Cherry Picks: Meet Gen-Z's Rockstar Princess
We first met Nieve Ella and her band after she opened for Inhaler at Luxembourg’s Den Atelier in 2023. Even after delivering a knockout set, she was warm, chatty, and genuinely grateful to every single person who came up to her. At just 20 years old then, we remember thinking: this girl has one hell of a social battery.
That same energy pulses through her performances. Nieve’s sets are fun, loud, and somehow soft all at once, like someone reading their diary aloud with a soundtrack. There’s no posturing, no polish for the sake of it. Just honesty, and a voice that cracks in all the right places.
Nieve taught herself guitar during the 2020 lockdown, using her late father’s instrument - a detail that makes every strum feel a little bit more personal. Her debut single, “Girlfriend” (2022), introduced her as a force to watch. It was followed by the grief-laced “Glasshouses” and the coming-of-age anthem “19 In a Week.” These songs formed her debut EP Young & Naïve, a raw, heartfelt first chapter.
In 2023, she returned with Lifetime of Wanting, a more mature, refined follow-up that showed just how much she’d grown as a writer and performer. Her band - Finn Marlow (guitar), Fran Larkin (bass), and Matt Garnett (drums) - back her with effortless chemistry. Together, they feel like a tight-knit unit, a found family, creating something that feels like a group hug in sonic form.
Her third EP, Watch It Ache and Bleed (2024), delivered fan favourites like “Sugar Coated” and “The Reason.” It’s masterfully produced yet still retains that raw, emotional edge that’s become her signature, and it’s made the wait for her debut album almost unbearable.
A Nieve Ella show is a girl’s daydream come to life: bows, lace, pinks and reds, hand-holding, hugs. It’s not just a gig, but rather a safe space to feel whatever you need to feel. Whether you’re looking for a confidence anthem or a song to ugly cry to, Nieve’s catalogue has you covered.
And if her music wasn’t enough to make her relatable, her stupidly funny online presence seals the deal. She’s real, self-aware, and just the right kind of chaotic. We love you, Nieve.
Nieve and her band drip with raw talent. Every release is stronger than the last; every live show tighter, louder, more magnetic. They’re carving out a space that’s entirely their own, one that’s impossible to ignore.
And you shouldn’t.
Nieve Ella’s latest single “Lucky Girl” is out now. Go Listen.