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Nao on fame, motherhood and living with ME: ‘I’ve had to work a lot on what my idea of success is’

She went from being Jarvis Cocker‘s backing singer to a Grammy-nominated purveyor of ‘wonky funk’, before being set back by chronic fatigue syndrome. But on fourth album Jupiter, she’s learned to ‘ride the waves’

Not that you’d know it from listening to this month’s fourth album, Jupiter, a typically featherlight concoction of pillow-soft soul, experimental R&B and airy acoustic ruminations all anchored by her angelic, otherworldly voice. When I say that she is underrated and that collaborations with the likes of Stormzy, Mura Masa, Chic, Lianne La Havas, Disclosure and Ezra Collective should have made her a household name, she doesn’t see it as a compliment. With a new album that reflects a relatable urge to seek out light in a dark world, I assumed she’d have some pearls of wisdom for her younger self, that one who felt like giving up just before Saturn’s release.

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