I’m just a person who is having a human experience and doing my best to live a happy, abundant life. Even when things get hard, I’m still trying my best to just keep going.

It’s all encompassing me, but I can definitely tell the two apart. There are certain parts of my artistic personality that I don’t really show in my everyday life. I’m quite introverted, but I’m different on stage. Two things can absolutely be true at the same time.

As an artist, working on a project is never a straight path – especially in the middle, when you start to question everything: Is this any good? Should I even be doing this? There’s a lot of self-doubt. So honestly, I’m most proud of simply seeing it through and finishing it. There are so many times you start something and never complete it because you get in your own way.

My favorite song from the album is Lotus, the title track with Michael Kumanuka and Yusef Dayes. It just feels like the album is such a journey and then it gets to this really climatic place. It’s just a really beautiful song. There’s so many nice moments within it, it just stands out – musically, lyrically, where it travels to. I’m really proud of it.

I’m really just trying to be a kid and create – it feels like play. And sometimes, it’s therapeutic, especially when I have things I need to get off my chest. There’s so much I want to say, and making music is a way for me to process my emotions. I often find it hard to open up to people, but it’s much easier for me to write things down and record them. So, it’s a bit of both – depending on how I’m feeling.

It always has to be there, even when the it’s about heavy or more grown-up stuff. In many ways, it does the real work. It reminds you why you do what you do, why you started in the first place.

No one knows how long anyone will stay relevant because everything moves so fast. Of course, if you’re established and have built your place brick by brick, you can feel confident in that. But I also believe there’s value in making the path easier for the next generation. Not everyone who comes into music has to struggle the way I did. If there’s a quicker way, that’s amazing. I don’t think struggle is always necessary.

It’s strange how being famous almost feels like a career in itself. It’s not always about being recognized for your music or earning respect through your craft; sometimes, you’re just famous for the sake of being famous. Honestly, I don’t think many people truly understand what fame really means. With fame, you can’t go anywhere without being stared at. If people really knew what that was like, I’m not sure they’d want it. Not all attention is good attention.

Every day, I reinvent myself—sometimes as simply as putting on a new outfit. Each album brings its own set of challenges, and I try to approach them differently because I want different results. If you keep doing things the same way, you get the same outcomes. So, I make an effort to keep myself excited throughout the process, to challenge myself, to explore new themes – and sometimes revisit old ones. Reinvention is essential. As an artist, you have to find new ways, not just for others, but for yourself.

I get bored easily, which is probably why my albums have such different vibes. I have so many directions I want to explore – maybe it’s my ADHD pushing me to try different things. It keeps my music fresh and exciting. There’s electronic sounds, Afrobeat rhythms – it all comes together to create a real journey where I can tap into different sides of myself.

It’s tough for artists these days because there’s this constant expectation that you always have to know exactly what to say. The more pressure you feel, the more limited you become creatively. What excites me most about art is when I don’t fully understand it. I don’t have to like every piece in an exhibition – I can stand there, unsure if it’s for me, but appreciate that it’s challenging me.

Maybe some of that freedom is getting lost nowadays. The world just doesn’t feel like a safe space anymore. It’s harder to be vulnerable when you don’t feel safe, and that definitely affects an artist’s mindset. You hesitate to share your true feelings because you know they’ll be scrutinized. I get that too. So yes, it’s a difficult balance. I just try to create what feels authentic to me.

Music is such an invisible art form – you can’t see it, yet when I create a piece and can almost feel it, it’s like it takes on the color red or some vivid sensation. That sense of bringing something intangible into existence makes me feel truly creative. Music isn’t just a feeling; it’s a vibration, and I believe there’s a reason it moves us emotionally.

When we made the song Blue with Sampha, he was just freely creating, and I found myself crying because what he was expressing touched me deeply – on a level even he might not have been fully aware of. It’s moments like that that remind me how music connects us. It’s not just about me; collaborators bring so much to the process, shaping what the music ultimately becomes.

It’s someone who really owns their truth and isn’t afraid to speak up for themselves. I haven’t always done that. I’ve had moments where I look back and think, Why didn’t I say no? Why didn’t I stand up for myself? But with time and growth, I’ve really stepped into my name, if that makes sense. I’ve grown into that person – into what being brave really means to me.