I wrote "Shell," which features on my EP , when I was incredibly sick with polycystic ovary syndrome. I had found a lump in my breast just as my art was taking off. I felt defeated.

I wrote the song feeling like it represented both my fears of death and of barriers. Whether they be systemic, human, or personal barriers; "Shell" is about understanding how to differentiate between impossible and possible limits, as well as overcoming them.

The song's video, directed by Aaron Desilva, represents synergetic strangers creating within a modern day world. Aaron and I had never met before shooting this video, with him living in British Columbia and myself in Ontario.

Nothing kills art or growth like trauma and anxiety. Through "Shell," I am talking to both my younger self and anyone, especially women, who have been told to slow their roll, as if passion and ideas are negative.