WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE
It’s been three years since indie electro-pop favourite Shura released debut album and allround top bop Nothing’s Real. Now that little bit older, bolder and based out of Brooklyn, “Shu”, aka 28-year-old Aleksandra Lilah Denton, is back with new album Forevher, a sonic love letter to faith, lust and falling in love.
when we meet on the set of our cover shoot, Shu – dressed comfortably in slacks and DMs – is fresh off the stage from her performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, and it’s clear that she’s still on a high.“I went with my twin brother, Nick, and his boyfriend,” – yes, Shura has a gay twin-come-bff and yes, we are jealous – “And my girlfriend. Just the four of us. Nick’s boyfriend and my girlfriend had never been before and were terrified after all of the mud that we’d warned them about, but luckily the weather was incredible. No lost wellington boots, no flooded tents, none of that. They were both pleasantly surprised.”