Lexie Carroll finds joy and sadness in the everyday as she announces her new EP, 'you look lovely when you're living'

From schoolyard songs to soul-stirring melodies, LEXIE CARROLL delves into the everyday magic that fuels her indie folk-pop journey. As she announces her new EP, 'you look lovely when you're living', drops a new track, 'Laundry Detergent', and is announced for next month's Dork's Night Out alongside Nell Mescal and Scout, we get to know her better in our latest Hype playlist cover feature.

Words: Stephen Ackroyd.

At just nineteen, Lexie Carroll exudes a lyrical wisdom and emotional depth that belie her relatively young years. The London-based singer–slash-songwriter has rapidly made a name for herself with a sound that blends melancholic indie, folk, and pop, which, yes, means drawing comparisons to Phoebe Bridgers and Bon Iver, but she's way more than just an artist on-trend and so-right-now. Her music echoes the same emotional depth and intricate nuances, yet she infuses her songs with a distinctly British sensibility. Her lyrical themes often explore transformation and the bittersweet nature of growth, yet her sound incorporates a lighter tone, too. Lexie's songs, intimate glimpses into her soul, dance and skip between hopeful joy and reflective wistfulness. Today, she stands on the cusp of releasing a just announced new EP, 'you look lovely when you're living', a collection that promises to be her most personal work yet.

Lexie's journey into music began in the playgrounds of London, where she and her friends would craft their first songs. Influenced by pop and inspired by an exciting wave of YouTube artists, Lexie found in music a medium where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary. "I've always really loved writing - my friends and I would make up songs in primary school. I remember we had one called 'Best, Best Friends Forever', which was quite the hit," Lexie recalls.

Her early exposure to pop culture through mainstream radio and music compilations played a pivotal role in shaping her musical tastes, which were further nurtured by a supportive guitar teacher who encouraged her songwriting. "I was just a big pop fan growing up; whatever was on Capital radio or the latest 'Now That's What I Call…' album was my jam," she explains. "I did guitar lessons, and my teacher was an absolute legend; he noticed that I liked writing and was really encouraging of that. And then, in my preteen/early teen years, I was so enthralled by all the people putting their music on YouTube, like dodie and Cavetown. The fact that they seemed so "n