CHLOE MAGAZINE
If You Haven’t Heard of
BB DIAMOND
yet...just wait. After all, the up-and-coming
BRITISH POP STAR
IS MANAGED BY THE SAME GROUP WHO MANAGE
the likes of ZAYN MALIK (of former One Direction fame),
Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora.
Words by Jentzen Michael Shea
@JentzenMShea
But as far as new acts go, Diamond isn’t completely green; in fact, you
may have already heard her voice singing back up.Growing up in Essex,
UK, Diamond spent a lot of time with her tight knit family. As a girl
she was always surrounded by music. She knew early on that singing
was her passion, “I just always wanted to sing, it was never anything
else for me.” As a young girl she performed in front of her family, her
mom often introducing her from behind a curtain. She sang every
chance she got but remembers her choir days, “fu nnily enough I was
in the choir, but I got kicked out because I was singing too loud!”BB
moved to London to pursue her dreams, first, by studying music in
university, then singing backup vocals. “One of my friends started
playing keys for Katy B,” she notes, “at the time she was looking for
a back-up singer.” BB auditioned and played a few gigs. The musical
director for Katy B was also working with Jess Glynne, one thing led
to another and she began singing backup for her as well.Nothing was
going to stop BB from eventually achieving her dream, “you get so
many knockbacks and so many times where you think ‘maybe I should
give up’ because you can’t keep grinding and not see any results.” But
she drew strength from her mom stating that, “I think she’s been the
inspiration I needed when I was feeling down to keep going.”