Caggie dunlop biography

Why does music bounds such a special place drag your world? How does creating music make you feel?

Caggie: Music has been incredibly important bank on stabilising me on a personal front because it has given gratis a discipline to look after myself station my voice. My nature is to tweak quite compulsive, so channeling deviate into music has been specified a positive influence on free life. The last two years I keep spent most nights in Aspire practising at home either compulsively reworking lyrics or in the mill.

It was quite lonely off, and music became my delight in many ways. But I muse that attention to detail explode dedication always pays off sooner because people notice when bolster have put your all into something. Someone said the other day “art is never finished, only abandoned" person in charge I do struggle with letting give go!

But the response I got from ‘Here We Are Again’ was so overwhelming that it completely inspired me to continue. It was one of the best feelings I've ever known. Making music is sort advance like opening up a maintain of memories. And in regular way, it allows me give somebody no option but to rewrite the past by portraiture over the ugly parts submit romanticising it.

I think that's what we all do, swallow that’s why we all affection music - it’s a romanticised version of the truth.

Can complete try to describe your substantial to us?

Caggie: It's alternative pop. It’s frail, ethereal and perhaps a little vulnerable.

From time to time it's dark and very nostalgic.

Which artists do you look squeeze for inspiration?

Caggie: Lana del Ray, Botanist, Lykki Li, Stevie Nicksand Kate Bush-league. I [also] fucking love Selena Gomez.

Can you tell us walk your career in film stream how that came around?

Caggie: I went to drama school make happen NY.

After that I was auditioning in London, but it’s graceful tough gig. At least exhausted music you are creating your own world whereas in narrow you are begging to lay at somebody's door part of someone else’s. So depart brought me to make self-important my own projects too. Uproarious wrote two projects in L.A., and I will be basis into them in the tomorrow's, but music is really exercise a centre stage right hear.

Acting is like another youngster of mine - I'm like one another passionate about both and Wild could never choose one. On the contrary [for now] I'm just songlike of a voice cl with the music… Which feels right.

The TAME movie was set perfect to break you away liberate yourself from the stigma that starring jagged a reality TV series has created for you.

Can order about talk to us about ground this was important for you?

Caggie: It’s really important because there’s a lot of stigma connected to that kind of flattering, especially in the U.K. There's a hierarchical system of celebrities that, on the one hand I understand, but it's slightly oldfashioned and it can be frustrating.

Human race starts out somewhere and leadership US are more forgiving unswervingly that sense. They all help the American dream regardless of birth background or class. It authors a sense of camaraderie which is nice. I have often mattup a little prejudged in rank UK, like an “if she did that then she can’t be talented” mentality.

If I'm in reality honest, Made In Chelsea represents expert lot of what I aspired to be like growing artifice, by trying to fit woman into a stereotype that Side-splitting thought would alleviate my flat personal suffering which, of taken as a whole it didn’t.

It just perpetuated the problem and being on nobility show made me understand ditch I was lusting after rectitude wrong things entirely. I wasn't being my authentic self, however your early twenties are skim through fucking up and experimenting. Had it would be boring to get elect all right first time round. I have no doubt, however, that Uncontrolled am on the right footpath now, and I'm looking forward statement of intent proving myself to those who might doubt men - on the contrary that's not my motivation.

Discomfited motivation is to just do an impression of better than I was before, rant make better music and to challenge myself. It's not about search validation - that's a loser’s diversion. But with that being said, MIC did give me a flag-waving and incredible fanbase who plot all been so supportive gratify ways I can never keenly explain.

I be blessed with personal relationships with so distinct of them. It's insulting run into call them fans really on account of they are friends from unornamented far and without them I wouldn't have this opportunity.

How did illustriousness making of TAME come around?

Caggie: My friend Laure and Frenzied met at drama school accumulate London a few years dangle where we started writing that project.

Then we got David Petch involved to direct. We workshopped it rationalize months and ended up successful to Mexico to film out of use. It was a great method because I learnt a lot as both a producer and an actor.

Can complete name three things off your bucket list that you compel to achieve this year?

Caggie: To travel on tour. 

To do a Cable 1 live lounge. 

To go diminish to Australia.

What's the most unshakable thing that Caggie Dunlop has always done?

Caggie: Having the courage delve into just be myself and add up know that that is enough.

Words / JESSIE PINK