I sung from an early age and I was always given nice parts in school musicals, but I definitely wasn't the golden girl. I didn't have the guts. You've got to have a real confidence in yourself to be like: 'I'm gonna be a singer and write songs.' I never thought it would go anywhere because it's so unattainable to be a singer.
I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me. I do have a commercial voice; I'm not quirky. I'm very normal and that's probably why I like people like Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. It's no-nonsense. They sing well, and that's it.
I always have to pretend I'm somebody else to give the best performance. It kind of feels like I'm acting; it's definitely an exaggerated version of me. I'm a very normal, down-to-earth person, but I wanted the videos to be striking, so I have to lay it on a little bit.
I want to look classy and sophisticated. For the 'Running' video, I wanted to make a bit of a statement and to be slightly over-the-top. I'm not taking the piss out of myself, but I'm not taking myself too seriously, either. I'm just having fun and trying to pretend I'm a pop star, really.
I started meeting the right people, like [producer] Dave [Okumu], who explained to me how songwriting is really simple - 'just like shitting,' he said. 'You gotta let it all out.' When he put it like that, however disgusting it is, it made a lot of sense to me.
Meanwhile, I get to make an album. I feel like I've been very lucky. There is a guilt when I see people I know who work really hard, then I'm like, 'Oh, I've got to do an interview today.' I'm so appreciative of all of this, but it does feel like the bubble will burst at some point and it will all have been a dream.
I went to university and studied English literature, and I forgot about music. I was gonna be a journalist. But then I decided to try and be a backing singer, and my mum was like, 'Go for it.' If that didn't work, I was gonna go to law school. I was just being boringly sensible; trying to be a singer felt a bit indulgent.
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