It’s late afternoon and Bella Latham is leading us through the basement corridors of Universal Music’s maze-like building. The star’s new alt-pop flecked release ‘Dream Girl’ is doing well and the musician is bringing us up to speed since we last spoke. As we cut through industry-washed hallways and, later, settle into a recording studio, playfully horrified, she recalls when she burned her torso eagerly trying to steam her favourite Baby Queen-esque t-shirt. This familiar quickness and comedy is inherently Latham’s style.
Lounging on the black couch, the singer is no stranger to quick fixes, the mania of a recording room or cramming in press chats between buzzing new releases. There’s a lot on the cards for the ‘Want Me’ singer. Last year was quite the experience for Latham. The craze of Netflix’s beloved teen series Heartstopper pushed her into the limelight. Coupled with the release of her eclectic mixed tape, The Yearbook, Baby Queen is now all grown up.
A multicoloured beaded necklace, spelling out her new single ‘We Can Be Anything’, sits on her neck as brightly coloured pastel accents lift her relaxed, baggy all-black outfit. Newly christened 25 and leaning into her long-awaited debut album, Quarter Life Crisis, Bella Latham is charting her next new direction. “Since we last spoke, there've been some low lows and some amazing highs. I did a lot of touring
