NAHLI

Nahli, (professionally known and stylised as NAHLI), is a British singer and songwriter who has worked with DaVinChe.^[1] Her moniker is her birth name combined with her dad's stage name (Natalie and Harley).^{[citation needed]}

NAHLI
Born	Essex, England
Genres	Pop
Labels	Rebel Records

Early life

NAHLI grew up in England with both parents being professional singers.^[2][3] She was exposed her to a wide variety music such as Boney M, Abba, Elvis, Michael Jackson and Enya.^[1] Writing a diary since the age of 5 helped her realise how she can transfer her thoughts from paper into song form.^[1][2] From age three she took ballet lessons and attended Italia Conti on a half scholarship.^[2]

NAHLI has expressed that she felt very split between two families and like she didn't fit anywhere and was a burden. Her parents divorced when she was young and both her mum and dad had a children with a new partners. Her friend Simon, died when NAHLI was 15 and her life began to crumble..^[3] At age 16 she worked at Tesco to afford a trip to the Maldives.^[4]

Career

NAHLI has been working with DaVinChe for close to a decade and thinks of him as a big brother, mentor and friend.^[1] They met when she was scouted to be in one of his projects and she says she hounded him to work closer with her.^[2]

NAHLI has featured on tracks such as Professor Green’s ‘Bad Decisions’, Rude Kid's ‘Please Don’t’, Crystal Fighters ‘Costa Rica’ and Conducta's ‘Only U’.^{[citation needed]} She toured across Europe with SIGMA where they played concerts to over 50,000 people.^[5][6]

In 2019, NAHLI released her debut solo EP named 'Therapy (Side A).^[1] The cover art was designed by Aymi and portrays NAHLI with a distorted throat.^[1] She stated that she hadn't spoken to her father for a few years and her ex fiancé ended things, so she penned tracks to express her feelings on the EP aimed at them.^[2]

In 2021, NAHLI released the singles "Catch 22", featuring Big Narstie and "Something's Gotta Change".^[5][4]

I hope people will see the things I have to offer as not only a music artist, but a painter too. I just have a deep desire to create. I’d like people to see me as someone with kindness and with the willingness to listen and help anybody where I can. I give a lot to music.^[3]

Personal life

NAHLI thinks of the moon as God and regularly speaks with it and adorns herself with images of it.^[1]

Human rights, especially topics of women's empowerment are important to NAHLI and she regularly discusses them in interviews and her music.^[1]

NAHLI began painting when she broke her leg and her housemate, who was an artist, encouraged her to give it a go.^[3][5] She often posts pieces to her social media platforms. She has painted portraits of Kurt Cobain and Dennis Rodman (which Carmen Electra gave a like to).^[3]

She resides in East London but hails from Essex.^[6]