When given an audience with Mac, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to talk through some of her major musical intersections, to reflect on the tracks that have meant something important to her. The conversation flows informally, with brief pauses as she thinks deeply about a good track to recommend (she won’t just palm me off with any old rubbish) and I wonder how soon before I can ask her to put my Spotify playlists into fresh, presentable order.

It turns out she is also adept at recommendations beyond her 9 to 5 (though as a DJ and evening radio host, she doesn’t exactly keep conventional working hours). She makes Jon Ronson’s The Last Days Of August my next podcast binge (“It’s a murder mystery set in LA,” she enthuses. “It’s incredible”).

An English literature graduate who got into clubbing at university before doing a postgraduate course in radio, she always has three books on the go. “I’ve just read Unless by Carol Shields,” she says. “I’ve never experienced anything like the writing. It is just next level. It makes me think why am I even bothering?”

But she is – Mac is currently aiming to write a book: “I’m 30,000 words in, it’s a mountain to climb,” she muses. “Half of it is learning how to write. Half is where do I eke out time for myself to be totally indulgent? If I have a spare 30 minutes I’m typing furiously.”

Annie Mac reveals the 8 songs that have influenced her life