{"id":2203555,"date":"2026-10-17T06:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2203555"},"modified":"2026-10-17T06:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:20:14","slug":"the-voice-singer-ciiara-nyx-says-music-helped-her-navigate-her-trans-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2203555","title":{"rendered":"The Voice singer Ciiara Nyx says music helped her navigate her trans identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ciiara Nyx said music helped her express feelings she found difficult to put into words<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A singer who won over all four coaches on The Voice UK has said music helped her make sense of the “complex” feelings she experienced growing up as a transgender woman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ciiara Baker, 21, who performs as Ciiara Nyx, earned a coveted four-chair turn during the ITV talent show’s blind auditions after performing Glory Box by Portishead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the BBC, she said songwriting had become an important outlet after she came out as trans at the age of 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There was always this weird feeling, like I wasn’t in the right body,” she said on the programme. “I would steal all my mum’s clothes. I would wear her makeup.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ciiara said she did not fully understand those feelings at the time, but had more time to reflect during the Covid pandemic when “the world went quiet”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I was scared of feeling it and dealing with it because it is a big thing and it’s very complex actually for a young person to go through,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“But I’m very sure of who I am.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She said music had given her a way to express emotions she found difficult to put into words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve never really been good with maybe saying things, so putting it into music is a lot more of an easier outlet for me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vicki said she had always encouraged her daughter to be herself<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Originally from Worcestershire, Ciiara spent her childhood in Broadway, Malvern and Evesham before moving to London, where she is studying music at university.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her audition impressed judges Kelly Rowland, Sir Tom Jones and McFly bandmates Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, who share a double chair as one coaching team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All four turned their chairs in a bid to mentor her, with Ciiara eventually choosing Fletcher and Jones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Away from the stage, she credited her mother, Vicki, with helping her embrace both her identity and her ambition to pursue music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vicki said she had “always known” her child was transgender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve had my tears,” she said. “But I’d rather my girl here and be with me and that’s the bottom line of it all, and she’s happy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She added that she had encouraged her daughter to be herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve always said to her, ‘be the person you want to be’, and she is doing that and I love that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ciiara will return to The Voice UK when the competition continues on ITV1 on Saturday from 20:35 BST.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on <\/i>BBC Sounds<\/i>, <\/i>Facebook<\/i>, <\/i>X<\/i> and <\/i>Instagram<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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