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INGÉNUS: NERIAH

The bedazzle-obsessed, noodle- loving singer-songwriter discusses heartache and her debut album

Many people would prefer their exes stay buried in the past, preferably with no chance of a resurfacing. Neriah, however, prefers to face those ghosts head on. The 23-year- old singer-songwriter isn’t scared of tapping into her past and present emotions, especially when she can channel them into art.

“My parents always say that I started singing before I started to talk,” says Neriah, who wrote her first song at just five years old. With the recent release of her debut album Cause of Death, the singer channeled her past breakups and toxic exes into an 18-track project that takes listeners through every stage of splitting up.