Born in Hamburg, raised in Sweden, and based in London, Scout’s artistic references span countries, cultures, and musical references. The result is a lyric and synth-driven alt-pop sound, examining ideas of femininity, societal expectations, and growing into oneself. Thematically, the project pieces through a time of hardship and distress, “trying to make sense of what’s happened and regaining a sense of self.” Turning a time of turmoil into a powerful, cathartic statement on the power in reclaiming one’s own story, Scout exudes confidence and certainty on “Everything Will Make Sense”.

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A sibling track to “Hurt”, “Last Time” talks about the same relationship breakdown but from the perspective of remembering rather than being in the midst of it. I think upbeat songs lend themselves to “setting the scene and playing out like a film” really well. It also has that vibe of young love and feeling things very strongly. There’s something beautiful in how strongly things can be felt at both ends of the spectrum.

“Hurt” is about a breakdown in communication between people leading to the premature death of a relationship. “Hurt” was written by me and Max Cooke. It’s probably the song I’ve learnt the most from technically on this EP because its quite different from how I usually write. George Glew did the beautiful production – this song has gone through a lot of incarnations because it felt a bit too pretty at first, we solved that problem by adding more slushy guitars than on any of the other tracks on this EP to kind of dirtying it up and echoing the feel of the lyrics.

This song was born from accumulated feelings of violation and a breach of trust by figures of authority in my life and early career. It’s about not giving your power away and questioning yourself as a result. 

Phoebe is someone I’ve looked up to a lot as an artist and a songwriter for a while so finding out she was down for a collab was so cool, especially with “Who” being my second ever release. Things fell into place really easily once that initial connection was made and If wanted to let Phoebe do her thing. She came to the studio with this beautiful idea for a second verse and I was like “that’s it, don’t change a thing”. We realised our voices blend eerily well too, that’s both of our vocals in the pre-chorus and the chorus but it sounds like one which is kinda symbolic for the whole process and song. Working with someone like Phoebe was really effortless because she’s super talented but also, I think, there’s a level of understanding of each other’s experience as young women in the industry which the song touches upon.

I wrote “The Best” on a small midi piano in my room in an hour or so. Writing wise it was one of those songs that came out really quick needing no editing. I kinda wrote it from two points — one of self acceptance after a long time of struggling with it but also from the perspective of people close to me who’d been there through said struggle and struggled with the same. I remember the demo had a bit of a lullaby vibe so I wasn’t sure if it would fit in with the rest but George again turned it into something really cool and special.

“Gemini Baby” has a bit of an apocalyptic feel compared to the rest. I think one of the recurring themes in my personal life is my attention span or lack thereof, and that of my friends and colleagues. We’re all very online, very fickle — everything is always shifting, shifting, shifting — and looking around I feel more disconnected than ever needing answers for why that is. So I go online and I’m bombarded with ways to make sense of the world but the reality is I can’t stick with one thing for long enough because I get bored and the most dangerous part of it is that unless I have the clarity of mind to stop for a second, I never have to be still enough to identify the underlying feeling.