Amy Studt

Sometimes creativity and nostalgia can be happy bedfellows. As she works on her fourth album at her home studio, Amy Studt is also ready to look back. This summer, at festivals and events including London's biggest pop party, Mighty Hoopla, she'll debut a new live set drawing largely from her much-loved 2003 debut, False Smiles. It's an empowering full circle moment for Studt, who hasn't sung the album's enduringly popular songs for 20 years.

"I'm certainly at the stage of my life where I can really see the joy and fun of that first album," says Studt, who has built a peaceful life in Somerset with her husband and daughter. "In the past, people have come to my shows and wondered why I wasn't playing Misfit, so I just thought, 'Why the hell shouldn't I sing it again?'" Misfit, a loping pop-rock anthem with an explosive chorus, became the album's highest-charting single when it peaked at number six in June 2003. More than 20 years later, its nonchalant chorus hook still chimes with anyone who feels like an outsider: "You're superficial, I'm a misfit – but baby, that's OK."

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