24-year-old Nina Nesbitt and her quick rise to stardom that came from most humble beginnings you can think of. Born in a small village outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, Nesbitt taught herself to play guitar through YouTube tutorials before starting her own channel. That YouTube channel has led her to support some of the biggest names in music including her current dates alongside Jesse McCartney’s Better With You tour.
“It was kind of one thing after another from there.”
“It’s a really different audience from what I’m used to,” Nesbitt says. “They scream a lot which is funny. I feel like I’m in The Beatles every night. I think it’s opened me up to new people.”
But we have a feeling there’s something more that makes Nesbitt feel a bit like the other famous McCartney. Her raw talent took the stage and made an audience instantly fall in love with her music. Catchy pop beats can seem easy to come by, but for Nesbitt, it takes more than that to write a song worth performing and her latest project is living, breathing proof.
When asked about her favorite song she’s written, there’s no hesitation in her answer. “I would say ‘The Best You Had’ is my favorite,” she says. “I had the lyrics for six months, there were five different versions of that song so it felt like a proper achievement when it was done”. And that hard work has only just started to pay off.
Nesbitt has released three wildly successful singles from her debut album along with “Loyal To Me”, set to drop later this year. Along with this new era of music comes other professional endeavors for Nesbitt – she officially co-wrote her first music video for the single “Somebody Special” in 2017.
Read the rest of our feature with Nina in the July 2018 issue of Beyond The Stage Magazine here.
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Words by Madeline Paige
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