# 5

Hello everyone :) I hope all is well in the land of whoever you are. I’m sure you’ve been patiently counting down the days until my album Stars and Teeth is out (obviously). Can you believe it will be yours in just under 48 hours...

I just wanted to say a little something about this album before it’s released from my tightly clenched grip forever.

It’s probably a bit boring to go on about how hard I’ve worked over the past two years getting this thing ready to the point of acceptable listening. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was a real journey to get to this place today. Like any creative escapade there were many joyful eureka moments, followed by deep pits of uncertainty. That being said, woven throughout this whole experience one thing stayed the same. Writing these songs was one of the most rewarding things I’ve done in my life so far. I love making music with my whole being, and all I want is the opportunity to keep on making it for you. I know it’s a little bit 2015 Selena Gomez to say, “without my fans I am nothing” but if I’m being real, without all you people listening to my songs and watching my videos, it really would be nothing.

I named this album Stars And Teeth for two reasons; namely all those massive animal feelings we can’t seem to get away from and that private inner world which belongs to you and no one else. It’s hard being alive, and yet it’s also the best thing in the entire universe? It’s annoying that you need both to feel anything. And it’s double annoying when you realise that everyone before you has gone through the exact same thought process. The one thing I take from that existential spiral is if everyone is the same, and no person goes unscathed through this life, isn’t it nice to know you’re surrounded by people who know exactly what it feels like to be human.

This album is about everything I've ever felt and maybe a couple of other things too. It was mine temporarily and is now yours forever. I’ll write songs until I have nothing left to write about, and even then that’s a pretty good concept for a song. Listen loudly and all the way through. All my love.

Song of the moment: My album , Stars and Teeth (duh)

Pic of the moment: Me before and after the album process

Sophie M <3