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… Ask what she wants next and there’s no mention of world tours or awards, but ‘a place in the country and a family. I’d like to have kids when I’m about 28.’ And then she grins. ‘And maybe I’d like to shock everyone and do a huge stage dive and crowd surf at a concert.’  [x]

Birdy in Madrid, Spain [x]

MCDERMOTT: It’s been three years since your last release, so what do you think led to some of that confidence? BIRDY: Mostly it’s just getting older and growing up—you learn your opinions a bit more. Also, I moved to London about a year ago because I was starting to write and was there every day anyway. I have a lot of family there as well, so it made sense. It’s the first time moving away from home and being free and on my own. I think I’m quite affected by place or where I am. Songs from where I used to live in the countryside were always really moody and really dark and sad and stormy. London seems to have given them a bit more of an uplifting edge. The feeling is so buzzy. You’re constantly doing things. You never have a moment to reflect on things, like I would at home, where I’d always be thinking, overthinking, and writing a mournful song.

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 MCD MCDERMOTT: So do you feel like you’ve figured out what you want?

BIRDY: Yeah, definitely. You don’t really know what you want when you are younger. You’re so influenced by people and what they think. It takes time to figure you who you are and to be strong enough to say, “No, this is what I think,” to someone who’s been doing for music for years. This album is something that’s truly me in everything single part of the process. The production I was really involved in and the writing was always very equal, always from what I brought. I never went with anything I wasn’t sure of. That’s where I went wrong on the last one; I was just like, “Maybe, okay.” With this album I was really bossy. [laughs] [x]

“I think I’m quite affected by place or where I am. Songs from where I used to live in the countryside were always really moody and really dark and sad and stormy. London seems to have given them a bit more of an uplifting edge. The feeling is so buzzy. You’re constantly doing things. You never have a moment to reflect on things, like I would at home, where I’d always be thinking, overthinking, and writing a mournful song.”

 “I love art. I love painting. I like painting people, drawing people and their faces, but I’m not that good. I was probably better at school because I was more practiced. I just really enjoy it. I also love being in the country. When I have time off, I just go back home because I cherish the time with my family a lot more after being away.” [x]

At 19, a new life is beginning. She has a boyfriend: ‘My first serious boyfriend. I’m really happy. It’s lovely to have someone to share everything with.’ Her flat is full of clothes and pizza boxes, she loves pubs and the cinema but is endearingly stumped when asked about fitness regimes. (‘Er, I go for walks when I go back home,’ she says.) [x]

Birdy shooting for LADYGUNN Magazine

Birdy - Wild Horses

I will survive and be the one who is stronger And I will not beg you to stay

I will move on and you should know how I’m feeling Wild horses running to me

“Here’s our #itsaONEthing chat with @OfficialBirdy We think the @bbceastenders writers might want to take note” [x]

“Filming today in a freezing cold warehouse with @OfficialBirdy” [x]

New song! [x]

Growing Pains live in London (video by @jasminevandenbogaerdes)