Laus described the experience of moving through celebrity events as extraordinary and confusing, particularly because she began making music while depressed and bored. She said bringing her boyfriend along helps her feel grounded, and joked that having her friends with her would make those situations even more enjoyable.
The figures surrounding her career illustrate how far the singer has travelled: “Dead Bed (Coffee for Your Head),” her collaboration with Powfu, has passed two billion streams, while “Pylon” is set to be her fourth album. She is 26 and has already built a long catalogue of work.
Laus moved from Iloilo City in the Philippines to London when she was three. At 17, she was expelled from Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith and bought her first second-hand guitar, beginning to write songs.
She also spoke about attending a high-profile wedding involving Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden earlier this year. Her reaction, she said, was less about celebrity than about the surreal feeling of finding herself in a world far removed from the circumstances in which she first started making music.