Quotes from Mabel

I was a sensitive kid.

Yes, sharing super-personal experiences is scary, but I can only get up on stage and perform it if I really connect with the music.

Whenever I have a bad day, I tell everybody around me, 'Just so guys know I am having a bad day and I am nervous about these things,' and that makes all the difference.

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.

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.

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

All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.

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

It sounds really cheesy, but as a woman, I feel like I sort of found myself.

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.

There's so many inspiring women dominating the charts, so I feel like I'm definitely a part of a wave that's just really interesting and really cool.

I'm such a control freak that camping, for me, is difficult. I can't be this crazy, carefree person that wears the same outfit for four days.

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 remember trying so hard to get into Bon Iver. I'd lie in bed listening with my eyes screwed up, like, 'This is just depressing me.'

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be white.

Music became my way of processing things and a way to gain confidence.

Producing isn't my favourite bit about what I do, but the fact that I know how to do it gives me this sense of power in situations that are super male-dominated.

I don't want to be all over the place with my style and my music, but I am experimenting.

I found being a teenager quite difficult, actually. I put a lot of pressure on myself, and now, looking back at it, I really wish that I had relaxed and just enjoyed it more.

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

When it's my show, I know that everybody is there to see me - but I like a challenge, and I like the fact that at festivals not everybody is there to see me, but I have the chance to convert people.

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.

Destiny's Child's harmonies remind me of Earth, Wind & Fire.