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Our Life - The First Interview 

The new group Our Life, made up of friends Sophie, James and Luke topped the charts this week with their debut song ‘Where we are’. 

The new band rose to fame after being picked up from singing in local pubs. Lead singer Sophie said ‘We started off just singing for fun but then realised that it was something that we all wanted to do so thought why not try it and see if we get somewhere with it’. Guitarist James and Drummer Luke aged 17 and 16 both realised that music was what they wanted to do from a very young age. They were both brought up in very musical families and music is something they are both very passionate about. 

Sophie, 16, was introduced to music at the age of 11 in a school music lesson. It was then she realised that she really liked it and began to have singing lessons at school. From then she entered talent competitions and won many competitions which included the school talent show and then went on to represent the school in the district talent show. She was also a lead singer in the choir and the schools many musicals. 

The three friends all met in music class but it wasn't until they began to do some course work for their music GCSE that they realised that they worked well as a group. They then went on to get A’s in their music GCSE. The group began to play concerts together and gradually rose to singing in local pubs. 

It was by singing at these local pubs that a record label found them and signed them. The record label said ‘We think we have found the next big band here and we are glad to be working with them’. ‘It was completely out of the blue’ said James, 17, ‘they just came up to us and said your good, do you want a record deal’. ‘We were so surprised’ added Luke, 16. 

They say that they are lucky that someone took a chance on them at such a young age and it proves that they were right to do so as many stars including Shawn Mendes, The Vamps and Beyonce have shown an interest in working with them. The group says ‘We are honoured to have such well respected artists wanting to work with us’. 

‘Our Life’ will begin their UK tour at the end of this year, starting in London, followed by a tour around Europe next year. The group are currently working on their debut album ‘US’ which includes their debut single ‘Where we are’, is due to be released at the end of the month.