SINGER ESTELLE CLIMBING THE CHARTS WITH HER BRASH STYLE

01.13.09

Her name is Estelle Swaray (though she just goes by Estelle), a steadily rising British soul singer/reggae-steeped rapper who'd just as soon bite your tongue before she bites hers.

"I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it," she chuckles. "It's like, 'Don't hem at me. I won't do it. You're wasting your time.'

"It was fun coming over here for the first six months, because I got a lot of, 'Oh, I think you should do this,' and I'm like, 'I think you should get out,' " she continues. "I'd say it in the same tone of voice, and they'd be completely like, 'Did she just tell me to leave?' 'Yeah, I did. Go. Now.' I'm very much myself. People get it now."

If they do, it's likely due to Estelle's brassy breakout hit, "American Boy."

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