Amazonica dishes on DJing at A-list parties, going on tour with Machine Gun Kelly, and her new album Victory

GLAMOUR: We’re super excited about the release of your new album. What can you tell us about your new music?

Amazonica: I did a couple of albums when I was a lot younger, and this is the first album I’ve written, produced, sung, and played. The album is called Victory because the industry’s been an absolute, as you know… how do I say it without swearing? Challenging! Let’s say it’s been challenging. 

I called the album Victory because it’s the first album where I didn’t have anyone saying anything to me, I literally taught myself how to produce and spent years honing how I could do everything myself without having to go to anyone in the industry. Because they always just… it’s very hard to get your vision across, you know? Everyone’s trying to manipulate it. 

I’m a really strong woman, and I really want to put exactly what I hear in my head out there. So, it took some time to actually be able to do that, you know? It’s a testament to how great the album is that I did it, and I’m so proud of it. Just the fact of where I’ve been to make it, that to me is the victory. Like what else it [the album] does, what people think of it, and how many streams it gets, it doesn’t matter and has absolutely no consequence. It’s epic, and that’s the win. So, yeah, I’m really proud of myself. 

Do you feel like the industry has changed since you first started in music?

I mean, when I started, there wasn’t streaming and all that stuff. It has completely changed, but I don’t think the gatekeepers have, if that makes sense. It’s still very misogynistic. It’s still a boys club, you know? If you’re a 16-year-old girl, you know, that’s great, but if you’re a woman, you have no value to them, so in that way, it’s really misogynistic. It’s about the choices that they make and the money that they put behind people. So, there are fewer opportunities, basically, the older you get, which is a shame because you’ve actually got more to give at that point.

How did you decide so young that being in the music business was something you want to do?

It was just in me. It was just absolutely in me, like running through me… there was absolutely no chance I was going to do anything else. I was very young, and I had a very clear vision. And luckily, when I came up to London, I worked with some legendary musicians, which I don’t know would be done now because I was just so young, but I just walked into the studio, and I was like, ‘I’ve got something to say. This is what I want to do’. And they worked with me and taught me everything! 

Amazonica is a very statement stage name! We love it! How did it come about?