Enfnts Terribles

Your first steps as an artist were already quite remarkable. How do you look back at your first releases?

I was super lucky with the first release I did because Australia has such a small market, it allowed me to grow really organically. I hit some of my first milestones pretty early in my career, which is really awesome. Would I change anything? I feel like as an artist, you always want to perfect things, so I’d probably go back and rewrite the lyrics, but then it would be a different song. Where I am now as an artist, I’m super excited because I have the right team around me and all the songs that I’m writing now are more authentic to me than three years ago.

You’ve opened up for 5 Seconds Of Summer in arenas. Did that experience make you realize something about your music?

It definitely put a little hunger inside of me. Once you performed in front of thousands of people, you kind of don’t want to go back. That experience also taught me about being resilient because I was put on those shows pretty last minute, so I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare myself for my biggest shows I’ve ever played. That taught me what I can achieve, to be a bit braver, and take opportunities when they come.

You love PC Music and 80’s pop icons. Where does the fascination come from?

It started at my early EP. The producer I was working with introduced me to PC Music and I just fell in love with the sound design, textures, and all of these intricate details, which is so clever and cool. With the 80’s stuff, I always loved Robyn and she uses a lot of 80’s synths. Even before that, pop icons like Madonna changed how we receive music. She was one of the first artists to be really visual and fashionable in the way she presented her music. I fell in love with the creative art direction of all these 80’s icons and the songs are so fucking awesome.

Your new project Car Crash Through Your Heart: Part 1 comes out next summer. Can you already spill some tea about it?

I’ve already spilled some tea… There’s a song coming that directly references ‘Blade Runner’. I can also already say that there will be a continuation of the visuals and you’ll get more of the storyline. The title Car Crash Through Your Heart: Part 1 is actually a lyric in an older song of mine called “I Know What I Like”, so that’s probably all the tea I can spill at the moment.

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Pictures by Georgia Tulétt.