INTERVIEW | Iceyslurkin

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”.

What’s Your Background In Music?

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.”

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.

SPIDERS

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”.

Huddersfield-based ICEYSLURKIN

specialises in Ice Wave, Rap and Ice Rock–

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.

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.

"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. “I knew what I had to do, not for me, but for anyone else out there who may be feeling the same pain.”

SAVING GRACE INTERVIEW by LILLIE-APPLE CHARTERS