YADI Interview

by Rene on August 23, 2010

YADI (aka Hannah Yadi) is an incredibly talented friend of ours from London. It's difficult to sometimes be unbiased to friends musical endeavours... but I know in my heart of hearts that Hannah is a fantastic writer of big, clever, cool pop music. Playing the friendship card I think I guilted her into sitting down to answer some very intellectual questions I posed to her whilst totally sober.  This is what she had to say...

If you HAD to write a description of yourself for a dating website what would you write?

Don’t do this to me Rene. You’re determined to ruin me in my first interview. I’ve just given up dating anyway! Don’t people usually get their friends to write a blurb about them?

Rene please insert description here:

*** MY DESCRIPTION OF HANNAH: Cheeky, funny, sexy girl. Excellent taste in music and is a great person to have as a friend. What she lacks in height she totally makes up for in charisma and intelligence. I'm really excited to see where she goes writing wise… I hope she experiments with French in her songs (which she's totally fluent at being part Algerian princess) as she's doing something a little bit smarter than the average pop music kicking about.

And for me also? Be honest.

*** EDITED OUT... It was rather libelous!

When are you going to play your first live show?

On a very exciting tour with a very beautiful young singer in November…whoop!

Britney or Gaga?

Britney all the way! If Gaga brings out more albums, goes mad, then shaves her hair I may reconsider. Britney’s been through it all!

There are soooooo many girl singers from London with similarities (i.e. slightly electro influenced pop). You must be aware of that… has that affected the way you’ve approached writing your album? Are you influenced by them, or influenced to NOT be like them?

Ah that old chestnut. Of course I’m aware there are loads of female singers but there have always been lots and there always will be. I think the reason people are making an issue of it is due to the problem you mention - that a lot of them sound similar and they have started to blur into each other, with some great exceptions of course. I am certainly determined to be experimental and follow my instincts. It’s about making a record that reflects me. My influences are pretty wide ranging. I want to make music that excites people. And I want the songs to last. Wish me well!

Keanu Reeves’ career. Explain how it still exists.

You need to chill out Rene, what did he ever do to you. He has a silly name, sure - I wouldn’t for example feel comfortable saying his first name in isolation, know what I mean? Everyone always says ‘Keanu Reeves’. It’s never just Keanu. BUT the guy’s a dreamboat. FACE IT!

When I am seeing a girl exclusively and I see a 9/10 I say to myself “oh she’s probably a racist with hairy tits”. It quells any inappropriate thoughts. I’m good at relationships like that. Are you more suited to relationships or being single? Does that work it’s way into your songs?

Haha, doesn’t sound like you’re THAT good! When in love, that’s it, I don’t really look elsewhere, I fall hard. But I also love being single, it gives me much more to write about! That said my most recent song is about trying to force someone to love me. I can get a little aggressive.

You accidentally run over a cat. Turns out the cat belongs to a renowned witch. As punishment she puts a curse on you. After pleading with her she has mercy and gives you an option on the curse; you either become immediately hideously ugly (the sight of you actually makes others repulsed) OR you are forced to hear every song as if sung by Nickelback… when you play a Rihanna track; it is still a Rihanna song, but as if sung by Chad Kroeger. You go to a Fleetwod Mac concert… Stevie Nicks sounds like the Canadian rock dude. Etc… What do you choose?

I never liked cats. They sense my fear. Oh God, this is a hard one. I just don’t think I could listen to ‘Wanna be starting something’ or ‘Strange Fruit’ sung by Chad. I think I’m going to have to go with eternal ugliness. I’d just sit in a dark room listening to beautiful voices for the rest of my life, just me, MJ, Billie, the Stevie’s, Ella, Jeff, Beyonce I think we’d all be very happy together. There’s always surgery.

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