Pop on the rocks - shaken, stirred and uncontrollably intoxicating! That’s the phenomena of the awesome Natalia, a spirited, spanking fresh talent who literally grabs pop by the scruff of the neck and customises it with her personal expression of rocky/soul. Natalia’s debut single, ‘Pretty Like Me’, kic ks loose on February 25 2008 and promises to smash the boundaries of pop as we know it.
‘Pretty Like Me’ is a tongue in cheek look at society’s obsession with image. Featuring Bimbo Jones mixes (Usher, Ciara), it confronts how girls can be bullied for not conforming to an ideal. This is a very bold debut statement from a young Natalia who’s outstanding talent led to peer bullying at school – a primary reason why Natalia is now an ambassador for the young people’s charities, UK Youth and Beat Bullying, therefore ten pence of each of her single sales will be going to the Beat Bullying charity. The video, directed by award-winning Phil Griffin (Amy Winehouse, Bassment Jaxx, The Feeling), is a portrayal of how young people struggle for acceptance. Natalia will also smash all rule books as her debut album – set for release in Spring 2008 - presents an unusual cocktail of musical genres from edgy pop/rock to passionate ballads and club tracks.
Natalia’s dance background exposed her to many styles of music, teaching her how to adapt her wonderfully textured voice to almost any genre. Add this to her ethos of, “If it feels good…it must be good, regardless of what the rule book says!” and you’ll understand how the album takes the listener on a synthesis of exciting moods, emotions and sounds. The album production team is almost godly too, including names such as; Andy Marvel & Peter Zizzo (Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Chaka Khan), J Remy (Kelly Rowland, Fat Man Scoop), Lil Eddie (LL Cool J & P Diddy) ….the almighty list goes on Winning a full scholarship to study ballet at Elmhurst, one of the UK’s leading dance schools, Natalia is a classically trained ballerina who’s enjoyed massive success in theatre, TV and music videos. But her true talent was unleashed when she teamed up with producer, K Warren, to create a handful of experimental tracks, the best of which were launched onto MySpace. Rarely does a new talent attract such a mammoth fan-force as that bubbling behind Natalia. As an unsigned artist last year, Natalia’s tracks reigned supreme at the top of the MYSPACE unsigned artists charts for 6 months, receiving nearly 150 thousand hits between March – Dec of that year.
At the end of 2006, Natalia signed a major deal with Upper 11 Records under the presidential eye of Mark Shimmel – formally Senior Vice President of Marketing and Artist Relations at Arista and Chief Operating Officer at LaFace Records (TLC, Usher, Tony Braxton, Pink etc).
Impressed? You should be! With her debut single and album both set for release at the start of 2008, Natalia is pop dynamite simply waiting to explode. Produced by Mike Mangini ( Joss Stone, Steve Vai, Extreme, Annihilator), ‘Pretty Like Me’ is set to add a new raw-cut dimension to pop that has got to be heard to be believed. The young starlet has also been kicking it live on stage throughout 2007 as she’s toured with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Girls Aloud and McFly, as well as performing at Amerie’s star-studded launch party.
‘Pretty Like Me’ will be released on Upper 11 Records on February 25 2008.
To find out more about Natalia’s single & album and her live dates check out www.nataliaofficial.com 
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