“I am a girl from Gothenburg and I produce, I write, I sing, I dance. I like to paint, I like art basically but my focus lately has been music and creating music.” We sit down with Sweden’s new electronic r’n’b princess Izza Gara and talk about music, dance and good and bad relationships.

This year, artist Maryyx2 took us by storm after the release of poppy synth, high pitched, Jersey inspired track I DON’T KNOW!!. Alter ego Maryyx2 is homed within Chukwuka Nwobi who is as warm as they are chatty. We sat down on a Thursday afternoon, connecting us across two continents and nearly 5000 miles to talk about music, religion and the importance of a support system.