“I was thinking, what are moments where I’ve thought about saying ‘shut the fuck up’ to someone?” she says, her chair swivelled towards me, my tea now fully drained. “And for a lot of definitely women, women of colour, queer women, there are so many times where you have to smile on the outside and scream on the inside.” She cites times when she’s been asked about Japanese restaurants she’s never been to, times she’s been repeatedly asked where she’s from (“No, but where are you really from?”), times when she’s been compared to Japanese people who have nothing to do with her. These experiences fed into the video, a visual representation of the sort of unaddressed racism that simmers within the UK like a virus. “I wanted to put it in that context. Where they’re saying it in this tone that’s supposed to be flattering, like: ‘I’m so fascinated, tell me more about yourself!’ But actually it’s just deeply offensive and so insensitive and also boring.”