Rachel Chinouriri performes "All I Ever Asked" at the #rbf24.
Rachel Chinouriri has experience not only in emerging stronger from her own past, but also in transforming the traumas she has suffered into resources. The singer, songwriter and activist uses her music to set her own biography to music and shares personal experiences that many young Black women in the UK can relate to. They are told through lyrics that are as approachable as they are poetic, in vocal registers that are sometimes fragile and delicate, but then also seductive and self-confident. On her second EP ‘Four° in Winter’ (2021), she explores themes such as isolation and alienation, but also finds reasons for hope in every maelstrom of thoughts, in every setback. In the nineties, she might have formed a girl group. Today, she is probably the most unconventional reformer of Britpop walking around the rainy island. At the same time, she consistently campaigns for human rights worldwide with her music and has even boycotted festivals if they are sponsored by arms companies. Chinouriri also demonstrates an awareness of the world around us with her debut album ‘What a Devastating Turn of Events’ (2024), which was released this year on Parlophone. She combines indie rock, bedroom pop and R'n'B with her soulful falsetto to create a sound that she is bringing to our stage for the first time this year.
A FILM BY Reeperbahn Festival
CAMERA & MEDIA PRODUCTION BY Feschfilm Entertainment GmbH
VENUE Stage Operettenhaus
FUNDED BY Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung
für Kultur und Medien
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
THUMBNAIL CREDIT Robin Schmiedebach
