Tell Us about:

Your latest single you have released:

My new single, “Flown Away,” feels like a letter I never got to send. It’s about breaking free, from someone else, from the version of yourself that made yourself small to keep them comfortable, from an idea (of someone else or even yourself) that you have attached yourself to. I used to have this habit of investing in potential, in control, in someone else’s narrative, and losing myself in the process. The song starts soft and reflective but grows into this powerful release. And in my mind its well timed because there’s no bitterness left. I’m sorry it hurt you, but I’m not sorry for making the necessary decisions for myself. 

Your favourite lyric in this song: 

“Believed in potential without proof.”

That line is my favorite in “Flown Away” because it’s the only one that calls the narrator out. It’s such a trap, seeing someone not for who they are, but who you hope they’ll become. It’s love, yes, but it’s also denial. There’s a kind of romanticized delusion in believing you can wait someone into being what you need, that you can become what they need, or that if you give more, they’ll rise to meet you. I’ve done that many times: stayed too long in the idea of someone.

It’s not even about blaming the other person, it’s about owning the fact that I saw the red flags and painted them gold. It reminds me to love people for who they are right now, not who they might be.

Your favourite song that you have created?

It changes depending on where I am emotionally, but from the ‘Frankie’ project, “Sea of Tragedy” will always hold a special place in my heart. That whole project let me explore the intersection of horror and heartbreak, and I felt completely in my element. But Sea for me was one of the first times I let myself fully swim in the drama, sonically, lyrically, emotionally. It’s theatrical, poetic but grounded. It was my way of saying: if we’re going to fall apart, let’s make it beautiful.

Your favourite song to play live:

“GODDESS ENERGY,” hands down. She’s flirty, she’s fiery, she walks in heels and doesn’t text back. It’s also the song off ‘Frankie’ that people like to sing along to, and there’s just something about a crowd that gets it. It gives main character with zero apology. But then there’s “Dante,” which is more like a love letter to chaos. Performing that one feels like I’m a demoness singing to my assigned victim. I feel like my character in that song is like, “dude, you shouldn’t have done whatever it is you did I’m just doing my job”. 

The song that was the longest to write and why?

I’m not sure exactly which song, but I co-write a lot so the vibe in the room can really shape how fast things come together. Sometimes it just flows and we’re done in a few hours, and other times I’ll write something, tuck it away, and come back months later to revisit it. 

Your most emotional track:

The ones sitting on my hard drive… stay tuned

Dream collaboration:

Florence Welch of Florence & The Machine! She’s a force of nature. I’ve always admired the way she turns pain into power and rituals into art. I’d love to create something wild and different with her.

Describe the feeling you get when you walk on stage to do a show:

True presence. 

The hardest track to play live:

“Grenades” holds a unique place for me. That song came from a really specific emotional place, and every time I perform it, I tap right back into that version of myself. It’s like emotional muscle memory.

Essential items you always take on tour with you?

• My journal
• A film camera
• Propolis spray
• A good book — preferably something strange or gothic
• And always, always my little altar of crystals and mementos. It’s also someplace to put the pins I’ll collect along the way.

Describe your fans in three words:

The Best Ever! 

A song by another artist or band you wish you had written:

This changes a lot for me, I’m a Gemini so I change my mind often… that said, right now it would have to be “Lucid” by Cocaine 80s. Cocaine 80s as a collective has always felt like this secret society of genius to me honestly, No I.D., Fauntleroy, even Jhene Aiko, just quietly making some of the most emotionally intelligent, genre fluid music of the last decade.  “Lucid” is a little out there for them, there’s no big production drop, it’s acoustic, atmospheric, a little eerie.

It leaves a lot of space for the lyrics to breathe, philosophical without being preachy, asking the big question of “what’s the point of it all?” in such a simple, almost offhand way. “Maybe the world’s just going through shit / and that’s a part of the design.” I love how the writing never shouts. And then the line, that “the demons that you’ve been dreaming up / are angels under the pain.” What if everything we’ve been running from is actually trying to guide us? What if our fear is just love dressed in something darker? And it circles back beautifully on “maybe” again and again repeating that mantra. It’s one of my favorite songs. I think it’s incredibly beautiful.

What we can look forward to from your band this year: 

This is a big year of expansion for me, musically and personally. I’ve been crafting a new body of work so there’ll be more music, more visuals, more shows and something special for Halloween (of course). You’ll see.

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