Q: Hey, can you tell us a bit about where you come from, and what made you want to start a career in music?
A: I am from East London. I grew up singing for anyone who would listen and writing songs has always been a way for me to express myself. It’s always felt like the only thing I really wanted to do.
Q: Did you have any formal training, or are you self-taught?
A: I had singing lessons as a kid till I was a teenager but everything else I have just been learning as I go.
Q: Who were your first and strongest musical influences?
A: I grew up on alot of The Beatles and Jeff Buckley. I think they’re still my biggest influences today.
Q: You have just released your new single, ‘Coffee’. Is there a story behind it?
A: I was going through my camera roll and found an old video of me bringing my ex a cuo of coffee in bed. I seemed so happy and excited but he just seemed very disinterested. It got me thinking about different love languages and how sometimes the way you express your love is just incompatible with the other persons expressions.
Q: Can we expect a new EP or even an album from you in the near future?
A: Yes! There will be a new EP in the new year. I am so excited about it.
Q: What do you feel are the key elements in your music that should resonate with listeners, and how would you personally describe your sound?
A: I think my music is nostalgic and honest. I hope it feels that way too!
Q: Do you feel that your music is giving you back just as much fulfilment as the amount of work you are putting into it, or are you expecting something more?
A: A few years ago I would have said no. I used to get very wrapped up in the numbers game but now I genuinely just love making music and performing. All the rest is a bonus.
Q: Could you describe your creative processes? How do usually start, and go about shaping ideas into a completed song?
A: Sometimes it feels like they’re just gifted to you from nowhere and I think “wait how did I just write that song.” But usually it will start with a melody and a lyric idea. I then just put my phone on record and run with it, listen back and pick out what I like and form some sort of structure and concrete lyrics and chords. My brother and I then flesh it out together and produce it.
Q: What has been the most difficult thing you’ve had to endure in your life or music career so far?
A: I had a real complex about ageing in this industry. I felt like I only had value if I was a teenager because honestly people had essentially said that to me and everyone like myself in this business. It just meant that everything I did, I felt like I was rushing. But I have worked to make that voice very quiet now. It’s all just misogyny anyway.
Q: On the contrary, what would you consider a successful, proud or significant point in your life or music career so far?
A: Releasing my single Petals on the Dash was a real high point for me. I hadn’t released anything in years and it was so different to everything I had done before. It was reintroducing myself with a sound I loved and as an out queer person. It was really liberating.
