I was a sensitive kid.

Being mainstream is fun.

My mum is one of my style icons!

I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.

Kehlani is so refreshing in terms of R&B.

I'm not going to lie: I'd love to win a Grammy.

I want people to really care when I release an album.

Just enjoy every moment - don't stress. Just be yourself.

I have a lot of energy in general, and I am pretty crazy.

My first-ever radio interview was with Annie Mac on Radio 1!

Destiny's Child's harmonies remind me of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Being a creative person, I want to feel the highs and the lows.

You have to work hard as a woman for people to take you seriously.

Music became my way of processing things and a way to gain confidence.

I just want to make music that makes people feel good about themselves.

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

I think people look back at the '90s as a golden era of female empowerment.

It sounds really cheesy, but as a woman, I feel like I sort of found myself.

I'm just trying to be myself and encourage other young women to be themselves.

What gives you real power is when you know your power. And I feel quite powerful.

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

I don't want to be all over the place with my style and my music, but I am experimenting.

Gigs are my favourite thing - even the not so good ones, because you always learn something.

I want to make people dance, I want to make people smile, and I want my music to get played in clubs.

I had a difficult childhood. I had lots of anxiety and questions. I found the world scary and intimidating.

The important thing is that my music is getting a positive reaction and that people are connecting with it.

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

That's why I love music - because I'm such a control freak, and it's the only thing that I can't really control.

I put a song on Soundcloud, and Annie Mac made it record of the week, and a month later, I signed my record deal.

When I was younger, I would listen to Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Aaliyah: lots of '90s R&B.

All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

Harry Styles threw a cream pie at my face in front of 15,000 people to thank me for the months we spent on the road.

I don't actually get that many DMs. I tell myself that it's because guys might be intimidated, but I'm not that sure.

A couple of days out of the month, I talk to my stylist, and we just get a big chunk of looks that'll last me a while.

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was playing on the piano.

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be white.

Swedes celebrate Christmas Eve. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, we light a candle, then make gingerbread and saffron buns.

I want to be an artist that grows slowly. If you appear overnight, there's a chance that you will also just disappear overnight.

I'm really good at the '90s slow jams. I've got that down. But I love to dance, so why wouldn't I make something I could dance to?

Being a solo artist in general can be incredibly lonely. It's funny how often the bigger you get sometimes, the lonelier you feel.

Yes, sharing super-personal experiences is scary, but I can only get up on stage and perform it if I really connect with the music.

I know I love going to my gym - I have a whole list of things I love to do by myself without needing someone else to make me happy.

I remember trying so hard to get into Bon Iver. I'd lie in bed listening with my eyes screwed up, like, 'This is just depressing me.'

I can't believe that I'm MTV's Brand New for 2018. Big love to MTV for even giving me this opportunity and to all the fans for voting.

I've been in two long-term relationships and - this sounds awful - they were really helpful for writing heartbreak. It makes good songs.

I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.

I'm such a control freak that camping, for me, is difficult. I can't be this crazy, carefree person that wears the same outfit for four days.

I wish I could teleport and cut out the travelling in between gigs. I want the luxury of the shows without the painful bits stuck on a tour bus.

There's so many inspiring women dominating the charts, so I feel like I'm definitely a part of a wave that's just really interesting and really cool.

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