MØ grew up in the suburbs of Funen, an island in the middle of Denmark, and was into “being a scout and being active, and boys and football”. But music was her passion. “I wasn’t really good at anything in school,” explains the singer. “I wasn’t really passionate about anything until music came around. My parents had inherited this old piano, but no one in the family is musical or could play it. I decided I wanted to be a popstar, so I started writing songs and then I realised it was something I was passionate about. I’m not good at stuff unless I’m passionate about it, otherwise I can’t keep focused.”

As a child, MØ “completely fan girl’d” The Spice Girls, but was later introduced to the music of 80s hardcore punk pioneers Black Flag by her politicised schoolmates. She formed a punk band, Mor, aged 18 and they went on to play gigs in squats across Europe and in New York. “It was when I became a teenager that I became active and got into the punk scene and alternative music, and everything rebellious that I could find.” MØ sees the punk spirit as a vital energy for the times we live in. “I’m definitely for more punk energy, for more rebelling against current political situations, which are pretty messed up.”

In the early 2000s MØ moved her attention from punk to pop, collaborating with the rising stars of a new global sound: Major Lazer, ALMA, Iggy Azalea and Avicii. Her debut album released under the alias ‘MØ’, No Mythologies to Follow, was a classy and confident serving of mainstream electropop with an alternative heart. Breakthrough track “Lean On” with Major Lazer and DJ Snake is one of the most successful songs of all time, breaking the record for the most-played track on Spotify.