Singer-songwriter Fiona-Lee describes her music as empowerment, confessional, raw and “anthemic … is that a bit up my own ass?” On her upcoming EP, ‘Every Woman’, Fiona-Lee echoes the influence of her musical inspirations (Bruce Springsteen and Sam Fender), while remaining uniquely personal and heartfelt. 

This authenticity and vulnerability within her music are captured in her songwriting process: when approaching a song, she noted, “I just like to sit with a guitar and see what falls out,” likening it to writing in a diary, “it’s like a form of therapy, and it's how I process life and my life experiences.”

The raw emotion captured through her style, while deeply honest, creates a level of approachability which she acknowledges: “there's not much filter there, it makes it more accessible for people to relate to - there’s no really complicated metaphors to try and understand what the song is about.” She emphasises this in relation to her track ‘Every Woman’: “Obviously, ‘Every Woman’ is very direct, but it's also coming from my personal experience.”

Highlighting the importance of her Northern identity, with an emphasis on relatability and authenticity, she notes: “I'm from East Yorkshire, and someone pointed out that my accent is prominent in my music, which I had never noticed. But I think that helps with the “everybody's welcome” relatability aspect of it.” Since recently moving back up North, that sense of self has deepened: “Coming back home and reconnecting with my roots, being around people with the same accent as me, with the same mannerisms, and ways of speaking has been really useful for just feeling more like myself.”