Lights: "I'm able to open up this whole new side of me"

"A young woman is in a post-apocalyptic world where the last bastion of humanity lives. It's an oasis in the middle of a wasteland, and there's an insane classism, corporations rule, and they're destroying what's left of earth. There's very little hope left; she's always on the hunt for hope, looking for a reason to keep going in a world where people just numb themselves. She gets a marking on her body, and that opens up doorways to this whole bigger part of the story that might lead her on the greatest adventure of her life!" Lights is buzzing with excitement as she talks about the world of Enaia Jin. Dystopian futures might seem an odd starting point when it comes to discussing new music, but in this case, it's one small piece of an epic puzzle. ‘Skin & Earth', her fifth album, is an experience – a poppy burst of fight and discovery. It's a story that is tied directly into an accompanying comic book series that she herself has written and illustrated, with one issue being released every month through to December. "There's no pamphlet that tells you how to do this!" she laughs. "I was learning as I went. I was on YouTube, doing webinars, tutorials, reading books on writing comics, reading books on panelling and pasting and drawing, learning how to do it all while I was working on the record. It was quite a journey."