{"id":63462,"date":"2022-12-08T15:27:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=63462"},"modified":"2023-10-11T09:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:45:02","slug":"my-mind-is-at-100-miles-an-hour-how-adhd-shaped-a-cardiff-singers-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/08\/my-mind-is-at-100-miles-an-hour-how-adhd-shaped-a-cardiff-singers-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;My mind is at 100 miles an hour&#8217; \u2013 how ADHD shaped a Cardiff singer&#8217;s new music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BBC Radio Cymru regular Mali H\u00e2f talks finishing songs, impatient teachers and the speed of the creative process ahead of her debut EP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Mali H\u00e2f, dressed in a multicoloured patchwork hoodie, is sat in front of a dark wooden chest of drawers with her right hand on her chin. 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To the left: a pink guitar leant against a white wall.\" class=\"wp-image-63466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/11\/Mali-LS-Phone-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mali H\u00e2f, a Cardiff-based neurodivergent singer-songwriter, is already looking ahead to new music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali H\u00e2f\u2019s new EP nearly never existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-titled EP is the singer-songwriter\u2019s first after a succession of bilingual singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These singles have been heard live at Cardiff\u2019s Tafwyl festival and this year\u2019s Maes B in Ceredigion, as well as frequently playing on BBC Radio Cymru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali described her upcoming release to her record label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jigcal\/\">JigCal<\/a>, as &#8220;Bilingual witchy trip hop realness.&#8221; In Fern Hill, lyrics <em>yn Gymraeg a Saesneg<\/em> are underpinned by ethereal synth keys and a punchy kick drum. In Pedair Deilen, the EP&#8217;s closing track, a funky, octave-hopping bass accompanies Mali&#8217;s rhythmic clipped vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022 alone, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canton creative<\/a> has released five singles, with the EP still to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali\u2019s astounding artistic pace comes with its drawbacks, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was known in music university for being so bored of my songs very quickly,\u201d Mali said, \u201cbut I do wonder a lot of the time: how much does my ADHD play a part in it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali, 25, was diagnosed with ADHD when she was 16 after telling her parents that studying A-levels felt impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf there&#8217;s some magic pill,\u201d Mali told them, \u201cor something that would make me sit down, listen, remember what people said, maybe I would do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long before her diagnosis, Mali\u2019s ADHD was affecting her life. 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