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She already does. Young girls of Asian origin have told beabadoobee she’s inspired them to do exactly that. “I was itching for someone to look up to who looked like me,” she recalls – and where once, she put her energy into playing a character instead, in being herself beabadoobee has become that figure for a younger generation, too. She’s also ready to collaborate with more Asian musicians moving forward. True wisdom (the kind that usually has to be learnt the hard way, alas) is knowing when to draw strong emotional boundaries around yourself to keep you safe, and Kristi has survived it all - the bad ( "You don't need me, as much as I need you"), the good ( "I see my reflection so much clearer"), and everything in between ( "It’s easy if I pretend") - within the warm embrace that is 'Beatopia'. Homing in on the hard-won knowledge that the universe usually delivers with good reason, Kristi nestles up in her safe space, inviting listeners to share in portentous dreams about unfinished business (take heed of anyone that looks like a ghost in a dream), feeling at odds with other people but knowing that you've got to put yourself first, and being self-aware enough to want to remove yourself from toxic situations (which is usually easier said than done).

CDM: In 'Beatopia Cult Song' you say: "Is it me or recently time is moving slowly." Do you still feel like time is moving slow? There was a moment when she was seven years-old that feels exactly like that. She tells me about an imaginary world that, as an unhappy child, she dreamed up to escape reality. Beatopia was a deeply intricate universe, with an alphabet, countries, cities: she made a poster which detailed this place in all its splendour. But one day in school, she returned to class after a violin lesson, and found her classmates laughing. They had found the poster; their teacher, meanwhile, did little to stop their ridicule, and even joined in.

BEABADOOBEE: I'm still definitely on the road to self-acceptance, but I definitely appreciate my existence more than like two years ago. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.BEABADOOBEE: Not really... I guess I write a lot of music now, so I think it's just replaced that. And my poetry when I was younger was just so straightforward. BEABADOOBEE: I'm totally that bitch to be like: this means something. I try not to dwell on it or else I just go insane, but I honestly just can't help the fact that if you're dreaming about that shit, it probably means something. Everything is kind of linked to something in your brain.