Growing up in London where there aren’t a lot of spaces for queer or Black women, James recorded her immediate thoughts and feelings, interweaving them throughout her unique pop sensibility and combined R&B sounds. Letting the music take its own shape, the artist’s creative process includes separating herself from her work, allowing her to act as a listener rather than the creator to gain a deeper feeling. Read on as she tells us about her evolution as an artist, gaining confidence and using music as an outlet when the world was at a standstill.