While she has a pair of Billboard Hot 100 top five hits and the longest-running No. 1 in U.K. history to her name, Olivia Dean wasn’t planning on dominating the charts.
The Grammy-winning singer graced the cover of The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (Aug. 26), where she opened up about her “pop shame” and perfectionism that almost didn’t allow her to release “Man I Need.”
“I used to have kind of a thing about pop music, like wanting to make pop music is lame. Maybe this is a bit too far, babe?” she recalled thinking.
Eventually, Dean went ahead and “Man I Need”…
