FME - Interview

Breaking onto the music circuit with an explosive debut track. ‘Unruly (Freestyle)’, FME the Sierra Leone Londoner is ready to bring his exceptional, raw talent, liveliness and lyricism to the scene. The masked British rapper is here to deliver his message, joining experiences form London and Sierra Leone.

The track is a catalyst of hard-hitting bars delivered in a well-defined manor, over a futuristic type beat, following the way of Drill with the lead melody played on an electronically created synth. FME tells anecdotes of his life with an unmatched energy on his debut track.

Wordplay Magazine: Can you tell me where it all began, what sparked your love for music?

FME: As long as I can remember really. When I was growing up and in school I was always into poetry, standing up in front of school assemblies. But I think what really kicked it off was when I was eight or nine my mum got me a little keyboard and it kind of went from there.

WPM: Could you tell me about some artists that have influenced you on the way, or maybe some that you would like to work with in the future?

FME: So far with regards to features I have a few lined up, a lot of them are upcoming artists as well. and as far as inspiration, that comes from everywhere, I wouldn’t necessarily say I get it from one place, I find it from different kinds of music.

WPM: Your new track, unruly, is out at the moment. It's doing the rounds and is killing it, we really enjoyed it here at wordplay. Could you tell me about where the inspiration for the track came from?

FME: Yeah, that one was a track I had which is now the third track that will drop, but because of Covid I had to drop something quickly. And it needed to say what I was about, so that's why we put it together.

WPM: Reading between the lines, it sounds like there is going to be an EP or an album, can we expect it any time soon?

FME: Definitely we are looking towards something, but it's early days, I’m just starting from the ground up, so I’ve got to get my followers behind my music as well as me. So, when it makes more sense, we’ll definitely try to get an EP out. If it comes down to content, then I’ve got enough for an EP, so it just comes down to the timing.

WPM: Has it been hard for you making and releasing music in the last year with the whole COVID-19 pandemic?

FME: Yeah, because a lot of the venues and locations we were trying to get were closed, so we couldn't do everything that we wanted. But really it didn’t affect things too much, besides when the studios closed.

WPM: What would you say is your proudest moment to date, as an artist?

FME: I’d say my proudest moment to date, would be releasing unruly, it was my first freestyle. 

WPM: Do you have any advice for our readers who might be trying to play the mad game of music?

FME: The only advice is you’ve got to be prepared to work and go for it, you’ve got to be on that, especially today, there's so much content and so much talent across the UK now. It does help if you have a talent but nowadays as long as you put the work in and make a good song then you can stream it. And be yourself, that's a big one.

WPM: Are there any artists on your radar that people should check out, that maybe we haven’t been able to yet?

FME: You should check out MBC, check out his song Peaky Blinders. He’s got another one coming out in a few months. He’s definitely someone I’m going to be featuring with soon. Ploco is another one. There’s a few names of people at early stages at the moment, but there will definitely be a lot of music coming from myself and First Section.

WPM: What albums have you got on heavy rotation on your Spotify at the moment?

FME: Definitely Conflict of Interest, to be fair that's really the only thing new. I don't really listen to too much when I'm in a creative mood.

WPM: What do you like to do when you're not making music?

FME: What’s funny mate is that music is really my hobby, If I’m not writing I’m starting something new off.

WPM: Can you tell me three things that you can't live without when you're in the studio?

FME: My Phone, A good engineer and the third will be smoke.

WPM: I really appreciate you taking the time to chat with me. I am looking forward to what is going to come from you in the future. Good luck with everything!

FME: Thank you man, thanks for chatting with me.