Boo'd Up: The British Song Storms States

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There is a Briton currently beating Childish Gambino and Beyonce on the American charts.

Right now, Boo's Up Ella Mai is number 4 on the US Top Songs hit-parade on YouTube and is sitting comfortably at number seven on Billboard cards.

But Ella Mai, from South London, Ella Mai does not appear on the YouTube charts in the UK, or on the Singles Chart of the UK.

"If you had told me five years ago, I would have told someone that they were definitely lying," Ella Mai told Newsbeat.

The X Factor

You remember her from Arize, a group that participated in The X Factor in the UK in 2014.

Or maybe do not consider that They were barely on the show.

Very successful room audition, but have never been seen on television after receiving four no at the arena scene.

The group broke up and Ella Mai did what many people did to try a career in music – began downloading covers on Instagram.

Viral Celebrity

The 23-year-old caught the attention of producer DJ Mustard (who worked with Cardi B and Big Sean) when his takeover of Tupac's Keep Your Head Up took place. is finished on Instagram.

The producer told DM and asked her what was her "situation" – at that moment she was still singing blankets in her bedroom.

"I sat there for ages saying," How to answer? "

" I had to go to his page and make sure he had the tick to make sure everything was legitimate, "she jokes.

Across the pond [19659011] Ella Mai's ties with the United States go back to her childhood, when she lived there for five years.

"I was 12 when I arrived in New York and at that time age you are trying to find yourself.

"It was hard to be so different from everyone else and I felt that no one could really understand me because everyone was American and I could not understand myself. was this little English girl with an accent. "

After being noticed by Mustard, she came and went from New York to Los Angeles to go to the studio and finally sign for her label.

Despite her work with a person known for her international success, she has not yet beaten the British charts.

There has been a lot of hype around e urban music in recent years in the UK, but Ella Mai thinks that the R & B as a genre has not yet experienced the same craze

"I think R & B is much bigger . "Many people say that Boo's Up reminds them of the R & B of the '90s. It has that feeling, that's why I think people take so much to the song." [19659007] But she does not think moving to the United States is the only way to make an R & B artist.

"There are a lot of young women doing R & B in England who are extremely talented and deserve more light.

"It's up here and I think we'll get there eventually. I am proud to be from England and I am doing very well in America so that I can beat the flag.

Boo 'd Up

Although it's not very popular in the UK, Boo's Up is a big

Released in February 2017 but that does not really take of magnitude that in 2018, the song has received a lot of love from celebrities and is also called "the national anthem for men" – which has become a gag on Twitter because of the tenderness of words.

"People said," You have the thugs who sing Boo ", laughs Ella Mai.

Ella Mai tells Newsbeat that she finds all the experience" surreal " and that she's "walking" proof that using social media to your advantage can really pay off.

It's also said that she was working with Chris Brown after tweeting a picture of each one. from them.

questioned her on a new material, she left us a very enigmatic message:

"I am working on my first album for a year and I can say that it 's a good thing. there will be some collaborations . "

If she will finally win the British public with her first album is uncertain.However, the British singer does not show signs of slowing down in the United States anytime soon

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