During her current US promo run, Emeli Sandé stopped by the Fresh 102.7 studios in NYC to chat with Jim & Kim. The Scottish singer-songwriter spoke about all the success she is finally seeing from her excellent debut album Our Version of Events, how she started her career, the effect singing commpetition shows are having on the music business and more.
Emeli also talked about her globally successful fellow brit Adele, and their funny connection. You might be surprised to learn that Emeli’s real first name is also Adele, and when the “Rolling In The Deep” songstress hit it big, she decided to start going by her middle name, Emeli as her stage name. But, don’t think there is any bad blood between the two, Adele admires Sande is a fan of her music.
“It’s amazing. Even before I released anything in the UK, she’d seen me on a show we have over there called ‘Jools Holland’ and she tweeted about it,” said Emeli about Adele’s support. “To have that support from someone so huge was really encouraging,”
Watch the interview below..
