Jorja Smith mawaƙa ce ta Burtaniya wacce ta fara aikinta a cikin 2016. Smith ya yi aiki tare da Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy da Drake. Duk da haka, waƙoƙinta ne suka fi samun nasara. A cikin 2018, mawaƙin ya sami lambar yabo na Zaɓaɓɓen Zaɓaɓɓen Biritaniya. Kuma a cikin 2019, an zaɓe ta don lambar yabo ta Grammy a cikin Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist.
Yaro da matasa Jorja Smith
An haifi George Alice Smith a ranar 11 ga Yuni, 1997 a Walsall, Birtaniya. Mahaifinta dan Jamaica ne, mahaifiyarta kuma Bature ce. Soyayyar waka ta kasance iyayenta ne suka sanya mawakiyar. Kafin haihuwar Georgie, mahaifinsa shi ne mawaƙin ƙungiyar neo-soul 2nd Naicha. Shi ne ya shawarce ta da ta koyi wasan piano da obo, ta je karatun waƙa a makaranta. Mahaifiyar mawakiyar ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zanen kayan ado. Kamar mahaifinta, koyaushe tana ƙarfafa ɗiyarta ta ƙirƙira.
George ya faɗi abin da ke gaba game da iyayensa: “Iyayena sun shafi sha’awara na yin waƙa sosai. Mahaifiyata takan ce, “Kiyi kawai. Waka kawai." A makaranta, na tsunduma cikin waƙar gargajiya, har ma na yi jarrabawa a wannan fanni. A wurin na koyi rera soprano sa’ad da muke yin kaɗe-kaɗen Schubert don wasan kwaikwayo na, a yaren Latin, Jamusanci, Faransanci. Yanzu ina amfani da waɗannan ƙwarewar don rubutawa da rikodin waƙoƙina."
Ƙoƙarin ƙirƙira
George ya fara yin wasa tun yana ɗan shekara 8, kuma tana ɗan shekara 11 ta rubuta waƙoƙinta na farko. Bayan ɗan lokaci, yarinyar ta sami tallafin karatu na kiɗa don yin karatu a Makarantar Aldridge. Lokacin da yake matashi, mawaƙin ya rubuta nau'ikan waƙoƙin da suka shahara kuma ya buga su a YouTube. Godiya ga wannan, ba da daɗewa ba masu samarwa suka lura da ita. Don inganta ƙwarewar rubutun ta, ta ɗauki darussa daga mawakiyar Anglo-Irish Maverick Saber a London. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makaranta, Smith ya koma babban birnin Burtaniya. A nan ta yanke shawarar haɗa rayuwarta da kiɗa. Ta sami abin dogaro da kanta ta yin aiki a matsayin barista a wani kantin kofi kusa da gidanta.
George ya sami wahayi ta irin nau'ikan kiɗan kamar reggae, punk, hip-hop, R&B. Lokacin da yake matashi, mawaƙin ya damu da kundi na farko na Amy Winehouse Frank. Hakanan tana son waƙoƙin Alicia Keys, Adele da Sade. Mawaƙin ya ba da waƙoƙinta ga matsalolin zamantakewa: “Ina ganin yana da muhimmanci a tabo matsalolin da ke faruwa a duniya a yau. A matsayinka na mawaƙi, za ka iya ba da ƙarin tallatawa ga abubuwa masu tada hankali. Domin a lokacin da masu sauraro suka buga maɓallin wasan, hankalinsu ya riga ya zama naku."
Farkon Aikin Kiɗa na Georgie Smith
Bayan ƙaura zuwa London (a cikin 2016), George ya saki waƙa ta farko Blue Lights akan SoundCloud. Ya zama "nasara" ga mai wasan kwaikwayo, yayin da ya zira kwallaye kusan rabin miliyan a cikin wata daya. A lokaci guda kuma, yawancin gidajen rediyon Biritaniya sun ƙara waƙar a cikin jerin waƙoƙinsu. Abun da ke ciki ya zama sananne sosai cewa a cikin 2018 har ma an gayyace mai zane don yin shi a nunin talabijin na yamma Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Bayan 'yan watanni, waƙar mawakiyar Ina Na tafi? Shahararren mawakin mawakin nan Drake ya lura da shi, wanda ya kira wakar daya daga cikin mafi kyawu kuma wanda ya fi so a lokacin. Tuni a cikin Nuwamba 2016, Smith ta fito da aikinta na farko na EP Project 11. Ya ɗauki matsayi na 4 a cikin jerin waƙoƙin kiɗa na BBC na 2017. Saboda nasarar rikodin, mawaƙin ya fara jawo hankalin shahararrun masu wasan kwaikwayo. Drake ne ya fara ba ta hadin kai. Tare suka yi rikodin waƙoƙi biyu don aikin More Life.
Jorja ta ba masu sauraro mamaki a duk faɗin duniya tare da tattausan sautinta a kan waƙoƙin Jorja Interlude da Get It Tare. An yi rikodin waƙar ƙarshe tare da haɗin Black Coffee. Da farko Smith ya ƙi tayin yin aiki tare da Drake akan "Samu Tare" saboda ba ta da hannu wajen rubuta waƙar.
Smith ya ce a cikin wata hira: “Na ji daɗin wannan waƙar, amma ban rubuta ta ba, don haka ban ɗauki waƙoƙin da muhimmanci ba. Amma sai na rabu da saurayina, na saurari waƙar kuma na fahimci komai. Kuma haka muka rubuta shi. Dalilin kin na farko shine ba zan iya yin abubuwa kyauta ba. Ina bukatan in so abin da nake yi da gaske."
Jorja Smith kuma shine farkon aikin Bruno Mars akan 24k Magic World Tour a cikin 2017. A yankin Arewacin Amurka na rangadin, mawaƙin ya kasance tare da Dua Lipa da Camila Cabello.
Shahararren farko na Georgie Smith da aiki tare da taurari
A cikin 2017, mai zane ya fito da waƙoƙin solo da yawa: Kyawawan Ƙananan Wawa, Fantasy Matasa, A Hankalina. Na ƙarshe daga cikin waɗannan ya haura a lamba 5 akan ginshiƙi na indie na Burtaniya kuma ya kai lamba 54 akan taswirar pop. A wannan shekarar, da singer samu uku MOBO gabatarwa a lokaci daya a cikin Categories: "Mafi Female Artist", "Best New Artist" da "Mafi R & B / Soul Dokar Artist". Duk da haka, ta kasa yin nasara. Wannan lokacin kuma ya ga sakin Spotify Singles EP, wanda a halin yanzu babu shi akan dandamalin yawo.
A cikin 2018, tare da rapper Stormzy, Smith ya fitar da waƙar Let Me Down, wacce ta kai Burtaniya Top 40 kusan nan da nan. Ed Thomas ya taimaka musu su rubuta abun da ke ciki. Thomas da Paul Epworth ne suka yi. An saki bidiyon waƙar a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2018. An yi fim ɗin bidiyon a Kyiv. Anan mawakin ya buga wani dan kwangila da aka yi hayar ya kashe dan wasan ballet. A lokaci guda kuma, tana son ɗan rawa, wanda ya haifar mata da shakku game da daidaiton shawarar. Stormzy kawai ya bayyana a ƙarshen bidiyon kuma ya taka rawar shugaban Georgie. Bidiyon yana da ra'ayoyi sama da miliyan 14 akan YouTube.
A wannan lokacin, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kendrick Lamar, Smith kuma ya tsara sautin Ni Am na fim ɗin Black Panther. Godiya ga wannan, ta sami damar jawo hankalin masu sauraron aikinta. Hakanan don haɓaka sha'awar kundi na farko na studio Lost & Found (2018).
Sakin kundi na studio da aikin Jorja Smith na yanzu
Sun yi aiki akan rubuce-rubuce da rikodin kundin na tsawon shekaru 5 a London da Los Angeles. Tafiya zuwa Landan ne ya zaburar da mawakin ya sanya wa faifan suna, mai sauti a cikin harshen Rashanci a matsayin "Lost and Found". Ta isa babban birnin ne a shekarar 2015 lokacin tana da shekaru 18 kacal. Anan George ya zauna tare da inna da kawunta. Yayin da take aiki a matsayin barista na Starbucks, ta ɗauki hutu ta hanyar rubuta waƙoƙi a cikin Voicenotes akan wayarta. A cewar mai wasan kwaikwayon, ta ji asara a cikin sabon birni. Amma a lokaci guda, George ya san ainihin inda take so ya kasance.
Lost & Found sun sami kyakkyawan bita daga masu sukar kiɗa. Sun lura da yanayin yanayin Georgie, salo, abun ciki na waƙa da isar da murya. An nuna rikodin a jerin mafi kyawun kundi na shekaru da yawa kuma an zaɓi shi don Kyautar Mercury. Aikin da aka yi muhawara a lamba 3 akan Chart na Manyan Albums na Burtaniya da kuma a lamba 1 akan Chart na UK R&B.
Daga 2019 zuwa 2020 mawakin ya sake sakin wakoki kawai. Daga cikin su, Kasance Mai Gaskiya tare da Burna Boy, solo Ta kowace hanya kuma Ku zo tare da Popcaan ya zama sananne sosai. A cikin 2021, an saki EP Be Right Back na uku, wanda ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi 8. Mawakin ya bayyana rikodin a matsayin "dakin jira" a shirye-shiryen fitowar kundi na studio na biyu mai zuwa. An rubuta waƙoƙin Be Right Back kuma an rubuta su a lokacin 2019-2021. Mawallafin ya bayyana aikin a kan EP a matsayin hanyar da za ta janye daga yawancin yanayi da ya faru da ita a cikin shekaru uku.
Rayuwar sirri ta Jorja Smith
A cikin watan Satumba na 2017, an ba da rahoton cewa George yana hulɗa da Joel Compass (mawallafin waƙa). Akwai ra'ayi tsakanin magoya bayan ma'auratan cewa Smith da Compass sun shiga. Koyaya, ba zato ba tsammani ga kowa, dangantakar su ta ƙare a cikin 2019.
Joel ya tabbatar da rabuwa da mawakin a Instagram bayan wani "masoyi" ya yi tsokaci kan jita-jitar cewa George ya sumbaci mawakin Stormzy. "Mun rabu da wuri," tsohon saurayin yarinyar ya rubuta.
A cikin Afrilu 2017, Jorja Smith kuma an yi jita-jita cewa yana saduwa da Drake. Koyaya, dangantakar masu yin wasan ƙwararru ce. George bai ambaci samun saurayi ba tun lokacin da ta rabu da Joel. A halin yanzu dai mawakin baya soyayya da kowa.
