Enfnts Terribles

Back in 2017, we had an interview with you in Brussels, where we talked about the plans of your debut album. Three years later, it all turned out differently. How would you summarize the past four years?

The past four years have been a massive roller-coaster. I don’t think any of us really knew what we were going to do with me at that time, and there wasn’t a full plan. I was just 17, and everything was totally new to me.

Being a young woman in this music business, it’s hard to be taken seriously and get completely listened to. It’s not easy to have control and say over what you’re doing as a new artist. I would say that the last three years have been me taking the control back of my life and my music. I’m just really taking my life by the balls now, and these four years have been pretty insane.

You released your first song as a teenager, but now you’re an adult. How did your songwriting or sound change in your opinion?

I don’t think the way that I write has changed because it’s still very me, and I don’t think that the way I wrote was that of a problem. I think that I’ll always write about things that happen to me. I was just very new to the scene and didn’t know who I wanted to be in the room with me to make music.

Now, I’m surrounded by people I really love like PJ Harding, Labyrinth, and Triangle Park, who’s one of my absolute favorite producers. They all became family to me and have helped me with making the EP. I have, for example, this song called “Ghosts”, which I actually wrote in 2018, and they helped me find the sound that fits the song.

The End Of Everything is a very relatable piece of art, which is way deeper or more personal than we would expect. Would you label the EP as a collection of sad songs?

I think there goes a lot of hope into my songs, but they definitely have sad meanings and came from a sad place. I think they’re more hopeful than sad.

“Ghost”, the opening track of the EP, is very deep and sees you opening up about your struggles. Is music good therapy for you?

Honestly, it really is. I love writing about how I’m feeling and think I can’t write hypothetically about things. I can write from the perspective of other people, but I need some truth in the records I make to really connect with what I’m writing about.

Photos by Brian Ziff