Stepping onto larger stages has only amplified the emotional side of it. Supporting Lola Young brought those songs into new spaces and hit just as hard. "Lola is an angel, like an actual angel from somewhere else, sent here to heal (I believe so, anyway). Opening those shows was a dream; I would've bought tickets to be there anyway had she not asked. There wasn't one show in which I didn't cry."

(The London Palladium: not traditionally known for tear-streaked support slots, yet here we are.)

The new EP builds on that emotional directness, anchored by a deceptively simple concept and what she describes elsewhere as a kind of "existentialism in high heels." "'Leaving the House is a Performance' is the philosophy that the whole world is a stage," she says today. "Perhaps just the acknowledgement of how much thought goes into being perceived: what you wear, what you say, who you are on any particular day." Across the record, moments like 'Vespa' add another layer, looking back with a sense of longing for a younger self and threading personal reflection through those broader ideas of identity and performance.

It's an idea closely tied to her writing style, which she frames in equally straightforward terms. "I think the word I use for it is honesty. A lot of the time, I'm writing things I don't necessarily want to admit. I love it when I'm hearing or reading something that does the same, when you know it's just utterly true."

There's no interest in tying everything up neatly. "I don't pretend to conclude anything," she says, when asked if anything about the release might come as a surprise to fans. Instead, the EP revisits earlier material alongside new work, reshaping songs while adding fresh moments. There are "Re-productions of 'Naked Chess' ('Matthew') and 'Buried', since the original demos I released. Oh, and the outro of 'Jewellery Box'."

Outside of the record, things aren't slowing down. There's more music ready to go, if timing allows. "There's a song I am dying to put out, so if I'm "lucky", that should happen by the summer. And I'm playing a festival this year where the lineup is so beyond perfect, I would've been in a crowd there somewhere anyway!"

Ambition for the EP isn't framed in rigid terms. "I don't really have a goal for it. I think if it finds the people who see themselves in it, the very human feelings we all feel, that is more than enough." And for the project in general, where would she like Sofia and the Antoinettes to take her? "Wherever it's meant to."

Day-to-day, it's a balance between writing and stepping into the world the songs draw from. As she puts it, "I've spent today writing with my friend Darcy and am about to leave the house to an exhibition opening (and to perform)."

If leaving the house is a performance, she's already on stage. How lucky.

Taken from the June 2026 issue of Dork. Sofia and the Antoinettes' EP 'Leaving The House Is A Performance' is out 15th May.