Singer Charlotte Lawrence Opens Up About The Artists Who Inspire Her Own Music

Charlotte Lawrence peaks through a sparkly background on the cover of Euphoria magazine.

Here’s what the 19-year-old singer shared:

On artists that inspire her music: “If I made a playlist just for me that nobody else would ever see that I could just listen to on repeat, it would be sad, beautiful, emo, dark songs by Joni Mitchell, and Bon Iver, and Damien Rice and Phoebe Bridgers, Mazzy Star, you know? My favorite type of music is the slow, beautiful type that can really make you feel emotional. I don’t know why, but I love feeling my feelings. It’s such a special feeling to listen to a song that connects with someone to the point where they think that the song was written for them. Joni Mitchell is a lyrical genius, and shaped who I am today as an artist– like, there would be no me without Joni Mitchell.”

On what she’d be doing if not music: “Right now in my life, if I wasn’t a singer, I would want to be in college studying, maybe, criminal law? Honestly, maybe I watch too much SVU but I would love to be a lawyer. I would have liked to work in crime or be a policewoman, that would be so f***ing sick.”

On how she was inspired by her parents: “Oh my gosh, my parents both inspired me an INSANE amount from such an early age! I realized that the only reason why I’m a songwriter is because of my father, and the only reason why I have such cool taste in music (in my opinion) is because of my mother and I’m so grateful for that every single day. I think that my mother and father are both geniuses in what they do. With my dad being a writer, I always saw him as super smart and meticulous. He’s just the coolest f***ing dude I know. And my mom, although she’s an actress, she also does the music supervision for the shows that she acts on and for my dad’s shows and she’s f***ing incredible.”