Freshly 18 years old, R&B and pop singer Amirah is the latest artist to join acclaimed producer Mustard's 10 Summers Records/Interscope Records roster. In person, Amirah is like a shaken soda can, fizzy-spirited with irrepressible charm and an unmistakable voice. Her mirthful personality shines through her music, especially in the “Tokio” video, her first visual offering to the industry.
Church choir and school band allowed her to continue exploring musical expression throughout her adolescence, and her poet mother encouraged her to also pursue creative expression through writing. During Amirah's 8th-grade year, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown tried to suppress all that expression — and failed. In March 2021, Amirah began posting on TikTok. Three months later, she went viral for her cover of Billie Eilish's “Happier Than Ever.