Abbie Gordon is set to be the youngest artist to headline Glasgow’s King Tut’s Summer Nights Festival this year

We speak to upcoming singer songwriter Abbie Gordon.

Transcript

00:00Maybe I'm too close to my enemy

00:04My name is Abby Gordon, I'm a 17 year old singer-songwriter from Irvine

00:09So we are in King Tut's Wawa Hut right now, it's a beautiful place

00:13I've always dreamed of playing in this venue, like since I was a little girl

00:18And I supported Care Mercer

00:20But this time I am preparing for my headline at King Tut's for the Summer Nights series

00:26My dad headlined King Tut's when he was in his band

00:30And it's just kind of like a milestone for me to do the same thing

00:34So I would say my style is kind of a little bit of edgy, like pop

00:39Pop music with a little bit of punk

00:42I come up with it in many different styles to be fair

00:45I vary in different styles

00:48I just kind of write what comes out

00:50So sometimes I'll be like sitting at the keyboard

00:52And I'll come up with like a jazz song or something

00:54Do like a little bit of like rapping kind of vibe

00:58And sometimes I'll do like absolutely depressing ballads

01:02So there's not really a specific style that I limit myself in

01:07Because I love to just write whatever comes out and then see what happens

01:11But I think my main kind of vibe that I want to go for is kind of more edgy pop just now

01:18So Summer Nights is like an annual kind of summer festival that happens in King Tut's every year

01:24And it's all about getting new artists and new and upcoming people from Scotland to showcase

01:32And have an opportunity to play at this amazing venue

01:35In front of like a different crowd of people to kind of build themselves up a little bit

01:40I think it's great

01:41I think it's an amazing opportunity and I'm very grateful to be a part of it this year

01:44I feel like some people might underestimate me

01:48I know I get in my own head a lot about it

01:50But just because I'm so young I just feel like some people might just see me

01:55Just as a wee girl nothing too serious like whatever

01:58But I feel like because I'm working

02:00I'm always working with older people in the music industry

02:04I feel like I kind of feel a little bit older

02:06But then I realise I'm actually not

02:07Like I can't actually just go to the bar and get like a drink you know

02:12But yeah it's strange

02:15But it's also exciting because I've still got a lot more ahead of me

02:19I'm just 17

02:22Every guy act like someone else

02:24Think I find it hard to trust myself

02:26Take a step back gotta get some help