Pitchfork: All of the tracks on the Sugar & Spice EP are about love in some way. What about romance intrigues you?

Harriette Pilbeam: I fell in love for the first time over the last couple of years, which was a really pivotal thing in my young adult life. And I like that this EP covers a lot of different aspects of first love: Whether it’s the euphoria of feeling like you can’t live without somebody, or the feeling of somebody breaking your heart without breaking up. But I’m aware that writing songs about love and heartbreak is easiest for me, so I want to push myself a bit out of my comfort zone in the future. I don’t want to make the same album over and over again.

What is a difficult topic for you to write about?

Just things that I’m not familiar with; I don’t think I’ve that many interesting life experiences yet. I’ve had an easy life. I’m a white person from an upper-middle-class suburb. My parents are still married. I’m in a long-term relationship. I’ve never had my heart broken. I’ve never had anything terrible happen to me.

Sometimes the most mundane topics can be the most interesting.

Exactly, some people can write about a piece of paper, but the way they write about it is what makes it so special. That’s what I need to work on, how poetic my writing is as opposed to just explaining how I feel. I never really write situational or character songs, which is definitely something that I want to work on. I’m only just starting to write about other things.