


“I’m so grateful and I think that it’s an amazing opportunity… that this is the way I’m being brought into the music industry.” The band is a “very supportive group of people,” Smith said. The family developed a relationship with The Flaming Lips, and the musical mentorship began. The young Fernie-ite and the rockstar began chatting near the stage before the show, and Coyne traded numbers with Jude. Smith gravitated towards the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, and managed to get Coyne’s attention at a show in Calgary. Her father, Jude Smith, would take her to shows from a young age. She was introduced to music at the very beginning of her life.
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Smith has been making her way into the professional music scene for some years now with The Flaming Lips lead singer, Wayne Coyne, taking her under his wing.īorn in Leeds, England, Smith moved to Fernie when she was around five. READ MORE: Fernie local, Nell Cline-Smith, releases first music video “I’m just really excited and thankful for everything that’s going on.” Smith, a 14-year-old student at Fernie Secondary School, said she thinks appearing Stephen Colbert’s show is “amazing and crazy.” The song is a cover of Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and is part of a 9-track cover album called Where The Viaduct Looms that Nell and The Flaming Lips released on Nov. 4, Smith is set to have a music video that she recorded with The Flaming Lips appear on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which has millions of viewers worldwide. Young Nell Smith of Fernie is brushing shoulders with entertainment industry giants as she makes her way into the world of professional music. Coyne has taken Smith under his musical mentorship. Nell Smith of Fernie with The Flaming Lips lead singer, Wayne Coyne.
