I love shifting between being super cute and aggressive. It's funny.
Sigrid
Teamwork is the best kind of work, really.
I think festivals have a responsibility to show different genres of music to people.
I have sunglasses; that is very important when you're out traveling.
'Don't Kill My Vibe' was made in a writing session, by Martin Sjolie and I, after he'd asked me what I'd been thinking about lately. I started talking about this earlier writing session that was quite difficult. The song is about the feeling of not being respected as a person, and I think that's something that speaks to millennials.
I'm from a small town called Alesund in Norway.
I was not a good singer. You know those children who are like, 'I'm gonna be a pop star,' and they sound amazing from the day they were born? I was not like that.
I liked theatre because I could hide behind a role I was playing, but now, I just love being on stage. I don't pretend that I'm anyone else, I just show my full range when I am up there, and it's very liberating.
My mum is the biggest Joni Mitchell fan, and my dad loves Neil Young.
I've got ambitions. I've always been very ambitious. But I think there's something nice about not saying all of my dreams, in case they don't happen and then it's just really embarrassing.
I'm very ambitious. But my overall goal, above ambition, is that I want to be happy with what I'm doing, and I want to be happy with myself.
I love that there's always something happening at festivals. It takes some of the pressure away, too, because you're one person on the bill.
Just because I'm a girl and it's pop doesn't mean I have to write about love and heartbreak.
My sister and I wrote some songs together under a project called Sala Says Mhyp when I was 17. Sala is our cat. She died, and we wanted to do something in honor of our her. We were a proper cat family.
My sister taught me how to use my voice, and my brother taught me how to play guitar.
I was a very shy kid. Very shy. But I started doing theatre when I was six years old, and that really changed something. My more playful side came out of me.
I get inspired by everything - everything that is around me.
Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.
I was definitely quirky. Me and my sister played a lot together. She's my best friend - and we would put on fashion shows.
I didn't look up to only pop stars, but I did look up to Adele, Amy Winehouse, Grimes, Robyn, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, M.I.A., Coldplay, Keane, and more.
I didn't grow up listening to him - my parents listened more to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell - but I lived in a flatshare for two years, and my flatmate loved Leonard Cohen. He would always play him when he got home from the studio or something.
That's the thing: pop music has sometimes had a bad reputation for being about a lot of other stuff than the music. And I am just a lover of pop music. I love pop. I love big choruses. Dramatic choruses - they're the best thing in the world. And I do this because I love making music and performing the songs.
Not being treated OK is something everyone can relate to, no matter what age or gender.
My mum loves jazz, and together we listen to loads of Chet Baker back home.
When I first heard my song on the radio, I started crying. My baby was out there, and it all became very real.
When I wake up in the morning, the one thing I think about is being comfortable and wearing enough clothes.
It's a lot to take in to have won something as prestigious as BBC Music Sound Of.
Adele's one of my favourite artists!
I didn't think music was possible for me - it's such an up-and-down life.
My favourite thing about being in nature is that I feel so small and kind of insignificant.
My goal is to write catchy songs that make people feel something.
I've always been the shy one.
Maybe after my third album, I'll just go to uni. That would be really cool.
Scandinavia can be quite fashionable.
We have some fans that come to almost all of our shows, and they will travel to different countries to see us - that's pretty amazing.
I'm a huge fan of Renaissance art. It's very direct. They're paintings that hit you in the face in the same immediate way that a huge pop tune hits you in the face.
I'm obsessed with wool.
I remember when I started writing lyrics, I was very grand. I tried to use a lot of symbols,because I thought that's how songwriting should be - with imagery and metaphor. I figured, after a while, maybe I should just write it as I would say in real life.
Even in high school, music was just a really fun thing on the side. I don't think I grasped the fact that it could be a profession.
Most of the songs I write are full of power, and I'm suspecting it may come from my love for grotesque Renaissance art and the Eurovision Song Contest.
There's a Norwegian equivalent to 'BBC Introducing' called 'P3 Untouched,' and I remember when they played the first song I ever wrote that I'd put online. I was 16 at that point. That was the first moment where I was like, 'Oh, maybe this is something I want to do more of.'
The first time I listened to Coldplay, I was at a train station in Paris with my family on holiday. I put on 'Clocks' on my discman, and I fell in love.
I would love to meet or work with Sofia Coppola. Or Wes Anderson or Spike Jonze. I'd love to meet them. The way they film, it's all so geometric.
I love Robyn. 'Dancing on My Own' is one of my favourite songs.
Playing piano and singing whatever comes naturally is the best thing for me - the only thing that feels genuine.
You don't know how long it's going to last. I don't know what's going to happen after I put out my first album.
I like to be dramatic in my music because that's when it gets to your heart.
I wasn't a huge fan of superhero movies before I watched 'Wonder Woman.' That was a really cool film - I really like all the stunts.
Festival line-ups should have all types of music. It's part of cultural growth.
There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.
