Nonô (musician)

Noêmia Lellis Marques Felippe{{Cite web |title=Deep |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/916546133?page=1 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=ASCAP}} was born in 18 October{{Cite web |date=18 October 2013 |title=🎉🎂Happy International Nonô dayyyy 🥳 🎉🎂thank you for an incredible year and for all the lovely wishes ❤️ Hoje é dia internacional da Nonô então venham me desejar feliz aniversário kkkkk tô carente 🫶🎂🎉 comemorando aniversário em Londres do jeitinho mais brasileiro |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CyjgWn0tvJg/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=www.instagram.com}} 1997{{Cite web |date=2014-10-27 |title='The voice Brasil': Nonô Lellis conquista jurados e, aos 17 anos, se torna a participante mais nova do reality |url=https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/the-voice-brasil-nono-lellis-conquista-jurados-aos-17-anos-se-torna-participante-mais-nova-do-reality-14351520.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=Extra Online |language=pt-BR}} in Rio de Janeiro,{{Cite web |title=Nonô announces debut EP and drops new single 'Mimosas' today • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/285354-2/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-GB}} and was named after her great-grandmother, later acquiring the nickname Nonô.{{Cite web |last=Guggenberger |first=Sigrun |date=2018-08-23 |title="I would like to live in a world where love wins." Getting to know Brazilian singer Nonô |url=https://www.c-heads.com/2018/08/23/like-live-world-love-wins-getting-know-brazilian-singer-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=C-Heads Magazine |language=en-US}} When she was young, her parents divorced, and she went with her mother and siblings to live with her aunt and uncle in a household consisting of nine people from her family; she spent her teenage years in São Paulo. Her brother was a fan of System of a Down, while her grandmother preferred bossa nova, samba, and música popular brasileira and her mother jazz such as Billie Holiday and Chet Baker,{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=2021-07-19 |title=Nonô: Brazilian pop hero in the pursuit of musical freedom |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/nono-brazilian-pop-hero-in-the-pursuit-of-musical-freedom-2995682 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} and her sister introduced her to bands such as Legião Urbana, Barão Vermelho, and Titãs. When she was ten, she uploaded her first video to YouTube, a Hannah Montana cover.

When she was sixteen, she recorded episodes for the third season of The Voice Brasil, which were broadcast when she was seventeen; she later became a semi-finalist. At the time, she was using the stage name Nonô Lellis.{{Cite web |title=Nonô Lellis canta sucesso de Miley Cyrus na semifinal do The Voice Brasil |url=https://gshow.globo.com/programas/the-voice-brasil/programa/noticia/2014/12/nono-lellis-canta-sucesso-de-miley-cyrus-no-palco-da-semifinal-do-the-voice.html |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=The Voice Brasil |language=pt-br}} A number of poor experiences with producers in her home country and a desire to switch languages from Portuguese to English prompted her to move to London in January 2016 and move in with her aunt and uncle,{{Cite web |last=Kang |first=Elijah |date=14 August 2023 |title=Nonô |url=https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/nono |access-date=16 October 2023 |website=Revamp Magazine}} the latter an Abbey Road Institute sound engineer and course co-ordinator. At the time, Lellis was reticent to attend university on the grounds that rock musicians did not need to, prompting her uncle to suggest that she attend the Roundhouse youth choir and introduce her to a music producer.

In 2018, she released her first single, "Blind to You",{{Cite web |date=2021-07-01 |title=Nonô: "Women are the Main Characters of Their Own Lives" |url=https://notion.online/nono-women-are-the-main-characters-of-their-own-lives/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Notion |language=en-GB}} a Collie Buddz cover, and later that year she released her second single, "Bite", which was recorded in Stockholm, and was about accepting past mistakes;{{Cite web |title=Brazilian artist Nonô unveils her sophomore single, the brazen "Bite" |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/nono-bite |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}} at the time she wrote the song, she had the fall of man in her head, and wanted to write from the serpent's perspective. The song was released alongside a video shot by Temptress, who also directed the video for her next single, "Nothing to Me", a funk carioca song inspired by texts received from suitors, and about not tolerating poor behaviour from them.{{Cite web |title=Nonô Shares 'Nothing To Me' Video – FM Famemagazine.co.uk |url=https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/nono-shares-nothing-to-me-video/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.famemagazine.co.uk}} In February 2019, she featured on Møøn by Joe Hertz,{{Cite web |date=2019-02-27 |title=Premiere: Joe Hertz – "MØØN (FT. NONÔ)" |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2019/02/27/premiere-joe-hertz-moon-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}} Pete Tong's son,{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Pete |date=2020-06-10 |title=Joe Hertz |url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2020/06/interviews-joe-hertz/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=EUPHORIA. |language=en-US}} which explored women's empowerment through spaceflight, an idea they got from tarot card reading.

She then signed to Black Butter Records, and on 11 July 2019, she released "Million Dollars", a song about empowerment and class discrimination,{{Cite web |title=Nonô 'Million Dollars' out today. Listen now • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/nono-million-dollars-out-today-listen-now/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-GB}} which was followed by a video fifteen days later.{{Cite web |title=New video: Nonô 'Million Dollars' • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/new-video-nono-million-dollars/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-GB}} A further track, "Loco Gotta Let Go", was written about a partner's refusal to accept a breakup, and was released on 24 October 2019.{{Cite web |title=Nonô "Loco Gotta Let Go" out now • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/nono-loco-gotta-let-go-out-now/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |language=en-GB}} In 2020, she featured on Parx's "Feel Right Now",{{Cite web |date=2020-06-19 |title=NEW MUSIC: FT. PARX, BROKEN HANDS, HARRIET JAXXON, JOSIE MAN & HAVELOCK |url=https://cenemagazine.co.uk/news/2020/6/19/new-music-ft-parx |access-date=2023-10-17 |website='cene Magazine |language=en-US}} which interpolated "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer, and in July 2020 she released "No Drama", a song about an ex-boyfriend's poor behaviour.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-13 |title=Nonô Premieres Funk-Filled Pop Track "No Drama" |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/07/13/premiere-nono-no-drama/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}} She also wrote "Sorry" in 2020, a TCTS feature,{{Cite web |date=2021-10-01 |title=TCTS Reunites With NONÔ For New Track 'Off My Mind' – Listen Now {{!}} XS Noize {{!}} Latest Music News |url=https://www.xsnoize.com/tcts-reunites-with-nono-for-new-track-off-my-mind-listen-now/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.xsnoize.com |language=en-GB}} which was released later that year.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 1 – Radio 1's Party Anthems, with Dev |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q2l3 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}File:Nonô Lellis-017 (16260597211).jpgIn early 2021, she and Marcus Layton released a cover of Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc.", which featured vocals Lellis had recorded in her bedroom; at the time Layton pitched the idea to Lellis, she had been rehearsing the song with musician friends during jam sessions. The following March, she released "La La La (2 Dollar)", a song about awkward encounters with people she had grown apart from,{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Mandy |date=2021-03-30 |title=Watch "LA LA LA (2 Dollar)" by Nonô |url=https://eqmusicblog.com/watch-la-la-la-2-dollar-by-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=EQ Music Blog |language=en-US}} and the following month she released "Mimosas", a song about women's autonomy.{{Cite web |title=Nonô champions women's independence on the delectable "Mimosas" {{!}} Best Fit |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/song-of-the-day/nono-mimosas |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}} She then released the EP Midnight Mimosas on 2 July 2021,{{Cite web |last=Hamberger |first=Grace |date=2021-05-20 |title=Q&A: Nonô • LOCK % |url=https://www.lockmag.co.uk/qa-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=LOCK |language=en-GB}} which had been delayed from 4 June,{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2021-04-13 |title=Nonô Returns With Summer Sizzler 'MIMOSAS' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/nono-returns-with-summer-sizzler-mimosas/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}} and which featured "La La La (2 Dollar)" and "Mimosas". In October, she and TCTS released "Off My Mind", a song about addiction, and she then featured on Alok's "Sky High", a song about unconditional love.{{Cite web |last=Redacao |date=2022-01-04 |title=Alok lança "Sky High" em parceria com a carioca "Nonô" |url=https://www.diariocarioca.com/entretenimento/cultura/musica/alok-lanca-sky-high-em-parceria-com-carioca-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Diário Carioca |language=pt-BR}}

In February 2022, she supported Example on his UK tour.{{Cite web |title=Example Teams With Bou Releasing 'Deep' Featuring Nonô • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/example-teams-with-bou-releasing-deep-featuring-nono/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |language=en-GB}} While there, Bou attended a show at which he told Example how much he had inspired him, went home, created the song's beat, and sent it to Example. Example then began freestyling melodies and lyrics in front of Nonô, and invited her to follow suit; the pair later headed into a studio to finish what would later become "Deep",{{Cite web |title=Nonô {{!}} Metal Magazine |url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/nono |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=metalmagazine.eu}} which was released in May 2022. A music video was released for the song, which was filmed on a used industrial boat on the River Thames beneath Tower Bridge and required multiple takes, causing traffic congestion.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Example & Bou – Deep Ft. Nono (Official Video) |url=https://www.jungledrumandbass.co.uk/news/example-bou-deep-ft-nono-official-video |access-date=2023-11-05 |website=Jungle Drum and Bass}} The song later appeared on Example's album We May Grow Old But We Never Grow Up.{{Cite web |title=Album Review: Example – We May Grow Old But We Never Grow Up |url=https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Album-Review-Example---We-May-Grow-Old-But-We-Never-Grow-Up |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=yorkshiretimes.co.uk}}

In late April 2022, she featured on Majestic's "Time to Groove",{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Tottenham v Arsenal: North London derby so crucial – DJ Majestic |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c97e4q273llo |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} which sampled Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove",{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=POZPLANET Magazine (July 2022) by POZPLANET Magazine – Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/pozplanetmagazine/docs/pozplanet_magazine_july_2022_final |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=issuu.com |language=en}} and was used in the 27 June broadcast of series eight of Love Island. Fifteen days earlier, her feature on Welshy's "All Day" had been used in the same series;{{Cite web |title=What songs were on Love Island tonight? The music from Love Island 2022's soundtrack |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/love-island/songs-music-soundtrack-playlist-tonight-2022/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=PopBuzz |language=en}} the following month, the song entered the Official Irish Homegrown Chart, peaking at No. 2,{{Cite web |title=Irish Homegrown on 26/8/2022 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-homegrown-chart/20220826/irishart/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Official Charts |language=en}} and the following January, the song was nominated for RTÉ's Choice Music Prize Song of the Year 2022.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2023 |title=Shortlist announced for RTÉ Choice Song of the Year |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0113/1346550-shortlist-announced-for-rte-choice-song-of-the-year/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=RTÉ}} Later that year, she released "Lovesick", a song about a break-up from a three-year relationship she had been in, and about the pining she was experiencing.{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Sophie |title=Nonô: Made in Brazil, shipped to London |url=https://www.hastemagazine.co.uk/nono-made-in-brazil-shipped-to-london/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Haste Magazine |date=8 November 2022 |language=en}}

In March 2023, she and Switch Disco performed "React", that band's collaboration with Ella Henderson and Robert Miles,{{Cite web |title=Love Island Summer 2023 soundtrack: What songs were on Love Island tonight? |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/love-island/songs-soundtrack-playlist-tonight-2023-summer/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=PopBuzz |language=en}} on the Reunion episode of the ninth series of Love Island,{{Cite episode |title=The Reunion |series=Love Island |series-link=Love Island (2015 TV series) |network=ITV2 |season=9 |number=19 March 2023}} and later that year, she released "ATM" featuring Baby Tate, a song about sharing wealth. Tate was added after Lellis showed the song to her label, who felt it incomplete. A music video was released for the song, which featured both Lellis and Tate.{{Cite web |last=Ashburn |first=Austin |date=2023-05-17 |title=Pop Crave Exclusive: Nonô Interview |url=https://popcrave.com/pop-crave-exclusive-nono-interview/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Pop Crave |language=en-US}} She then released "Domingo", which she co-wrote with Henry Tucker and Punctual, and about falling in love with people not from Latin America. An additional verse was added at the label's request after they felt it was too short.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Nonô On New Song "Domingo," Hairstyles, and More |url=https://raydarmagazine.com/nono-interview/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=raydarmagazine.com |language=en-US}}

Asked by Lock Magazine in May 2021 which "women in pop" had inspired her, Lellis cited Nathy Peluso, Tkay Maidza, Kali Uchis, Doja Cat, and "icons and rulers of pop like Rihanna, Beyoncé, J-Lo, Christina [Aguilera], and Ariana Grande", and in an interview with Notion in July 2021, she further cited Tim Maia, Jorge Ben, Billie Holiday, Stevie Wonder, and Kanye West as inspirations. She is a member of Loud LDN,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=Loud LDN – the live band night at The Windmill, London on 14 Oct 2023 |url=https://www.windmillbrixton.co.uk/events/2023-10-14-loud-ldn-the-live-band-night-the-windmill |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Windmill Brixton}} a collective of London-based women and genderqueer musicians founded in May 2022.{{cite web |date=19 December 2022 |title="We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115185851/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=NME}}

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