Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song..

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big infl….

I went to my first drum n' bass rave when I was 16 and remember being terrified. Looking around, trying to figure out how to dance to this music, wat….

When I was 18, I'd be out four nights a week - I want to have that energy again but I've found I'm a bit old and ready for retirement..

The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over..

I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people wh….

When I was 13, listening to Choice FM, I would listen to a lot of R&B from America, and whenever a British person tried to do it, it didn't really wo….

When I hear the same formula being used over and over, I get bored. Just as huge pop artists have taken inspiration from things that are happening at….

A lot of people say I'm like a pop girl, but I don't know what that means..

Studying music, everyone sort of has their own style - it's not like everyone's going for the same part..

I don't want people to think they have to like me because I'm on TV every other minute..

Destiny's Child literally taught me how to sing..

I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't..

I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy..

My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. ….