On the day her latest single, Lights On, was released, Harriette Pilbeam was stacking and racking clothes in a shop in Brisbane. As the song and its slick music video racked up tens of thousands of plays, Pilbeam tweeted a meme about the “weird dichotomy” she has been living – Hatchie, the popular musician, getting by in the pandemic by working casual jobs.
“It’s definitely weird, but I don’t think people realise how difficult it is to be that kind of artist who can quit their job and spend months on end in a studio,” the 28-year-old Australian singer says. “It’s much more common to be living this weird double life; I did tours with Kylie Minogue, but then went home and worked a random cafe job.”
