Privacy is so hot—and so underrated. A Conversation with bbyclose

“Oh, it’s a conscious decision, baby. I’m a big fan of mystery.

As social media has become so ubiquitous, with people sharing so much of their lives, I feel like I’m going the opposite way and wanting to share less and less.” bbyclose laughs. And yet, throughout our conversation, the British singer-songwriter lets us in a little. Not by revealing everything, but by sharing small pieces of herself—how she writes, what inspires her, and why some songs seem to arrive almost out of nowhere. The picture that emerges feels wonderfully human: intuitive, thoughtful and guided by feeling rather than formulas.

Photography by bbyclose, courtesy of the artist.

Styling by Phoebe Butterworth

Wearing a red hat by Josef Lloyd

Her latest single, temptations, is one of those songs that grabs you from the very first seconds. Built around warm piano-house production and the instantly memorable refrain, “Every night in my dreams, keeps me up, I can’t sleep…”, it captures a feeling most of us know all too well—the thoughts that return at night when we’d rather be asleep. But instead of getting lost in them, temptations turns them into something light, playful and impossible not to dance to.

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