a peek into the world of
Natalie McCool by Luke Matthews
Singer/songwriter cum “Perfect-Pop” princess Natalie McCool is about to embark on the biggest journey of her career so far. Tomorrow marks the release of her hotly-tipped sophomore album ‘The Great Unknown’, a follow up to her self-titled debut back in 2013. In our exclusive interview, we hear of how her music has developed over the last 3 years, how social media plays an important role in her creative identity, and what we can expect from her upcoming month-long tour. You have 3 hashtags to sum up Natalie McCool and her music, which would they be? Oh my god, this is hard. Ok, #popwithabrain. The next one would be #liltpop, and then the last would be #newmusic. Speaking of hashtags, I’ve noticed you’re a fan of social media. How important is social media to you in terms of getting your name out there and also interacting with fans? It’s great for interacting with people, I like replying to people; once someone tweets you, I think it’s nice to reply instead of just liking the tweet, and actually engage in a conversation. It makes
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your world a bit more conversational, instead of just putting music out there, you’re creating relationships with people and I think that’s really nice. I’ve got really into Instagram over the past couple months, I’ve never really used it that well before but now I’m really enjoying it! Also, I’ve been posting loads of videos to Facebook; I’ve been doing a countdown to my album by doing a strip-backed video of each track each day, that’s been great. If you could only keep one form of social media, which would it be? I love all 3 that I use equally, but I think … I’m really into Instagram at the moment so I’m going to go for Instagram. I think it’s because it’s not so much about being an artist, it’s more about what you can show the world; what bits of your world can you show to other people. It’s quite artistic; I’m really into that. Moving onto Merseyside, how much of an influence has your upbringing had on both you being a musician and your musical tastes? Yeah, quite big! I grew up in Widnes, which is