Skipping the girl group was a smart career move for Nilüfer Yanya

Host Marco Werman introduces us to musician Nilufer Yanya from London, a creative force who did not want to be pinned down to a girl-group marketing scheme when she was 15. That allowed her, not surprisingly, to carve her own path.

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