I shunned my father’s nursing dream to pursue music - Upcoming ‘Love’ singer Mell

23-year-old Mell is an upcoming singer and her latest release is dubbed Love.

For upcoming singer Mell, following her heart and pursuing music meant going against her father’s wishes. According to the singer and dancer who’s currently awaiting graduation from Maseno University’s department of music and theatre studies, her father was not convinced that music is a career worth pursuing.

“I was admitted to the institution for a music course but my father didn't see how I'd earn a living. He instead wanted me to follow in his and my late mum’s footsteps to become a nurse. He even tried getting me to change courses but the process proved quite tiresome. Additionally, I had already attended music and theatre classes and they were fun. When I failed to switch courses, he sought to have me join him in the U.S to pursue a nursing career. But my lecturers encouraged me saying I had a lot of potential in music,” she tells Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle.