From dancing along to Erasure as a child to carving out her own space in the heavy rock world, Georgia Nicole’s journey has been all about connection, confidence, and emotional honesty. With early influences rooted in the electrifying energy of songs like Chorus and a current playlist featuring artists such as Nothing But Thieves and LEAP, her sound continues to evolve while staying true to her raw, guitar-driven instincts. In this interview, she opens up about the reality of going “solo” while still thriving on collaboration, how performing with Forever To Go helped her overcome stage fright, and the emotional weight behind her latest release, Too Alive. Honest, reflective, and refreshingly self-aware, Georgia shares her songwriting struggles, her love of live performance, and why heavy rock feels like home — for now.
What is your first musical memory?
My first musical memory is seeing Erasure which was my first gig. I remember pretty much the whole concert but specifically remember just after we left and I wouldn’t stop doing the dance to Chorus and loving all the bright lights they had.
What’s a song you have on repeat right now?
I’ve been playing the album Dead Club City by Nothing But Thieves on repeat lately but I’ve recently discovered the band LEAP and have been playing Exit Signs and Sick Sense a lot.
Why did you decide to go solo?
I wouldn’t necessarily say I am solo. It’s my name and my music but I have to have a band on stage with me otherwise I feel so exposed and nervous. I love being able to vibe off other people on stage and go into the recording studio with multiple ideas from different people. I guess the fact that I am Georgia Nicole does make me solo though.
What have you learnt about yourself since going solo?
I’ve discovered that I love being able to connect with the audience and see people’s reactions in the crowd. I’ve also realised that my stage freight has pretty much disappeared as I never used to be able to talk to the crowd but I really don’t mind doing so anymore. I have learnt that I yap too much though and should probably talk a bit less and sing a bit more.
What do you think you’d be doing if it weren’t for music?
I always wanted to do criminology and forensic sciences if I didn’t do music. I know it’s quite a different career but I’ve always loved biology and I always got good grades when I was in school. The criminology side also intrigues me as I find it crazy just how much information can be learnt from hardly any evidence.
If you could describe ‘Too Alive’ using three emojis, what would they be?
How has your experience in Forever To Go helped shape you as a musician?
Forever To Go forced me to gain my confidence and my ability to talk to crowds as that’s what you’re required to do as a pub band. If it wasn’t for Forever To Go I wouldn’t have half as much confidence as I have now. My memory has also gotten a lot better as I have to remember my lyrics and how we structure songs. It’s also given me the ability to improvise and not be too much of a perfectionist as we often get song requests that we’ve never played before and will be able to listen to the song once in a break and then have to perform it. My professionalism has also had to improve for when we get private parties which I’m quite grateful for. However, it’s also taught me what my alcohol limit is to still be able to play a good gig as a lot of these pubs provide us with free drinks which I have definitely had one too many of in the past.
Do you suffer from writer’s block, and if so, how do you overcome it? What inspires you to write?
I have writers block so often its actually really annoying. I’m the sort of person who has to be feeling emotions very heavily to write a song and I find it quite difficult to think back to situations to write about them. When I’m in my feelings, I can write a whole song in 10 minutes but if not it takes me hours. I’m always inspired by life events and experiences and when I’m trying to write, I have to sometimes just fight myself to bring up the feelings that I was feeling at a particular time. I’m also a big rewriter of songs I’ve written years ago that haven’t seen the light of day yet, but that does mean I probably have 50 songs just in pieces in my notes app; hopefully one day I’ll be able to finish them all.
What’s your favourite lyric from ‘Too Alive’?
I guess I would have to say my favourite line from Too Alive is the first line in the chorus as it was the line I wrote before anything else and kind of created the song around. So that would be ‘Hell I’m so sorry for dragging you up to my world.’. I think it’s just quite a deep lyric and it reflected my mental state at the time so well.
Where do you see your music growing sonically and emotionally?
I think I’ve finally found my sound now and my music is going to stay quite guitar based and heavy rock as it’s what feels most like me. I am a true believer though that genre can change and you don’t have to stay in one lane of music forever, but for now, heavy rock is my sound. Emotionally, my songs will stay very emotionally driven as that’s just how I write. Hopefully one day I can write about some happy emotions but I don’t see that happening any time soon as I just feel so cringe when I write happy. My partner does keep asking for me to write a song about him so maybe that will be my first happy one.
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This artist was sent to us via Decent Music PR
