01Profile
A Safiyyah Photo
Safiyyah
Musician — London
03Interview
Photo: Jasmine Malone
Name, where are you from?
Safiyyah Da Silva, from West London.
Describe your style in three words?
Comfy, baggy, chill.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Best gig I’ve been to has to be a band called Dog Is Dead at the Koko in Camden. Simply because I experienced moshing for the first time where I almost got crushed. I’ll never forget that haha.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
Half Moon Run because they are one of my favourite bands and Talking Heads because they are iconic.
Which Subcultures have influenced you?
Hippies because of the freedom they represented. Noughties R&B, indie and soul. Growing up my mum always had the music channels on and I always came home to MTV, and Channel AKA so I absorbed a lot of urban UK music.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Bob Marley, he knew the key to frequencies and vibrations within music and how it can affect people positively. I feel we would have agreed on a lot of the same topics and each other’s views.
Of all the venues you’ve been to, which is your favourite?
Probably Village Underground in Alexandra Palace, just because it's dark, intimate and I just like the layout.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Nina Simone, she is just incredible. A true artist. Listening to her is euphoric.
02Playlist
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
'Cry Me A River' by Justin Timberlake. I remember playing this on repeat and acting like I was in the music video.
A song that defines the teenage you?
'Sweater Weather' by The Neighbourhood.
One record you would keep forever?
'Chamber Of Reflection' by Mac DeMarco.
A song lyric that has inspired you?
“When the sun is going down,
And the dark is out to stay,
I picture your smile,
Like it was yesterday”
From 'Yesterday' By Noname.
A song you wished you had written?
'You Got Me' by Erykah Badu and The Roots. There are so many beautifully written songs, I haven’t really got one but on the top of my head, I’d say Erykah Badu and The Roots 'You Got Me'.
Best song to turn up loud?
'Can’t You See' by Total feat. The Notorious B.I.G.
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
'Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night' by The Fratellis.
The song to get you straight on the dance floor?
'Energy (Stay Far Away)' by Skepta.
Best song to end an all-nighter?
'Go Home' by Yellow Days.
Any new music you are into at the moment?
'Mean Girls' by Jesse Boykins III.
'Forever' by Sa-Roc.
'K.I.S.S.E.S' by Bent.
03Interview
Photo: Jasmine Malone
Name, where are you from?
Safiyyah Da Silva, from West London.
Describe your style in three words?
Comfy, baggy, chill.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Best gig I’ve been to has to be a band called Dog Is Dead at the Koko in Camden. Simply because I experienced moshing for the first time where I almost got crushed. I’ll never forget that haha.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
Half Moon Run because they are one of my favourite bands and Talking Heads because they are iconic.
Which Subcultures have influenced you?
Hippies because of the freedom they represented. Noughties R&B, indie and soul. Growing up my mum always had the music channels on and I always came home to MTV, and Channel AKA so I absorbed a lot of urban UK music.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Bob Marley, he knew the key to frequencies and vibrations within music and how it can affect people positively. I feel we would have agreed on a lot of the same topics and each other’s views.
Of all the venues you’ve been to, which is your favourite?
Probably Village Underground in Alexandra Palace, just because it's dark, intimate and I just like the layout.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Nina Simone, she is just incredible. A true artist. Listening to her is euphoric.
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
'Cry Me A River' by Justin Timberlake. I remember playing this on repeat and acting like I was in the music video.
A song that defines the teenage you?
'Sweater Weather' by The Neighbourhood.
One record you would keep forever?
'Chamber Of Reflection' by Mac DeMarco.
A song lyric that has inspired you?
“When the sun is going down,
And the dark is out to stay,
I picture your smile,
Like it was yesterday”
From 'Yesterday' By Noname.
A song you wished you had written?
'You Got Me' by Erykah Badu and The Roots. There are so many beautifully written songs, I haven’t really got one but on the top of my head, I’d say Erykah Badu and The Roots 'You Got Me'.
Best song to turn up loud?
'Can’t You See' by Total feat. The Notorious B.I.G.
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
'Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night' by The Fratellis.
The song to get you straight on the dance floor?
'Energy (Stay Far Away)' by Skepta.
Best song to end an all-nighter?
'Go Home' by Yellow Days.
Any new music you are into at the moment?
'Mean Girls' by Jesse Boykins III.
'Forever' by Sa-Roc.
'K.I.S.S.E.S' by Bent.