Having picked up a broken guitar as a child and requested for it to be fixed, it was a love of writing music which then took JÁNA’s interest to another level. A move to Stockholm and link-up with Little Dragon led to the release of her first EP Flowerworks. Now, off the back of her recent collaboration with Nigerian born-California raised duo VanJess, JÁNA chats to Lex about her journey as an artist and how she’s learnt to create her own future.

Having decided fairly early on that she wanted to be on MTV music, as well as watching it, Yas VW began her training. Growing up in a house full of RnB and hip-hop fans, she developed an early appreciation for the most timeless artists within those genres, she calls out artists from Aaliyah to Janet Jackson, to Biggie Smalls. Now, 10 years after scooping her first guitar, she’s released her debut single, ‘Weakness’, with a follow up single ‘Off the Ground’ due for release in November. Lex chats to Yas about her journey to this point.