Baby B3ns: With acting, you learn a lot about improvisation, and that really carries over into songwriting. Improvisation is often about going with the most obvious things that come to mind and letting them shape the story and the contrasts. It’s the same with songwriting. Most of the time, the simplest ideas end up being the funniest or the most interesting.

At first, I didn’t even know that I really wanted to make music. I only figured that out during my acting studies. We were constantly on stage, and I realized that I was more interested in being creatively involved myself, even in a theater context. There was a singing exam where you had to come up with your own acting situation, sing a song, and choose an outfit, and I was standing there alone, singing. Afterward I got so many compliments, and that’s when I realized that this is actually what I want to do. Singing on stage and being able to live out this kind of 360-degree creativity.

My world is made up of a few different things. It’s inspired by OG popcore and Japanese anime. I watched anime and cartoons all the time as a kid. That collided with pop because I always wanted to be a pop star. I used to watch Hannah Montana endlessly and recreate her concerts in my bedroom for hours, and I loved Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl. My biggest musical inspirations are Imogen Heap, Grimes, Britney Spears, and Norah Jones. They’re my sanctuary.

I was always drumming on tables as a kid. I only really noticed it later, once I had already started making music properly. At around ten, I began playing the piano. I didn’t grow up with typical musical parents, but my dad has played guitar for as long as I can remember. So I was surrounded by music early on and started paying attention to the small details, the little things I think most people don’t even notice.

It can slow you down during the process. But I usually find that it actually makes the final result better. I never get stuck in perfectionism to the point of feeling helpless. Right now, I’m trying to figure out how to run multiple processes at the same time, like working on several song drafts at once, so you don’t lose too much time and don’t get stuck on just one thing.

You have to collaborate with more people. As a musician, you’re like a small company with lots of different areas that all need to work together without losing track of the whole universe you’re creating. You can give people tasks so they can handle them on their own, but you still have to stay involved in every part, because it’s your vision that guides everything.

Of course, it’s natural to care about what people think, but most of the time that’s a mistake. If I know there’s something my fans really want to see, I’ll do it. But mostly, I’m focused on creating something that’s my own.

That’s a personal thing. When I started working, I realized how fast time flies and how much we always wanted to grow up as kids. I began wearing makeup when I was thirteen, and honestly, I wish I hadn’t. Being a kid is actually such a beautiful thing.

Not really, because things are changing. Taylor Swift is 36, Charlie XCX is in her early thirties, and honestly, it doesn’t matter so much anymore. But it’s still something you think about when you make music.

As a kid, I was really into romantic poetry. Being a hopeless romantic, I spent a lot of time analyzing poems and couldn’t wait to write my own love songs. I try to dive as deep as possible into a feeling or situation and create images, like an artist painting a picture. I love sharing that with people, with my fans.

What does the picture look like? What do I mean?

In the end, it’s the difficult experiences that shape you the most and teach you the most, helping you grow. And that’s why they’re also the hardest.

I try to be transparent in my lyrics while also protecting myself. I don’t write songs about a specific person or situation. Most of the time, it’s a mix of different experiences that influence me. I even cry while writing my songs. Even if the story is fictional, I’m still writing about real, open emotions.

There aren’t really any artists today without social media, except for those who’ve been famous for decades. The truth is that new artists don’t really have a choice when it comes to using social media. No one wants to do it, but we have to if we want to make money or be successful. So it definitely has a big impact. That’s why I hate it when big artists diss TikTok musicians in interviews.

I enjoy it because I can express myself more artistically on Instagram right now. But ideally, I’d just make music, which is why I like to step back from social media during phases when I’m focusing only on music and spend more time outside. Although I plan to change that, because I’ve realized that the gap gets too big, and it’s really hard to get back in once you’ve been away.

Not really. I just do whatever I feel like at the moment. I’m really transformable, and I love every kind of style. I don’t demonize certain styles the way some people do with mainstream, for example. I always try to find something positive in every person, every style, every music genre, and every form of art.

I actually have one, but I never released it. Right now, I’m more in the mood for pop and jazz.