NATHAN: I AIM TO GET BUSY WITH DRIZZY...
THE DAW DAWES FINALLY OPEN AFTER YEARS OF REJECTION
NA ATHAN DAWE has Drake in his sights following h his journey from Primark w worker to Bi Brit-nominated i d superstar DJ.
After working with Little Mix and KSI, his latest collab is with Anne-Marie and MoStack for Way Too Long – but it’s
Nathan’s Brit nomination for best single that has started him thinking about who is next.
‘Drake. That is obviously my ambition, to get Drake,’ the DJ spilled to Guilty Pleasures. And he promises Drizzy not too much work is involved. ‘I sent the track to Anne-Marie and she recorded it the next day in her living room,’ he said. Nathan, who is nominated for Lighter, his track with KSI, has long dreamed of going to the Brits, but looks set to miss out on the party because of the pandemic. ‘We will find a way to celebrate in our own way,’ he vowed. ‘I’m sure I will get six people in my garden at the very least. Mum and dad and my sister are very proud.’
He has come a long way from working in Primark and playing karaoke bars in his home town of Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
‘I’ve been constantly knocked back,’ admitted the 26-year-old. ‘I was trying to get out of my little small town. I was desperate to DJ abroad or in cities and just couldn’t get anything. I kept getting told no.
‘For me it was overcoming rejection and not giving up. I did a stint at Primark. I remember DJing in situations with five people in a club, bored out of my head.’ But now, he says, ‘I’ve come a long way from being a karaoke DJ. I am here to stay’.