Our #WCW is Rachel Chinouriri who is an English singer-songwriter. Chinouriri was born in Kingston Hospital on 1 November 1998. Her family later moved to Croydon, where she was raised from age 3.Her family had moved to UK from Zimbabwe shortly prior to her birth, and she experienced a “traditional African upbringing”. Her upbringing led her to be curious about British culture, specifically its music, and as a teenager, she became influenced by the discographies of Daughter and Lily Allen.
At age 17, she began writing songs and recorded them on a £20 microphone, uploading them to the music sharing website SoundCloud via her mother’s laptop.
After posting numerous songs on SoundCloud, she began releasing music on major streaming platforms in 2018. She released her debut extended play (EP), Mama’s Boy, in 2019 to critical acclaim. One of the songs from the EP, “So My Darling”, received attention on TikTok when it became a popular audio to use. Chinouriri was signed to Parlophone, with whom she released her debut mini- album, Four In Winter, in 2021. She then released her second EP, Better Off Without, in 2022.
In early 2023, Chinouriri was one of the openers for Lewis Capaldi on his tour, and humorously told the story of how she secured the gig through sending him a drunk DM.She played at a number of summer festivals, including Latitude Festival, Truck Festival, Kendal Calling, Connect Music Festival, and All Points East. Later that year, she was selected as one of the openers for Louis Tomlinson on the Europe leg of his Faith in the Future World Tour.
She recently unveiled her latest single, ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’.The title track of her upcoming debut album, it follows up on previous singles ‘Never Need Me’ and ‘The Hills.’
The song derives its emotional depth from Chinouriri’s own life experiences, particularly a family tragedy that profoundly affected her
