Lenii: 'People don’t understand how much nerve you need to be a girl in the music industry'

Cork singer Ellen Murphy, aka Lenii, talks about going viral on TikTok, and the uncomfortable situations she has experienced in a male-dominated industry 
Lenii: 'People don’t understand how much nerve you need to be a girl in the music industry'

Lenii, aka Ellen Murphy.

TikTok did not rank especially highly in the priorities of Cork singer and producer Ellen Murphy – aka Lenii – when she started writing a song late last year articulating her vexations about the state of the world.

 But then she posted the opening verse of The Kids Are All Rebels on the buzzy social media app and within a few days it had clocked up over 1.5 million views. Without intending to she had created her first internet-fuelled smash – all from her bedroom on College Road.

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