Thelma Plum On Making Music In Lockdown And Being A Role Model

GRITTY PRETTY

In Gritty Pretty's June 2022 issue, ARIA Award-winning musician, Thelma Plum, opens up about her journey to finding her voice and making music for her younger self.

“My colour is an important part of who I am, and over the last couple of years I’ve had people try and tell me ‘it’s not about colour’ when obviously to me it is.”

"I have a song on my record, Homecoming Queen, where I write about what it felt like being young and not having anybody in the media that really looked like me and what that felt like. It really did something to me as a child—it didn’t feel good. So when mothers reach out and they’re like, ‘It’s nice that my little girl has this song to resonate with,’ that feels really nice.”

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