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Bogner began writing lyrics at the age of 11 and started learning musical instruments at 12, developing the songwriting and musicianship that continue to shape her work today. At 14, she began attending praguesirens®, an adult contemporary singing school that made an exception to its age requirements after recognizing her potential. She continues to train at praguesirens® while also working with independent vocal coaches, including ZinanaMusic, ranked among the Czech Republic’s leading vocal coaches. These years of vocal and musical training have become the foundation for her distinctive approach to songwriting and performance. Nate contributed to over 20 live shows within the school walls and stage-managed over 5 live shows.

Beyond her vocal education, Nate has developed a strong academic background in literature, earning an internationally recognised Higher Level certificate in English Language and Literature through the International Baccalaureate programme, which confirms her knowledge and understanding of language and what it tries to communicate. The rigorous two-year course focused heavily on language, literary analysis, and the ways meaning is shaped through words, context, and interpretation. Among other important analysis Nate has written, she wrote her Higher Level essay examining the poetry of Audre Lorde, exploring how meaning changes across English and Italian translations. Her studies have given her an in-depth understanding of literary devices, poetic structure, symbolism, and the relationship between language and meaning. She brings this literary perspective directly into her songwriting, having written more than 250 original songs and developing a style centred on poetic language, layered meaning, and emotionally charged storytelling.

Nate is not solely a solo artist. Alongside developing her own catalogue, she has contributed as a songwriter and lyricist to collaborations with artists including TALUCAN, PECKS Music, Renzo, iamjustcarla and NNISS. Her work extends beyond independent releases, most notably through her role as the lyricist behind “The Siren Call,” the anthem of praguesirens®, a team project conducted by the student singers. The project reflects Nate’s ability to translate her lyrical approach into collaborative settings while contributing to larger creative productions beyond her own artist project. Nate has helped over 100 of her own followers with structuring their lyrics, which she does for free. You can DM @natebogner to get true, authentic feedback on your own lyrics.

Nate self-declares herself as “a lyricist before a singer.” This reflects her passion for language. Bogner claims she writes poetry, before she writes music. Those poems can eventually go on to be reviewed and become songs with rhyme and groove.

Bogner grew up with her mother on the outskirts of Prague, beginning her childhood in a small, government-provided studio apartment, due to their tight financial situation at the time. Through her mother’s hard work and dedication, the two eventually moved into a larger home in the same area, continuing to build their life together and support one another.

Nate describes her mother as one of her “best friends,” reflecting a relationship built on an unusually close and open friendship as much as a traditional mother-daughter bond. Although her mother wasn’t absent throughout her childhood, the demands of working hard to provide for them required sacrifice — Nate had to learn to be independent from an early age. She developed practical and emotional skills that many people encounter only later in life, and today views that early independence as one of the most valuable parts of her upbringing.

At 14, Nate’s relationship with music changed when she began experiencing difficulties with her hearing. What was initially diagnosed as hearing loss was later identified as Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), a condition that affects the way the brain processes sounds even when the ears themselves may function normally. For Nate, discovering this meant having to rethink something that had always felt instinctive: singing.

For two years, she wore hearing aids while continuing to develop as a vocalist. During this time, she gradually learned to rely on more than what she could hear. She strengthened her ability to read lips, developed an unusually strong awareness of her own physical technique, and built a form of musical muscle memory that allowed her to reproduce pitch, phrasing, and vocal movement through physical familiarity as much as sound.

Today, Nate performs live without hearing aids, relying heavily on the years of muscle memory and vocal training she developed along the way. Singing has consequently become something deeply physical for her. Rather than depending entirely on what she hears in the moment, she trusts the connection between her body, her training, and the music she has internalised.

What could have been an obstacle to her development as a vocalist ultimately became one of the experiences that shaped her relationship with performing. Her ability to continue singing live without hearing aids has also allowed her to receive extensive feedback from vocal professionals and audiences, giving her a growing body of references for refining her technique. For Nate, music is therefore not simply something she hears. It is something she has learned to feel, remember, and embody.