Nadine Petra Katarina Shah is an English singer-songwriter. Shah was born in Whitburn, South Tyneside to a Pakistani father and an English mother of half-Norwegian descent. She relocated to London as a teenager to pursue a career as a jazz singer, but by nineteen years old, she quit jazz and briefly attended art school before settling on her career as a songwriter. Noted for her prominent Geordie accent and theatrical vocal delivery, Shah's music has been characterised as post-punk, alternative rock, and gothic pop; chief vocal and musical influences include Nina Simone and Scott Walker, among others.