When I wasn't working, I was learning how to use production software on YouTube and making music.

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• Shura:

  I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own.

• Shura:

  I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna.

• Shura:

  I found my own voice slowly. I don't do big tricks like Mariah Carey, so I've found this weird way

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  I'm actually really impressed with everyone at Polydor.

• Shura:

  I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I

• Shura:

  As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

• Shura:

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• Shura:

  It is important that you're out, and it is important that you're visible.

• Shura:

  Someone will say, 'Shura's album is about being a gay woman in London.' Umm, I feel like my album's

• Shura:

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