Nandi Bushell has shared her first single with her new band Blu Reflection, titled ‘The Only One’.
The 14-year-old made her name performing drum covers that would go viral. She began playing the drums when she was five, and shot to viral fame in 2020 at just ten years old, for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – with Grohl even admitting defeat in November of that year.
She would go on to perform ‘Learn To Fly’ at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert, following his death aged 50 in 2022, playing with a pair of drumsticks that he gifted her. Last year, meanwhile, she covered John Lennon‘s ‘Power To The People’ at Download Festival with Tom Morello.
Now, Bushell has debuted her new band, in which she plays drums and also sings. The line-up is completed by Sebby Joel on guitar, and Kea Emina on bass.
Blu Reflection had released some covers last year but this is their first time releasing original music. The song is a mid-paced, dreamy alt-pop track featuring the chorus: featuring the lyrics, “Maybe I’m the only one/ That feels like this/ Maybe you’re the only one/ Who hurts like me.”
Check it out below:
Bushell previously released original songs as a solo artist, such as ‘The Shadows’, ‘Gods and Unicorns’, and ‘Into the Abyss’.
In January, Bushell shared a cover of Karen Carpenter‘s iconic performance of ‘Dancing in The Street’.
Carpenter famously performed the hit, taking on both drums and lead vocals, in front of a studio audience on Your All American College Show in 1968. At the time she was just 16 years old – two years older than Bushell is now.
“I have so much love and respect for Karen Carpenter!” Bushell wrote on X/Twitter. “She was such an incredible drummer, singer, songwriter. An absolute legend! I have been sent this video clip more than any other, so thought I would given her amazing solo a go.”
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