The last year was full of many hits, but one name stood out more than all of them and was even declared the breakthrough of the year – Hurry hurry, Or her full name is Naomi Aharoni Gil. Iris Cole chose the young singer and creator as her woman of the year, and in a conversation with Nissim Mashal as part of the 103fm year roundup broadcaster, she recalled the first moments in which she was exposed to the phenomenon.
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First, Kol admitted that “I have to tell you that I was very confused. On the one hand, I wanted to impress you and bring some name like that from Israeli politics or some one who discovered something, some revolutionary medicine, but I decided that I got tired of politics and let the whole medicine thing go.”
“I chose precisely from the field I am involved in, music and pop, and I chose Nono – are you up to speed? Israeli singer and songwriter,” she said, “Nono was born Naomi Aharoni Gal, her father is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and her mother is a lawyer, and the same Nono joined the IDF As an outstanding jazz singer, on a track that combines music studies in Ramon along with service in a military band.”
Her musical talent did not go unnoticed by Mashal, who wondered if the song ‘Living the Dream’ was by the creator, and Kol praised her familiarity with contemporary music: “Whoa. Well done. There are many more pop songs like this. When she started, because of this character Nono and this cut of speech washed away There is something strange about it, so many thought it was a gimmick, but within a second and a quarter the stars aligned in her favor. She warmed up Maroon 5 in Yarakon Park, she appeared as a warm-up singer together with Ronnie Duaney, she released hit after hit, Tiktok was very enthusiastic about her.”
“She made her big break through social networks, and then a big hit came out, which actually doesn’t appear on her album (Cute Boy). She’s hot. Her shows are sold out, she’s crazy fun. I think I’m one of the first, I must have interviewed her here on the radio “, she said, and recalled: “I got to know her through my daughter, who told me, ‘Mom, you have to see this thing.’ , Anna Zak with ‘Go to sleep’, it is the most played song. Among the first is ‘Bell’ by Noa Kirel, the singer Narkis in a duet with the singer Lior Narkis, Neta Barzilai also collaborated with Static and Ben El and the song ‘Zero Effort’ is in second place. It’s terrible It’s fun, people always complain that female singers are less popular here, and here’s a serious knockout this year.”
At the end of the conversation, Kol shared another choice in her heart: “If we’re talking about the person of the year, you’re completely my man. Your dealing with the disease, the book you published, the fact that we didn’t feel here on the radio. You’re my hero this year, Nissim Mashal.”
Assisted in editing the article: Shani Romano, 103FM