{{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = NAHLI | birth_place = Essex, England | genre = Pop | label = Rebel Records | associated_acts = Sigma (DJs), DaVinChe }} '''Nahli''', (professionally known and stylised as '''NAHLI'''), is a British singer and songwriter who has worked with DaVinChe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-29|title=NAHLI Interview: "It's sometimes really impossible to be a woman in the music industry"|url=https://shebops.net/nahli-interview/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=SheBOPS|language=en}}</ref> Her moniker is her birth name combined with her dad's stage name (Natalie and Harley).{{cn|date=November 2023}}
== Early life == NAHLI grew up in England with both parents being professional singers.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=NAHLI|url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/interview-nahli/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=www.prsformusic.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Halpern|first=Jordyn|date=2021-01-14|title=Introducing: NAHLI|url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2021/01/introducing-nahli/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Euphoria|language=en-US}}</ref> She was exposed her to a wide variety music such as Boney M, Abba, Elvis, Michael Jackson and Enya.<ref name=":0" /> Writing a diary since the age of 5 helped her realise how she can transfer her thoughts from paper into song form.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> From age three she took ballet lessons and attended Italia Conti on a half scholarship.<ref name=":2" />
NAHLI has expressed that she felt very split between two families and like she didn't fit anywhere and was a burden. Her parents divorced when she was young and both her mum and dad had a children with a new partners. Her friend Simon, died when NAHLI was 15 and her life began to crumble.<ref name=":3" /> At age 16 she worked at Tesco to afford a trip to the Maldives.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Bird|first=Sophie|date=2020-11-30|title=Interview: British Newcomer Nahli talks Big Narstie and being a female artist in 2020|url=https://www.flavourmag.co.uk/interview-british-newcomer-nahli-talks-big-narstie-and-being-a-female-artist-in-2020/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=FLAVOURMAG|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == NAHLI has been working with DaVinChe for close to a decade and thinks of him as a big brother, mentor and friend.<ref name=":0" /> They met when she was scouted to be in one of his projects and she says she hounded him to work closer with her.<ref name=":2" />
NAHLI has featured on tracks such as Professor Green’s ‘Bad Decisions’, Rude Kid's ‘Please Don’t’, Crystal Fighters ‘Costa Rica’ and Conducta's ‘Only U’.{{cn|date=November 2023}} She toured across Europe with SIGMA where they played concerts to over 50,000 people.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=NAHLI|url=http://1883magazine.com/nahli/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=1883 Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Big Narstie Joins Rising UK Pop-Soul Star Nahli On Cool New Track & Video...|url=https://musicrepublicmagazine.com/2020/10/big-narstie-joins-uk-pop-soul-rising-star-nahli-on-new-track-video/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Music Republic Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019, NAHLI released her debut solo EP named 'Therapy (Side A).<ref name=":0" /> The cover art was designed by Aymi and portrays NAHLI with a distorted throat.<ref name=":0" /> She stated that she hadn't spoken to her father for a few years and her ex fiancé ended things, so she penned tracks to express her feelings on the EP aimed at them.<ref name=":2" />
In 2021, NAHLI released the singles "Catch 22", featuring Big Narstie and "Something's Gotta Change".<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" /><blockquote>I hope people will see the things I have to offer as not only a music artist, but a painter too. I just have a deep desire to create. I’d like people to see me as someone with kindness and with the willingness to listen and help anybody where I can. I give a lot to music.<ref name=":3" /></blockquote>
== Personal life == NAHLI thinks of the moon as God and regularly speaks with it and adorns herself with images of it.<ref name=":0" />
Human rights, especially topics of women's empowerment are important to NAHLI and she regularly discusses them in interviews and her music.<ref name=":0" />
NAHLI began painting when she broke her leg and her housemate, who was an artist, encouraged her to give it a go.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> She often posts pieces to her social media platforms. She has painted portraits of Kurt Cobain and Dennis Rodman (which Carmen Electra gave a like to).<ref name=":3" />
She resides in East London but hails from Essex.<ref name=":6" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Living people Category:English pop singers Category:English pop musicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people)