Simone Rocha

It is true.

Yeah, because my birthday is in September.

So I'm officially on the calendar.

Yeah, it's very much in my blood.

And it's like I was saying, it's very much how I've inherited my independent spirit.

Yeah, it's been incredible actually to be able to, I still work with my parents, you know, my label is kind of a family business.

And it's been incredible to grow up on the inside of something because then it doesn't make it an alien thing, you know.

So that's, for me, that's the big thing that it doesn't feel too alien.

So that gives you an opportunity when you're in it to push and pull and do things and,

think out of the box and not be so nervous.

And it gives you a sense of self, which is something that I feel very fortunate and maybe that you need.

Do you know what?

I kind of grew up in the studio.

I loved it.

I wasn't a very studious student.

And I was really, really happy in a studio environment.

And I loved...

being around people, all people from different nationalities, different skills.

And it was amazing.

Like, we were in Dublin in Ireland, so it was its own little bubble.