Mabel

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

“I think there is a misconception that being open and honest and saying what it is you want is something we should be embarrassed about. But that's just not me. I am a very honest person. I always tell somebody what I am looking for, and I don't want people to waste my time, basically.”

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

“I've been working a lot with this girl Kelly Kiara. She's amazing. She's going to be super important for R&B coming out of the U.K.”

“I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up with creative parents and around creative people, many of whom live with anxiety. My mum would sometimes say that it was a beautiful thing, and that it would come in handy when making music - and it's made me a more empathetic person.”

“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 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 think the best thing that I can do is be myself. I don't know about being a role model; I think placing that sort of title on myself is too much. It's trying to be this thing that puts loads of pressure on something.”

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

“I think I took after my parents. Using music as one of my main ways of expression just felt natural.”

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

“Relationships with cities are similar to relationships with people: being away from both can really make you appreciate what you have.”

“I've been making music since age five.”

“I wouldn't be who I am if my parents hadn't been musicians.”

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

“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.”

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

“In the bathroom, having taken my make-up off and opened my eyes, I always think there's a ghost behind me. It feels like there's a weird presence. Maybe it's my brain reacting to me without make-up.”

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

“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.”