Regarding the video Nyah says, “The live video was shot at The Yard in Manchester. It was important for me to have my full band and backing vocals for this, and it was amazing to have so many talented musicians involved who all also happen to be my friends! I’m very much looking forward to performing this live more in the future.”
‘Only Mine’ is taken from Nyah’s forthcoming second album Divinely Devoted out June 11thvia Palawan Productions. The lead single was released earlier this month and quickly proved a hit receiving lots of radio play across Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing. It has also found home on a number of high profile streaming playlists including Spotify’s R&B UK, R&B Weekly, Fresh Finds R&B, Sweet Soul Sunday and more.
The new album Divinely Devoted births a new direction for Nyah Grace. Coming five years after her debut Honey-Coloured, Nyah now delivers a bespoke brand of smoky, sassy confessional R&B over 10 tracks, co-written and produced with De’Jour Thomas (Chlöe, Fousheé, Monaleo).
The stripped-down productions accentuate the purity of Nyah’s sensuous delivery. From the Lauryn Hill-styled opener ‘Back Of The Cab’, to the swaggering gospel of ‘Down’, through to the slow-burn R&B of ‘I Know’, the album exudes creative synergy and a lush mature sound helping Divinely Devoted stand proud alongside defining releases from neo soul greats such as Erykah Badu, India.Arie and Jill Scott.
Raised in a small farm town in Oregon, Nyah was a “big Disney Channel kid” who set her heart on a singing career aged six. In 2018 Nyah moved permanently to the UK and found her home in Manchester where she finished her schooling and completing her debut album at the same time.
Cooked up alongside producers Steve Chrisanthou and Michael Graves, the debut album Honey-Coloured peaked with whip-smart Corinne Bailey Rae duet ‘My Sista Told Me’ and racked up over 12 million streams. Last year’s single ‘More’, recorded with Jay Mooncie and Dayyon, was the first hint of her new direction, gaining support from Radio 1, Radio 2, BBC Introducing, Mi-Soul, Jazz FM, Smooth FM and many more.
Now as Divinely Devoted approaches not only does it display a more mature Nyah Grace, but it’s also Nyah at her most honest. “I’ve never written songs that I feel so connected to,”she says. “I don’t like drawing inspiration from my life, so in the past I would story-tell a lot. I’m not the kind of person that when something happens, I’m like, ‘Oh, I need to write a song about it’ – I just write what feels good. I’ve brought more of my personal life to the table here and I have so much belief in these songs.”
DIVINELY DEVOTED TRACK LISTING
- Back Of The Cab
- Obvious
- Down
- Fall Into You
- I Know
- Only Mine
- Without Me
- Aphrodite
- Seventeen
- I Can’t Love You The Same
