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Having long played the guitar and the bass in a band, the
25-year-old, full name David Rhodes, only recently found the
confidence to pick up a microphone.
The singer-songwriter released his first EP "Raise Your Love" in
2013 and three others followed to critical acclaim.
"I had this real deep fear of singing, I don't know why and what
spurred it," Rhodes told Reuters when explaining the title of
his new single "Close Your Eyes".
"When it came to doing my first ever show, I had to develop a
coping mechanism and I used to just close my eyes."
His raw and emotive voice and songs won him a fan in Burberry
Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Bailey,
known for his support for British young musicians, asked him to
create the soundtrack for two of the luxury label's fashion
shows.
Accompanied by a 24-piece orchestra, Rhodes sang and played the
piano as models strutted down the catwalk for Burberry's
spring/summer 2016 menswear line on Monday.
His performance won him applause from the fashionista audience
and front row celebrities such as actors Samuel L. Jackson and
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
"I think it's really cool how (Bailey) is introducing artists to
a world that might just not be aware of it at all," Rhodes said.
"It's also really cool for artists who might not be aware of
fashion to come and do something like this and have our eyes
opened to this whole very different world."
Rhodes will release his first album "Wishes" in September after
a year and a half in the making.
"I've been experimenting and just learning about who I want to
be," he said. "I wrote these songs but I knew that I didn't want
to be a balladeer folk guy, I wanted something more."
(Reporting by Holly Rubenstein; Writing by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian; Editing by Alison Williams)
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