Just enjoy every moment - don't stress. Just be yourself.
Mabel
Being a solo artist in general can be incredibly lonely. It's funny how often the bigger you get sometimes, the lonelier you feel.
I feel so blessed that I grew up in the age of the independent woman, the survivor. I had Destiny's Child telling me I didn't need a man to feel good about myself, and I want to carry on that message.
I feel incredibly lucky to have grown up with creative parents and around creative people, many of whom live with anxiety. My mum would sometimes say that it was a beautiful thing, and that it would come in handy when making music - and it's made me a more empathetic person.
I think the best thing that I can do is be myself. I don't know about being a role model; I think placing that sort of title on myself is too much. It's trying to be this thing that puts loads of pressure on something.
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.
Harry Styles threw a cream pie at my face in front of 15,000 people to thank me for the months we spent on the road.
Gigs are my favourite thing - even the not so good ones, because you always learn something.
'Finders Keepers' is guaranteed to create a vibe. If I'm having a difficult show, then I know I've got that song at the end to turn it around, and the phones will come out.
Swedes celebrate Christmas Eve. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, we light a candle, then make gingerbread and saffron buns.
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.
I really wanted to find my own path.
I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.
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.
I think I took after my parents. Using music as one of my main ways of expression just felt natural.
I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.
I'm the biggest Drake fan - my favorite is 'Tuscan Leather' because it's like three songs in one, and for somebody that's obsessed with keys, the outro has the best keys ever.
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.'
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 R&B songs where guys are talking about a clingy girl, like, 'I don't want a girlfriend, and this girl's so clingy, and blah blah blah.' But I'm a woman, and I've been in situations that have been the reverse of that, so I wanted to tell that story.
I think knowing where you came from and where you want to go is really important.
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.
Being a creative person, I want to feel the highs and the lows.
When I was younger, I would listen to Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Aaliyah: lots of '90s R&B.
I want to be an artist that grows slowly. If you appear overnight, there's a chance that you will also just disappear overnight.
I think people look back at the '90s as a golden era of female empowerment.
I had a difficult childhood. I had lots of anxiety and questions. I found the world scary and intimidating.
I wish I could teleport and cut out the travelling in between gigs. I want the luxury of the shows without the painful bits stuck on a tour bus.
I don't actually get that many DMs. I tell myself that it's because guys might be intimidated, but I'm not that sure.
I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.
All the buzz can be very much here today and gone tomorrow, but my focus is creating music that will last forever.
I am very much married to the job.
I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.
I put a song on Soundcloud, and Annie Mac made it record of the week, and a month later, I signed my record deal.
My first-ever radio interview was with Annie Mac on Radio 1!
I want to make people dance, I want to make people smile, and I want my music to get played in clubs.
My mum is one of my style icons!
I have, like, 'Finders Keepers' fever now! Sometimes I go in the studio, and I'm like, 'That worked so well, and I wrote it in 45 minutes, so if I try wearing the same outfit and playing on the same piano, it'll happen again.'
I know I love going to my gym - I have a whole list of things I love to do by myself without needing someone else to make me happy.
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 grew up in a house full of musicians, and my mum really taught me that when you listen to an album, you respect that it's somebody's art, and that the B-sides are just as important as the singles, and we should really listen to the album all the way through the way it was intended to be listened to.
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.
A couple of days out of the month, I talk to my stylist, and we just get a big chunk of looks that'll last me a while.
I want to be known for my music, and that takes time.
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've always been sure of my vision, but I've been in meetings where men have been talking about me like I'm not there... I've been told I should be a certain way, and I wondered if that would have been the case if I was a man.
I've been in two long-term relationships and - this sounds awful - they were really helpful for writing heartbreak. It makes good songs.
Music became my way of processing things and a way to gain confidence.
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.
