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S<\/span><\/span>hygirl\u2019s tracks are, for want of a better word, filthy. The 28-year-old musician\u2019s lyrics detail sexual exploits and disposable partners. \u201cI like to glide, figure skate,\u201d is not about ice dancing. This week she releases BDE, a collaboration with Northampton rapper Slowthai, and it\u2019s less rapping on her part, more an intoxicating mix of cooed and snarled commands over ominous production. This is sex as chaotic workout, and if it ends up jarring the listener, the artist has achieved her goal. \u201cI love it when art makes me uncomfortable, because I have to question where that\u2019s from,\u201d she says. \u201cHow can something affect my equilibrium like that? I want to affect other people\u2019s equilibrium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Her domineering musical persona is worlds away from the chatty, pleasant woman I meet in a bar outside Cambridge University\u2019s Union, where she has just given a talk about her artistry and the accessibility of the creative industries. About a quarter of our time is spent laughing; sharp introspections on owning one\u2019s narrative as a public figure come as easily as self-deprecating tales of recording angry voice notes about previous partners. And it\u2019s easy to see why she\u2019s increasingly considered a fashion force: following a recent Burberry campaign and soundtracking runways for Thierry Mugler, she stands out majestically via orange hair, wholesome babydoll dress and eye-catching Telfar Clemens boots, noticed by wide-eyed students in our vicinity.<\/p>\n