Sarah Aarons is a name that's been popping up a lot on the triple j airwaves lately, thanks to high-profile collabs with Peking Duk and The Rubens, and it's a name you'll be hearing a lot more of in the future.

A veritable behind-the-scenes songwriting sensation, the 23-year-old Australian scored APRA's Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year after moving to L.A. and co-writing a US #1 hit, Zedd's 'Stay', which is at 620 million streams and counting.

Having shared studios with the likes of MØ, Cosmo's Midnight, Jessie Ware, Whethan, and Demi Lovato, Sarah is now bulking up her CV by collaborating with "Australian heroes", including the one-and-only Flume.

"I'm not sure what's happening with the songs we did," Aarons admits in an interview with triple j's Richard Kingsmill. "Who knows if anyone will ever hear them but I have worked with him a bit."

"He's super-open to doing production for other people as well, so it's one of those things where it was never really stated whether it was for him. We worked with other artists as well, so whether it was for them or him or as a collaboration, it's whatever will come in the future."

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Encouraged by her stepfather to perform from a young age, Aarons got her start under the alias Paige IV (on L D R U's breakout hit 'Keeping Score'). However, living with an autoimmune disease became the turning point towards a career off-stage. Signing with major publishers Sony/ATV, she began crafting chart-topping pop, a decision partly modelled on her biggest role model, Sia.

So, what else is coming this year from the "very busy" tunesmith? A lot, but she couldn't reveal exactly who with or when.

"I've been working with a lot of people both international and Australian," she explains. "A lot of my Australian heroes and I have been able to do that with some of the songs that haven't come out yet."

Sarah also spoke with Kingsmill about using the Paige IV pseudonym, living with her disease, as well as writing with Cosmo's Midnight, Peking Duk, The Rubens and more. Hear the full interview interview here and on the 2018 podcast.

Hear Sarah looking back on how an Aretha Franklin classic helped her get her start in the biz.

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