Single 'To Be Young'
Aidan and Oonagh in the Morning caught up with pop star Anne-Marie to talk about her latest single 'To Be Young' which embodies the boundless ups, downs, learnings, dreams and realities that are experienced throughout life as we each try to figure out our paths. Anne-Marie co-wrote the track with Billy Walsh (Post Malone), Delacey (Halsey) and Louis Bell (Selena Gomez, Lorde), with Bell also taking the reins on production. Shot at home during lockdown and featuring a self-penned verse from Doja Cat, the accompanying performance-led official video has been directed by Hannah Lux Davies, with creative direction provided by Kate Moross.
Newly-announced as a Mind Charity ambassador, Anne-Marie’s return follows on from her storming comeback anthem ‘Birthday’. A track that’s reaped more than 120 million global streams since its release in February, it secured huge support from partners across the globe including her home market, where it enjoyed A List rotation across Capital and Radio 1 alongside a spread of TV appearances and front covers with Glamour, The Observer and Gay Times.
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About Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie’s rise to stardom has been nothing short of meteoric. A former 3 x world karate champion and West End child star, the Essex-born pop phenomenon has quickly grown to become one of the globe’s most-loved and successful musical exports; a modern-day artist whose music and personality perfectly meshes together wit, strength and celebration, amplifying a message of self-love.
Since bursting onto the scene in 2016, Anne-Marie has remained a key figure within the pop sphere. Prior to the release of two million-selling debut album ‘Speak Your Mind’, she released a slew of global hit singles, which saw her become a staple name in the charts’ upper echelons: her breakthrough ‘Alarm’; the Clean Bandit and Sean Paul collaboration ‘Rockabye’ [the official UK Christmas No.1 in 2016]; ‘Ciao Adios’; friendzone anthem and Marshmello collaboration ‘FRIENDS’; as well as the nostalgic Ed Sheeran co-write “2002”. A home to her playfully infectious pop and idiosyncratic storytelling, ‘Speak Your Mind’ debuted at No.3 in the UK’s Official Album Chart upon its release in 2018 and subsequently saw Anne-Marie crowned as the UK’s biggest-selling debut artist of the same year.
Off the back of the album, Anne-Marie secured further high-profile collaborations including James Arthur for ‘Rewrite the Stars’, taken from ‘The Great Showman: Reimagined’ soundtrack, and Lauv on ‘f*ck, I’m lonely’. Not to mention a global support tour with Ed Sheeran across the UK, Europe and North America on his record-breaking Divide run, alongside a course of sold-out, global headline shows that culminated with two sold-out Hammersmith Eventim Apollo shows last year.
A true testament to her loveable personality and mighty talent, over her career to date, Anne-Marie has become a BRITs Critics Choice finalist; Nordoff Robbins ‘Best Newcomer’ winner; 9 x BRIT Award nominee; an official ambassador of The Princes Trust and MIND charity; Stylist Magazine ‘Artist of the Year’; Royal Academy of the Arts committee member + more.
