Blossom

Describe your style in three words?

Eclectic

The first track you played on repeat?

Charmian Carr - Sixteen Going On Seventeen

This film set me up. The gorgeous dance scene this song accompanies is painfully unrealistic - but I believed it to be the standard. I couldn't wait to partake in a similar routine myself. I'd play the song over and over again, practising the steps for my inevitable big moment.

A song from your favorite album?

Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

I listen to this album when I want to feel grounded, and remember what it is that I love about music. As a band, they encapsulate so many of my favourite musical elements. Weeping strings, poignant, nostalgic lyricism, beautifully recorded classic instruments and a female voice.

A song from your most memorable gig?

Lorde - Green Light

I saw Lorde at All Points East a few years ago. I'd just finished my set and rushed to see her. The live show was INCREDIBLE and made me listen to Green Light totally differently; it's a song made for crowds. At the end, thunder and lightning roared and matched the blue stage.

A song that always gets you up and dancing?

Peggy Lee - Fever

I love the deliberate vocal in Peggy's rewritten version. An inspiring display of female sexuality, the 1958 Guardian review wrote "The song has an underlying suggestion that the person raising the temperature for her right now doesn't have to be the one doing it next week." Epic.

A new song you're listening to?

Shelley Duvall - He Needs Me

I love songs that don't take themselves too seriously. This track is so daft and clunky. But it's beautiful, and so succinctly written despite its chaos. Sung by Shelley Duvall, it was first released in 1980 for Popeye, but more recently found in the 2002 film Punch-Drunk-Love.

Best song to turn up loud?

Kim Wilde - Kids In America

I often mourn that I'll never live my teenage American dream. We're sold it from such a young age but it's wildly unrelatable to us Brits. This song is as close as I'll get. As for the volume, it needs to hit hard. Especially those ending jubilant chants; they're transportive.

A song that defines the teenage you?

The Seekers - Georgy Girl

This song encourages a young Georgy to 'spread her feathers' and softly reminds her that 'life is a reality'. I used to listen to it as a teen and imagine I was her. The song just reminds me to push myself to find my truest happiness - whatever that is. Life isn't a rehearsal!

An anthemic song?

The Specials - Too Much Too Young - 2002 Remaster

This was a huge song in my house. It reminds me of my parent's parties. I remember being explained the song's concept and taking away that I must have as much fun as possible whilst I'm young. The thought of becoming the 'prematurely married with a kid' friend terrified me.

Best song to end an all-nighter?

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

This is a little bit regretful but has these teary, euphoric undertones; two feelings that often rear their heads at the end of a night. The programmed drums and their soothing lack lustre also prepare you for the following day's hangxiety. The wallowing begins as the song ends!