Nieve Ella

Nieve Ella Pickering (born 1 January 2003) is an English singer. Her 2023 release, Young & Naive/Lifetime of Wanting, charted at No. 38 on the UK Independent Album Chart. She has also supported Dylan, Inhaler, and the Courteeners, and is a member of Loud LDN.

Life and career
Nieve Ella Pickering was born on 1 January 2003, grew up in Albrighton, east Shropshire, and has two brothers. Their father moved to Spain when she was a child, having never lived with Nieve Ella, and died when she was eleven, while their mother, Helen, is a hairdresser, and named her Albrighton High Street salon "Nieve-Ella's Hair & Beauty" after her, later renaming it to "Nieve Ella's Hair Salon". Her first musical interest was in High School Musical. Growing up, she applied twice to be on Britain's Got Talent; in 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, she discovered her late father's guitar, and taught herself how to play it after studying tabs online, writing her first song, "Four Years Gone", in less than a week.

She attended Telford College, but dropped out after receiving harsh criticism of her guitar playing abilities, and deciding to continue teaching herself. Her first single, "Girlfriend", was released in July 2022 on AWAL; the following December, she released "Glasshouses", a song about grieving, and the month after that, she released a five-track EP, Young & Naive, which featured "19 In a Week", a song about adolescence. In February 2023, she supported Dylan and Inhaler on tour. She then released "Big House", a rock song written about wanting to live with her boyfriend, and in May 2023, she released "His Sofa", a love song about her insecurities. She then supported the Courteeners at Lytham Festival.

The following July, she released "Your Room", which was released alongside a music video, and which described an ex-partner's new boyfriend and their infatuation with Phoebe Bridgers; the following month, she and Hannah Grae performed at Reading Festival. In September 2023, she released the EP Lifetime of Wanting, which included "Big House", "His Sofa", and "Your Room". Both it and Young & Naive were released on vinyl by Blood Records in November; said release charted at No. 38 on the UK Independent Album Chart later that month. Later that month, she announced a short solo headline tour in February 2024, during which she covered the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and the Wannadies' "You and Me Song". In December 2023, she appeared on Dork's Hype List, and in March 2024, she released "The Things We Say", which she wrote shortly after arguing with her best friend.

Artistry
Her earlier works were inspired by Billie Eilish, while her later works including "Girlfriend" were inspired by Sam Fender, who she saw live in Birmingham in August 2021. In July 2023, Wonderland described her music as indie pop. She is a member of Loud LDN, a collective of London-based women and genderqueer musicians founded in May 2022.

Headlining

 * Lifetime of Wanting Tour (2024)

Supporting

 * Dylan - The Greatest Thing I'll Never Learn Tour (2023)
 * Inhaler - Cuts and Bruises Tour (2023)
 * Inhaler - European Tour (2023)