Neda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen

Neda’s ex-boyfriend asked her not to write a song about him after they broke up. Fast forward a year, and the Lewisham-based singer-songwriter has written a whole EP, And Then Came September, about the breakup, with ethereal lead single “Leave” literally seeing her closing the door on the relationship. “By the time that we ended, it was already too late,” she says, giggling.

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