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As a child, Icey used to sing alongside their mother, and took to the stage for the first time at the young age of 5.
“When teachers asked me what I wanted to be, I’d say an artist like my Dad.”
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Inspired by a childhood of being surrounded
by music, Icey took part in the church choir
and singing classes; after a seizure in 2017,
ICEY began to dedicate their life to music
as a form of speech-therapy.
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Huddersfield-based ICEYSLURKIN
specialises in Ice Wave, Rap
and Ice Rock–
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And not only uses their music as a form
of therapy for themself, but as a way
for others to find some calm in their
own personal storms.​
​ARTIST INTERVIEW
by LILLIE-APPLE CHARTERS
What’s Your Background In Music?
ICEY'S latest single ‘SPIDERS’ is about
their abrupt diagnosis of a Pineal Cyst
and the struggles that came with awaiting
MRI scans, growth and benign results.
Whilst already struggling with severe
mental health, they mentioned how the haunting reality of your life being turned upside down, going from a uni student and working one day, to staying in hospital and extreme self- isolation can impact you so greatly.
“The constant fear
of needing brain surgery was unbearable”.
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SPIDERS
ICEY states that the spiders in the song represent feeling alone, and full of fear
in your own thoughts.
“And quite literally spiders being the
only other entity in your house besides
yourself for months”.
​They touch upon the social implications of
their illness, and the effect it had on their relationships:
“I would struggle to tell people how I was feeling and why– people couldn’t understand the pain I was feeling in my head
and my heart”.​​​
After hearing JOLENE RAE-WALSH's poem
‘I wish I could be strong’ about her own struggles and the impact it has on those around her, ICEY saw mental health
from a Mother’s perspective.
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"Jolene says all the things someone may keep inside, especially when you’re trying to be positive for your children.”​
ICEY mentioned that ‘SPIDERS’ wasn’t originally going to be on the album.
“I thought it was too dark of a subject
or people wouldn’t relate”.
However, after working with Jolene,
they changed their mind.
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“I knew what I had to do, not for me, but for anyone else out there who may be feeling the same pain.”