Alana Sukul is an exciting, new-on-the-scene artist emerging from South West London. With parents hailing from the Caribbean, she has grown up surrounded by the influences from her culture that she has interpreted into her image, musical style and character, while also blending in the vibe of hip-hop culture. Although she is often perceived as a soulful R&B artist, she refuses to be identified as fitting into any single genre and instead experimenting with a variety of sounds and styles such as her current favourite, R&B-tinged funk-pop.
This past year has given all of us room to reflect, including 19-year-old artist Alana Sukul who found herself searching for a new way to express a wealth of emotions. Her music has always been a route of catharsis and so when the end of a close friendship shook Sukul to the core, she naturally turned to songwriting. The end result is the funky pop production of ‘Be Friends’, underpinned by a sensitive acoustic guitar and buoyant bass.
“Friendship breakups can sometimes hurt a lot worse than your typical romantic breakup, I hope this song will help listeners to grieve over the loss by dancing it out.” – Alana Sukul
