Your music blends soft, emotional vocals with dreamy production, how did you find that sound?

My music is so intuitive that it just is an expression of everything I’m feeling just coming out. I honestly start my songs so raw and folky - and then in the studio I get so excited with all the possibilities and the musicians and instruments and things at my disposal that it just swells and gets bigger and bigger. Every album I make will feel a little different based off of the emotions happening at that time and the people in the room. Being in the studio and recording is my favourite part.

You grew up in Alberta before moving to Vancouver , how does that mix of places shape your songwriting?

I love saying I’m from Alberta and feel like people from the prairies have good roots. I feel like that part of where I’m from grounds me - while I explore other places and expand my horizons and feel like the world is so big - I always like to come back home. I’m so much a mix of where I’m from and where I’m going all blended together.

Your album Younger Then reached a wide audience and led to touring, what did those shows teach you?

I learnt soooooo much from playing shows and especially from my Europe tour. Honestly at first I was so anxious and so hard on myself and after a couple shows I quickly realized I couldn’t possibly survive my tour if I carried on like that so I had to buck up and start having some fun. When I learned that I can’t control the room or the audience or the venue or the sound - I just have to do my job the best I can and adapt, show people what my music is about, and also just have fun. I still forget that sometimes when I don’t play a show for a while, so then I know I gotta get back out there and start having some fun again. All I’ve ever really wanted is just to make people feel things - and getting to see that first hand is so special and I never want to take that for granted.

You’ve worked with producers like Jordan Klassen and David Vertesi,what makes a good collaborator for you?

I think finding a space I can feel safe in to express myself freely. I’m a little messy and disjointed in my song writing - so I love working with people that can pull out the best bits of that mess and turn it into something great. I love when people are excited in the room and we can just bat ideas off each other and get to a place where we are all so proud of what we’ve done.

Your visuals and choreography often match the mood of your songs, how do you plan those elements?

Not so much planned, more just instinctual. I usually just work with other artists I love and am drawn to, and when we collaborate, we all contribute what we are excited about at that time - and usually it ends up blending into something cohesive.

You’ve said you write from “big feelings”, what recent moment inspired new music?

I’ve been a bit stuck in a loop of self exploration, and understanding the inner workings of my messy mind, and sometimes I feel like the music pouring out is my way of trying to decipher it. And sometimes it doesn’t happen till way later. My music has been quite melancholy lately as I usually write from that place as a form of expression - but I look forward to exploring so many more feelings over time.

Your next project is described as more energetic and transformative, what do you want listeners to feel from it?

Since a lot of the time my lyrics are a little somber, I like pairing them with different sounds to juxtapose all the feelings happening together at the same time - or to mimic how we can often mask our sadness behind things that are more palatable to others. I like to write sad songs but I still want people to be able to bop their heads or tap their feet, get them moving a bit! I want to tap into all the emotions.