Magazine name: ICON

Lead article headline: The Age Of Ivy

Double page spread headline: Poisoning Ivy Quinn

Introduction:

With her princess Belle hair and her well known dress style, there is nothing Disney about this house

DJ. From Red rocks amphitheatre to Glastonbury main stage and everything in between, Ivy Quinn

(real name Shauna Quinn) has been raising roofs at every venue she DJ’s. Born in the heart of

London, and raised in Manchester, this is where Ivy found her love of mixing music in college, which

birthed the start of her career. Her current #2 in the UK top charts, ‘shotgun love’ has already

received over 200 thousand views on YouTube and has been Vevo certified. Her newest single,

‘apocalypse’ is available to download in summer and comes off the up and coming album, ’41:30’

which is set to be released August 21st. ICON met up with Ivy in a vintage low key coffee shop in

Chelsea, London to discuss her future music and the rumours about her alleged romance with high

school musicals’ Troy Bolton.

ICON: the name Ivy Quinn has become quite a household name, how did you come up with this

stage name?

Ivy: well when I was in college, I was tired quite a bit from all the early starts so everyone use to say

that my morning face was quite ‘poisonous’, a bit of a death stare, so I was nicknamed Ivy because

of poison ivy, and the Quinn part is my last name.

ICON: so, college has influenced your stage name and music quite a lot?

Ivy: yeah, it was where I first got introduced to all the different styles of music and the various ways

it can be created. College is a great place for influence because everything’s so raw and so new that

you can adjust in your own way to fit in.

ICON: You’ve done a lot of collaborations, Nicki Minaj, Drake, The 1975, quite a few Hollywood

names, is there anymore collabs you could tell us about?

Ivy: well I couldn’t tell you names specifically, but I have been in the studio quite a lot recently

writing and recording a few songs with some artists in mind, but there are a few songs won’t go out

of style.

ICON: speaking of Hollywood names, there is a rumoured romance between you and Zac Efron,

can we hope for this to be true?

Ivy: Hahahah, we’ve been friends for a while, we actually met at one of Rihanna’s party’s last year,

where I was DJ’ing and I remember we had a 2 hour long conversation about High School Musical

and how we would work together in remixing some of those songs.

ICON: so is there a romance in the works?

Ivy: hahaa, I wouldn’t say there is. Our relationship is sort of like a brother/sister one, we go to each

other for advice, hang out together but no romance, we’re just too good of friends to go that far.

ICON: what do your family think of your success?

Ivy: my mum likes my work, as long as its not too crazy with fast rapping and heavy beats, my

brother likes it only when I work with his favourite artists because he gets to meet them and my

sister likes it because I can make music that appeals to her, I think overall my family are proud of me

because when I go away working, it gets me out of the house so they have more room ahaha.

ICON: what’s next on the list for Ivy Quinn?

Ivy: well ive got my album coming out in a couple of months, that still needs work on, ive got a

couple of photoshoots for the album and my website and me and my team are currently planning a

world tour with a couple of my well known friends.

ICON: so, Ivy Quinn, who’s your icon?

Ivy: ooohh, well id say my family are iconic to me because they’ve always been honest about my

decisions, but my musical icons are quite old school, I like Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, the R&B, soul

icons. My icons are quite difference from my personal music style but I like to mix the two, then it

appeals to everyone.

Last week, I attended one of Ivy Quinn’s DJ sets at Ritz, Manchester, to see what all the fuss was

about. Ivy played her most popular songs from her first EP, ‘when the world ends’ such as, ‘the beat

never stops’, ‘in my arms’ and ‘until you go’. The atmosphere was electric; the floor was flooded

with people of all ages bouncing in time to the beat. The bass of the beat from the speakers shook

everyone’s drink causing everyone to down them and throw the empty cups into the air as a sign of

enjoyment. Ivy’s more than a Dj, she’s an entertainer as she encouraged the crowd to sing along as

her special guests, such as Jess Glynne joined her onstage. There were a few familiar faces in the

crowd, from fellow DJ’s to actors to her own family. Everywhere Ivy plays, she is taken in with open

arms by her admirers.

Ivy’s album is set for release August 21st and the tour is still to be confirmed. To keep up to date with

Ivy’s life, follow her on Instagram, twitter and tumblr @Ivyquinn.