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I love mainstream music.
I didn't fit the mold of a popstar.
Everything changed after 'Lean On.'
Kim Gordon is my biggest style icon.
I think I would like to kiss Darth Vader.
I've always liked the idea of being different.
I was very ambitious in my dream of being a pop star.
I feel so grateful for the whole ride that I've been on.
I think the most radical thing you can do is be yourself.
A fear of not being good enough? But that's what drives me.
It's such a horrible feeling to not be honest to who you are.
A lot of my songs are about being a teenager with a tornado in your head.
You have to dare to totally be yourself and go 100% with your heart and guts.
I really like FKA twigs. She's wonderful. She's so cool. Like, insanely cool.
I think books make you think in a different way than movies and documentaries.
I definitely think the best songs are written when you feel something strongly.
I remember coming home when I was 14 and being like, 'Yeah, I'm a communist now!'
The biggest lie about getting older is that excitement and growth end with youth.
I love a kind of androgynous look and then let the accessories / clothes shape it.
In my heart, I want to believe I shouldn't give up anything to become a huge pop star.
I have a crazy imagination, and it's a visual one that can be scary from time to time.
Life was so easy as a child, maybe you fall over and you cry but you get back up again.
You start off at an early age dreaming about love, but you have no idea how it will be.
I try not to spend too much time online but at the same time if I didn't, I'd be isolated.
You don't want political acts to become something you just have to do in order to look good.
Owning flatware makes me feel like a grown-up. That and knowing that flatware is called flatware.
I don't know if Kim Gordon does collaborations but I'd love to work with her on something one day.
I was a trouble teenager. I was uncontrollable, but I haven't done anything that I'm not proud of.
It's always been a mantra to me, when making music or creating art, that you have to be vulnerable.
Linking With You' is about being in love with somebody and obsessing about 'playing the game' right.
I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would actually be singing on a top 10 Billboard song.
Sometimes I like to write the lyrics while I'm on the road, because then you get even more melancholy.
My music is about all these things that happen to you while growing up in search for some kind of truth.
I love Duolingo. I'm learning Spanish on it, and it's such a good way to pass time on flights or the bus.
I think everyone grew up thinking that by their mid-20s they'd have everything sorted out, but I know I don't.
I tend to learn from mistakes that I've made. Even though it sucks to make bad choices, sometimes it's good to fail.
I want to be sure I'm being myself. I don't want to follow something because someone's like 'do this, it's popular.'
Nostalgia has always been a key player in my songwriting cause within that space I find a great deal of inspiration.
Everything has always been so organic for me; I have no idea what I would be doing if it wasn't for music. Music forever!
I love having short hair - that means I can wear big earrings and even dresses sometimes without me feeling too feminine.
I'm a huge fan of the Moomins and my fans are called Momins. They're the best, so creative, talented and sweet - just like Moomins.
As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more into alternative music and punk rock.
It's like when something good is happening with young people, then the old, grey people in power will be like: 'No! It cannot be like this!'
I was always into the West Coast rap, the production and the flows were always more appealing to me. I think my rapping days are over though.
For a long time I wasn't actually listening to pop. But when I got back into electronic and hip-hop stuff, I rediscovered my passion for pop music.
I've always really liked the idea of an artist name, like a cover-up, even though in my music I'm being very personal in the stuff that I write about.
I dream of doing something where people are like: 'That's different, but it's still something I can relate to,' because that's the way of moving forward.
I think it's exciting, working with new people. There's something refreshing about not knowing what's going to happen. It's like an open sky of possibilities.
The first song I ever wrote was called 'Because I Love You.' I was very inspired by the Spice Girls and they were singing about love and stuff and I was seven.
There's so much talk about female artists doing their own thing but being super supportive, coming together and doing projects together. I love that whole wave.