I’ll never forget Love Island but it’s made it hard to launch my music career, says Samira Mighty
LOVE Island star Samira Mighty reveals that being on Love Island made it hard to launch her music career.
The 29-year-old gave us a glimpse into her music journey ahead of her new song’s release Valentine’s Day.
The reality star opened up about the challenges of being taken seriously as an artist after rising to fame on the hit ITV2 dating show in 2018.
Samira was coupled up with Frankie Foster on the show before he was dumped and the reality beauty ended up quitting the villa altogether.
Speaking to The Sun, about her transition from reality TV to singing, Samira said: “ I think it’s been hard in the sense of it’s just a different industry and you have to now gain different fans from Love Island that are still there.
“But, you know I want to get different fans that know me just for my music.
“I will never forget the roots I came from, Love Island because the opportunity is insane but you know, it’d be nice for fans to come up and say, I love your new song which actually they do now.
“So that’s, it’s been great it’s been it’s been a good transition, I think.”
After her stint on the show she participated in The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 as part of the group No Love Lost, alongside fellow Love Island alumni, Eyal Booker, Wes Nelson and Zara Mcdermott.
Mentored by Simon Cowell the group was eventually eliminated in week 3.
Speaking about her time on the show, she said: ” I think X Factor to me was like Love Island. it wasn’t really like a talent show.
“But it was interesting to see the taste of the music industry of what we could get and what we couldn’t.
Speaking on her former band mates, she added: “I speak to Eyal here and there and Wes, he’s so busy he’s doing his music as well.
“So I’d love to get in the studio with Wes actually one time.
“I think that would be a collaboration but you know, it was so long ago, I have to sometimes jog my memory that I did these shows.
After the show Samira continued her journey as a solo artist, releasing her debut EP last year, now she’s dropped her new single Valentines Day.
Samira revealed how she wrote her new track after being ghosted by a fitness influencer, she said: “So last year, around this time, I was dating somebody, if you know me, like that person just was not for me.
“We were dating quite intensely and we had la tiny blip, you know commitment issues, the usual thing of guys.
“Then he said to me, you know what, let’s sort this out “I miss you, let’s go for a walk next week” and from this day, he just disappeared.
“Ghosting is just a crazy thing but it was Valentine’s Day and yeah so I went to the studio and that’s where Valentine’s Day came from.”
Fans can listen to Samira’s new track Valentines Day (I Ain’t Got Time For That) here