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Fresh faced new artist Charlz has a very strong, blunt opinion on the British charts.  She wants to turn it around.  Despite only being 17 years old she has made a large impact in the indie rock world and has the high hopes for breaking into the charts. Despite not being signed onto any well-known label, she has come out of nowhere to create sterling artwork on her debut album. She is living proof that you do not need to be signed onto a mainstream label to become successful. Here she discusses her incentive behind the album and bluntly shares her strong opinion on today’s charts…

Hey Charlz. Thanks for making it here today.

Hello, it’s a pleasure to be here, I've read this magazine since it first came out! I love the originality of the artists featured in here.

Thank you. Congratulations on the success of your debut album, Reinforce.  How does it feel to be an indie success?

Cheers, I really wasn’t expecting this. At all. It’s insane. I really didn’t think that people would appreciate the change in genre. An indie rock album ACTUALLY getting into the charts. I’m shocked!

How are you finding chart success?

It’s amazing! Going from studying A levels in college to becoming a well-known artist in a matter of days! It’s such a shock but I love it. I’m so not used to people caring about my song writing. I mean it makes me feel like I have accomplished something and made a positive impact on my fans *laughs*

So what was the incentive of this album?

I wanted to combine my two favourite genres of music, indie and rock in order to create an indie rock sound that I love so much. I feel that the lyrics are powerful to relate to issues such as love, bullying, rejection in order to make people feel better about themselves, that there is a way past this. I have been through bullying myself and it’s a horrible ordeal. Also, I have covered the happy aspect of life in order to give a balance for my fans. This is all for them.

We love your music. What impact do you want your music to have on the charts then?

Aw thanks *giggles*. And i want my music to bring originality back to the charts, and to make the British charts British again. In my opinion the UK charts have been taken over by American music. There seems to be more American than British music nowadays in our charts. Most of my friends don’t even like half the music in the charts. We need way more British music in our current charts and maybe chart music may be more appreciated and original and less commercialised and using stuff like auto tune.

Couldn’t agree more. So your voice is all natural in your songs then?

Yeah. None of that auto tune stuff. It ruins many original voices by making them sound commercialised. Natural voices are better people! It brings more diversity to music than just noise!

Finally, where do you hope to see yourself in 10 years?

A legend! Haha! Yeah on a more realistic note I hope to have done charity singles and to have used my music to help other people feel like they are worth something, maybe done a tour as well! I want to help other as well as make music for the fun of it even though it’s what I love to do.

Thanks again for coming.

It’s been an honour, thanks for having me.

Rebecca Dickinson.

Charlz’s album, Reinforce is available in stores and online now!