She was the Scottish teenager who wrote music about selfies and gathered fans by sharing her songwriting online.

Releasing her first album at the age of 19, the Edinburgh singer has since moved to London where, for the past two years, she has been busy crafting her second album.

Now she is preparing to step into the spotlight again with a return to Scotland and a gig at the Garage in Glasgow on May 7 followed by a string of festival dates over the summer.

It may not be the acoustic sound her fans are expecting, though, with the singer saying 2016 is very much a year of experimenting as she gets ready to show off her new songs, new look and new approach to songwriting.

She has even set herself the challenge of finishing her second album by the end of the year, with hopes of producing half the album herself after teaching herself from her home studio, nicknamed Nightwatch.

What's it been like taking time out to write?

Really good. I have just literally been left for two years to do whatever I want to do which has been really nice because, for the first album, there was a lot of pressure and expectancy and time pressure so it was really stressful making that album and I feel like it affected the music which came out in the end.

I just want to be able to produce my own music, make my own music and put out my own music. I don't want to rely on anyone.

I just feel like now, because of the internet, it is so important that you are your own boss because everything is down to you, it's not really down to a machine behind you now.

What made you switch sounds from your first album?

I just felt like there were so many acoustic artists, or there were about a year ago, and I just wanted to do something different. I didn't feel inspired by that music any more so I just changed it up.

I was really nervous to see what the fans would think because it is so different. But the reaction has been really good, really surprising at how many people embraced the change or how many new people have started listening to it.

How would you describe your new sound?

I would say it is pop-ier but it is also a bit darker. I think living here in London on my own has shaped the sound - I wanted to create music that sounded like living in London.

It is such a buzzing city and it is really exciting and energetic but it has also got that kind of gritty side so I wanted to make that sound and, also lyrically, talk about a subject I have experienced.

What's your favourite thing about the London life?

Literally everything is on your doorstep. You can order sushi within five minutes, it's so good. I love going out as well, every night out is a completely different experience.

You feel like you are living in five cities in one because it has got so many different areas.

But I do miss the people in Scotland - my friends, the friendliness of people and the clean air.

Who would you most like to collaborate with on a song?

I would love to work with Nile Rodgers and I'd love to work with Labrinth, I think he is great.

Who is your favourite person to follow on Twitter at the moment?

James Blunt.

If you could pick four dream dinner guests, who would they be?

Michael Jackson, Debbie Harry, Alanis Morissette and Kurt Cobain.

Can you put together your most lavish rider wish-list?

A massive plate of tuna sashimi cut into bits and rice next to it in a bowl and then two spoons because I eat it with two spoons and soy sauce.

And a nice bar of chocolate, a yoga mat, incense sticks and hair dye.

Who are your musical inspirations?

I really love Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. It is an album that I only discovered about two years ago, really late, and that has really inspired a lot of the new way of writing.

She doesn't really hold back lyrically, she just says what she is thinking, and I really like that about her music.

I just feel like, in pop music at the moment, there's not a lot of personality and emotion. I want to try and make pop music that has real stories and actual things that people go through.

If you could learn a new instrument, what would it be?

The drums.

I have always wanted to be able to play the drums but it is a lot of coordination that I don't really have.

What festivals are on your wish-list?

I have played most of them except Reading and Leeds. I went there last year as a punter and had such a good time. I love that festival.

I don't think I am cool enough to play it but if I ever did get to, I would be so happy.

What's the story behind your new song Chewing Gum?

Chewing Gum was a song I wrote when I had been single for two years. I had very short relationships with people.

London is such a big city and it is so fast-moving and there are so many people to meet. I just didn't want to be tied down into a relationship and so that's what the song is about.

It shows behind the scenes of dating life, which is something I have found quite interesting to watch.

What's the music making process like for you?

If it is in my own studio, it will just be whenever I feel like writing, which is most days.

It is right next to my bed which is ideal because I just roll out of bed, roll into the studio and then roll back into bed.

It can get a bit cabin fever though. I need to make sure I leave the house at least once a day otherwise I turn into a complete hermit.

It is so nice because it is just me and I don't feel self-conscious or worried about what a writer, who has maybe just met me, thinks about what I am writing.

It is just completely free and I can really experiment with different things.

You seem to have developed a bit of a passion for production. What are your plans with this?

I love it. I have been learning how to do it for the past two years. It is something that doesn't just happen overnight, you have to keep practising until you become good enough to release.

I put one of them on the Modern Love EP, a track called Masquerade, and that was my own production and that was the first one I have ever released.

I just released it on demo because I didn't think it was good enough but the feedback has been really good so I am hoping to produce hopefully half the album myself and half with my producer Dan [Weller], so that is a little challenge I have set myself.

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