Ivor Novello nominee Skye Newman joined Rebecca Judd on Apple Music this morning to discuss a massive year of milestones, including headlining four sold-out dates at the O2 Academy Brixton, releasing her new project, and landing a coveted support slot on tour with Harry Styles.
Reflecting on the opportunity to open for Styles, Newman was visibly ecstatic about her rapid ascent. "I can't wait," Newman shared. "I'm like, I'm just, I'm roaring for everything that is to come for the rest of this year, and however, how long I got left in this to come, hopefully, many, many years. Yeah, that's hopefully that. It's just, yeah, it's just a dream. I literally just, na - nothing feels real."
The singer-songwriter also teased future creative partnerships, specifically addressing a highly anticipated potential collaboration with rising star Sienna Spiro. "She, she is very, very incredible," Newman praised. "I would love to write with her. I'm quite like intrigued to know what type of song we would write. Because we have got very similar voices, but our styles of music are quite different. So, that's what I'd like, I'd be quite intrigued. I feel like we could make something amazing."
When pressed by Judd on who else she might be entering the studio with next, Newman kept her cards close to her chest but promised big announcements on the horizon. "There might be some things coming. Very excited for that," she teased. "I've met some amazing people in this industry so far, and I can't express like how grateful I am for even just the love they've given me, just that alone, and now to be able to work with some of them is, yeah."
Turning her attention to her latest music, Newman unpacked the emotional weight behind "Man Of The House," a key single bridging the gap between her SE9, Part 1 era and her upcoming material.
"The deeper that you go into SE9 Part 2, it... gets a lot more raw, a lot more open," Newman explained. "It's me addressing the subjects that I did in Part 1 but in more of my adult mind and more of acceptance rather than just being like, 'It is what it is,' because it is exactly that, and you can't do things about it. But this is me more facing it and owning my strength in it rather than kind of brushing it to the side. So, 'Man of the House' was still in the middle of them, and it was me like, like taking back my power at that point, and then it's just getting a bit deeper."
