But her rose-tinted view of the capital is somewhat clouded by certain aspects of its music industry, where she says sexist attitudes towards female songwriters still reign. This is one thing that really angers her. “There’s only one other really successful female songwriter in this country and that’s Cathy Dennis,” she says. “And that’s not because there aren’t brilliant writers. It’s tough to get a break. I’m British and I just don’t work here.

The industry is so closed, and it’s really difficult for women to do well. In America, they don’t care who you are. They don’t care where you went to school, if you have a penis, whether you know the right sort of people or if they can get drunk with you.