Alessia Cara

Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers.

I was always so scared to sing in front of people. That was kind of my weird thing.

Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching 'Coronation Street.'