The first time I realised I was good at my job…
Is a difficult one to answer because I’m still not convinced. It was probably when I got asked to tour with Billie Eilish. Billie had followed me on Instagram, sent me a message and then my booking agent called me and said you are going to go on tour with Billie Ellish. And that was that. You’d think there was more moving parts involved or that there was a plan and we we’re aiming for it but it just happened organically.

If people, especially Billie, think I can do this then obviously I am doing something right.

The first time I performed…
Was in primary school, I played the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist and I shut it down! That’s how this all started.

Weirdly I hated singing though. I went to college and studied performing arts and as part of my course I had to sing. I was always too nervous to sing. I’d get up on stage and I’d be so anxious that it would ruin everything, and everyone could see the awkwardness. It was just horrible. Given all of that, I still don’t really know how I’ve ended up here, I don’t know when the transition happened where I became fine to get up on stage and perform. Even now I get scared, but I’ll just have a couple shots of whisky before I go out. God’s honest truth.

The first time I realised I had fans…
Was when I went to my mate’s show in Shepherds Bush and there was an area for his friends to watch the show. I was in awe of him playing. I went to the bathroom, still in awe, and I opened the door to this girl who turned around and gasped. In shock, I gasped back before asking her what had happened. She responded with “Oh my god, you’re JGrrey”.

Now I sometimes get stopped in the street, which is awesome, but I am socially all over the place. I was on the tube the other day and a girl recognised me, asked for a photo with me but at the next stop she got off, which left me on a train with everyone just looking at me like, ’what do you do?’.

Despite the uncomfortable moment that followed on the train, it’s those kinds of interactions that make me think my music genuinely resonates with people. I think because what and how I write is very personal, people feel like they know me – which more often than not is something they express – and I love that.

You Heard It Here First: JGrrey talks touring with Billie Eilish, getting recognised and her parents