Introducing fabulous new singer-songwriter Charlotte Rosse. The artist makes an impact with her belting debut single ‘Raise A Toast’.
Charlotte describes the song as “an anthem for loneliness.” She reveals: “I led a very lonely life when I first moved to London. I was working full-time as a receptionist while studying songwriting at university and I found myself starting to get heartless. I could only count on myself, and I was becoming calculating, including with my heart. I thought I’d always be alone and that I wouldn’t want to commit to a relationship.”
Charlotte co-wrote the song with Arrow Benjamin (Beyonce, Alicia Keys), and also directed the video, which shows off a wicked sense of humour l “I think the video shows my personality,” says Charlotte. “The lyrics of the song are dark, but the video is a good contrast, as you can see my joyful side.”
Operatically trained, Charlotte’s dramatic, grandstanding voice is a lightning rod of power and control. Here is a singer in the tradition of Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand and the other great voices who can tell an equally good story.
She was discovered at the age of eight, winning a national choral singing contest in her native Poland, and going on to study opera at Academy of Music in Lodz. Suffering mental abuse from her teacher, she fled to London and worked as a receptionist while enduring many of the traumers the city can present to a young woman, she realised that contemporary music is where her real passion lies.
Charlotte’s life is only one breakthrough song away from being a fairytale, with all the dark moments they involve. This is reflected in her music, as unique as you’d hope from someone who has chosen to tell her story via pop rather than get caught up being an operatic prima donna, as fate seemingly had decreed.
