Rebecca Hatch on charting her own path

25th September, 2019    |    By  Reach Out    |     1.4k

Rebecca Hatch, a young R&B artist from Sydney, talks about the choices she’s made in navigating her life and her music.


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Rebecca Hatch on charting her own path

You don’t need a father, anybody’s pathways, anyone’s journeys. I guess, like running New Age, you can just set your own, say your own rules, and do what makes you happy.

Hi, my name is Rebecca Hatch. I’m 18 years old and I’m a singer-songwriter from Western Sydney. When I was 16, I went to Blue Jays on an Indigenous initiative at the National Indigenous Music. It was when I got the phone call from – every day – it was pretty crazy. I, like, I was sewing. All I remember is I ran to my brother’s room, my mom’s emails, like, “Wait, Kia, run off!” I think I, guys, ditched people. Jay, they’re playing with love.

It really showcased me and it got me a lot of opportunities through doing tours. I’ve done a lot of shows since then.

Give me…

I think being in Year 12, like, you’re still really young, and it’s really hard to make decisions for what you want to be and, like, the next few years. Like, I remember just stressing out because I was like, “What if I don’t get into uni? What if I can’t do this?” But like, I was like, “If I can’t get into uni, that’s not the end of the world. Like, my life will still go on.” If you can’t, like, do those things, like, right now, that’s okay. There’s so many other pathways to get what you want to be.

I know in the end where I want to be. I never want to be doing these shows. I know I want to be this kind of artist. But I guess the pathway to get there is a bit hard to figure out, and I guess it’s different for everyone.

The past two years, I wouldn’t have predicted any of that to happen. I could have said, like, “I wanted this to happen,” or, like, “I said this,” and like, “A part like this,” but I still ended up where I kind of am now, which is like a really good thing.

It can be quite hard, but I feel like if I work hard enough for what I want and if I know, like, if I can say, “This is what I want, this is what I’m gonna do,” like, no one can bring me down, because I know I’m gonna get where I want to be in the end.

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