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Raphaella Sedigheh Mazaheri-Asadi is a singer from Whetstone. She featured on MK and Sonny Fodera's "One Night" and MK's "Lies", which charted at numbers 51[1] and 82 on the UK singles chart.[2] She also co-wrote Cher Lloyd's "Lost"[3] and Petit Biscuit and JP Cooper's "We Were Young"[4] and has vocal production credits for the Little Mix songs "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)", "Break Up Song", "Heartbreak Anthem", and "Confetti".
Life and career
[edit]Raphaella Sedigheh Mazaheri-Asadi[5] was born in Whetstone, an obscure suburb of North London.[6] Her father was a Persian rug specialist who gave each of his three children a carpet for their birthdays[7] and her mother was half-Scottish.[8] Growing up, her grandfather would play works by Berlioz, Schubert, Ella Fitzgerald, and Motown and her parents were into soul music, Motown, reggae, and traditional Persian music.[9] She attended Holly Park Primary School in Friern Barnet, Palmers Green High School in Winchmore Hill, North London Collegiate School in Edgware, Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London,[9] and completed her dissertation on political protest music.[7]
Her first two EPs, Idiot[9] and Start a Fire, were released in 2013 and 2014, and were funded by bartering some of her birthday carpets, including one to Blair MacKichan's wife.[7]
Artistry
[edit]In an interview with Times series in April 2013, she stated that she was influenced by Nina Simone, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Bon Iver, M83, Emeli Sandé, and Bruno Mars and inspired by real life experiences, photography, film, literature, and poetry, especially Persian poets such as Hafez, Rumi, and Ferdowsi.[9] She stated in a May 2020 interview with Songfacts that her usual practice was to give away songs if doing so did not "physically hurt [her] heart"; one track dispensed in this manner, "Castles" by Ivy Quainoo, had already been recorded prior to her giving it away.[10]
Discography
[edit]EPs
[edit]- Idiot (2013)
- Start a Fire (2014)
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]As featured artist
[edit]Selected writing credits
[edit]| Song | Artist | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Castles" | Ivy Quainoo | 2012 | Ivy |
| "I'll Carry You" | Julija Jegorova | 2012 | Mano Balsas |
| "Dead In The Water" | Chenoa | 2013 | Otra dirección |
| "Drama" | Chenoa | 2013 | |
| "Follow The Sun" | Chenoa | 2013 | |
| "Drama" | Chenoa feat. Raphaella | 2013 | |
| "Kill It With Love" | Nabiha | 2013 | Mind the Gap |
| "Portland" | Watermät & Moguai | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Hoy por hoy" | Chenoa | 2016 | #SoyHumana |
| "Until The End" | Henri PFR feat. Raphaella | 2016 | Non-album single |
| "Thorns" | Michael Calfan feat. Raphaella | 2016 | |
| "Say My Name" | Kongsted | 2017 | |
| "Only The Innocent" | Wilkinson feat. Raphaella | 2017 | Hypnotic |
| "Kingdom" | Gorgon City feat. Raphaella | 2018 | Escape |
| "Loving Myself" | Henri PFR feat. Raphaella | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "One Night" | MK & Sonny Fodera feat. Raphaella | 2019 | Wide Awake |
| "We Were Young" | Petit Biscuit & JP Cooper | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "Last Time" | Rudimental feat. Raphaella | 2019 | Toast to Our Differences |
| "Lost" | Cher Lloyd | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Lies" | MK feat. Raphaella | 2021 | |
| "Love Me Or Lie" | TCTS, Punctual & Raphaella | 2022 | |
| "Know What It Means" | Skepsis feat. Raphaella | 2022 | |
| "I Want You" | Icona Pop & Galantis | 2023 | Club Romantech |
- ^ "RAPHAELLA". Official Charts. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "MK FT RAPHAELLA". Official Charts. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ McIntyre, Cal (2020-04-24). "Cher Lloyd The Underdog". Notion. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Petit Biscuit & JP Cooper - We Were Young, Hitparade.ch, retrieved 2024-06-19
- ^ "MAZAHERI-ASADI RAPHAELLA SEDIGHEH". ASCAP. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Raphaella | Fred Perry UK". www.fredperry.com. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ a b c Lindvall, Helienne (2014-02-28). "Raphaella: the singer poised to pile on the hits thanks to Persian carpets". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "15 questions | Interview | Raphaella | Snaky Inflections". 15questions.net. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ a b c d "Q&A with Raphaella". Times Series. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Raphaella : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved 12 July 2024.