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Kate Has
Kate Has

ith a debut album due out in November, Kate Pavli shows that she is a formidable talent.
WGrowing up in Cyprus, Kate, who now goes under the moniker of Finding Kate, pursued
singing and appeared on talent shows such as Cyprus Has Talent. Moving to London has enabled
Kate to get another step higher on the ladder. Finding Kate has a sound akin to Evanescence, Flyleaf
and The Pretty Reckless, so if you’re a fan of powerful, emotive rock, keep reading to find out more.

hen I was 11, I started doing vocal les- barely sing so I of course didn’t go through,” she title track being written by Kate on her own. Kate
“Wsons. When I was about 14, I did laughs. says that one “kind of happened naturally whilst
Cyprus Has Talent and that’s when I knew I wanted Thanks to Cyprus Has Talent, Kate met mem- Chris was writing the riff, I came up with lyrics that
to do this professionally,” Kate tells Black Velvet. bers of her band. A key member is keyboardist, suited perfectly. We were happy with the vibe and
Cyprus Has Talent was inspired by Britain’s producer and writer of Finding Kate’s music, Chris style of the lyrics and I felt people can really relate
Got Talent but on a much smaller scale. Kate tells Charalambides, who Kate met on the talent show to the simplicity of the lyrics.”
us, “It was more of a live venue contest but we when she was 14. She then met Rushil, who she co-
were filmed and later posted on the website for writes with, thanks to Chris. “I didn’t see him at f ‘If I Fall’, Kate says, “This album means
people to vote for us. It was such a fun experience, Cyprus Has Talent because he went the year before Oso much to me. We have all put in such
I met some amazing people there.” me, but I am so glad we were introduced. I think he hard work over the past two years. I really hope
Kate attended a musical theatre school when is more eloquent with his words and brings a dif- people enjoy it and new fans discover it and follow
she was younger and entered many local shows in ferent perspective due to our personal experi- me on this journey.” Of course we can’t resist ask-
Limassol. “I auditioned for a show called Get On ences, which were completely different.” ing what Kate found out about herself during the
Stage which appeared on TV when I was probably Kate and Rushil co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks on making of the album. “I found out that I am defi-
about 10 years old and I was so scared I could Finding Kate’s debut album, ‘If I Fall’, with only the nitely stronger than I ever imagined, and I have a

FINDING KATE