If you’re a student of the indie pop-verse, you may already be familiar with Hemlocke Springs, née Isimeme “Naomi” Udu, the 26-year-old TikTok sensation turned bona-fide industry darling. With synth-y songs like “Girlfriend” and “Sever the Blight,” she’s managed to capture some of the innately danceable magic of EDM without sacrificing any of the romantic wistfulness of true-blue bedroom pop.

It’s been a busy autumn for Udu, who’s spent the past few months opening for platinum-selling, stadium-filling artists like Chappell Roan and Conan Gray on their respective tours. Before she joined Roan on the final leg of her US tour in Pasadena, Vogue caught up with the artist to talk about everything from pre-show anxiety to getting a STEM degree at Dartmouth and hoping to see “more POC

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