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Musician Sweetlemondae: ‘I don’t have any regrets. Good or bad, everything happens for a reason’

The Galway artist was named as one of ten artists to look out for this year on RTÉ 2FM’s Rising list

Sweetlemondae: it was fashion and not music that was her first love, ‘I’ve always been interested in fashion, so for a while when I was younger I wanted to work in the fashion industry’

Sweetlemondae was just 15 when she began releasing music on Soundcloud and YouTube, drawing inspiration from female artists such as Little Simz, Coi Leray, IAMDDB and 070 Shake.

But it was fashion and not music that was her first love. “I’ve always been interested in fashion, so for a while when I was younger I wanted to work in the fashion industry. I love the freedom of self-expression, clothes can give people,” the Galway artist ...