Her association with the show is what she considers to be a “dream come true” and something she feels “so lucky” to be a part of. Not only that, but Latham, who chooses not to define her sexuality, wishes she had this sort of uplifting representation when she was growing up in her teens. “I'm so happy a young person can turn on Netflix now and watch a show that isn't some weird sexualized taboo story, in which gay, bisexual, asexual, and trans people are represented,” she says. “It holds up a kind of mirror to people and they suddenly don't feel so alone. There was nothing like that on television when I was younger. The queer storylines were always secondary and scandalous or dark and twisted. Nobody could relate to it and there was no representation of real authentic love there.”

 

Latham continues: “Alice is a true visionary and really, a teacher to so many people. She is doing more for the LGBTQIA+ community than most people realize and I think probably changing the way a lot of people outside the community feel about it. Hatred towards a certain group of people comes from a place of misinformation and stays alive because of a lack of representation or humanization of that group. Alice is telling stories about love and life and the struggles of growing up in this generation through the eyes and ears of so many different characters from different races with different sexualities, and by doing that she's ultimately giving a voice to everybody who sees themselves in those characters. Being part of something like that is beautiful in every way.”

 

Reflecting over her recent milestones, it appears Latham can be her worst critic at times. That’s not because she isn’t happy with where she’s currently at or isn’t proud of her achievements or music. It’s down to the fact that she knows she has so much more to offer as an artist. “A few years ago I would’ve looked at somebody in my position and thought they were living the dream, but it’s hard to feel that way about yourself. I struggle to look at things with perspective because I’m still right in the thick of it and I’m very hard on myself,” she says. “I know my life has changed drastically in the past year and I couldn’t be more grateful for that, but the real stuff doesn’t change all that much. I’m still me at the end of the day and I still have so much I want to do.”

 

She’s fairly recently just finished being on the road with fellow singer-songwriter Conan Gray, who she opened up for each night during the North American leg of his tour. “It was a complete culture shock in the best way possible,” she says. “I flew into Chicago, for the first time ever, and then flew to play a show in Missouri the next day. I had only ever been to New York and Los Angeles before that, so it was honestly completely fascinating.” She states that Gray is one of the biggest musicians she has ever met, as well as one of the nicest too. “His fans were so welcoming. I was definitely tired by the time I got to America because I hadn't really had much of a break since August, two months before the tour started, so I had to push myself through a lot of it, but it was worth it.”

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With a schedule that is clearly non-stop, we guess that debunks Latham’s claims in her latest single that she’s “too fucking lazing.” She says, “If I didn't love this job more than anything in the world, I would probably never turn up.” Fresh from a “glorious” two-week break, Latham has been in the studio every day and plans to keep it that way for the time being. “My only focus right now is making music,” she declares. After putting out two projects, the time has come for Latham to start mapping out her debut album, something which she is taking very seriously and hasn’t been the most laid-back process.

 

“It’s been the most mentally challenging experience for me. I’m so obsessed with the idea of an album and always have been, and I’ve been really afraid of making the wrong move sonically or creatively, so over-thinking has definitely been the biggest hurdle for me to overcome,” she explains. Latham shares that she recently had a meeting with her A&Rs for them to listen to the 60+ songs she has been working on and admits that she still doesn’t feel like she’s created enough records that are worthy of being part of a full-length LP. “The reality is that this album has changed direction in my head at least 3 different times,” Latham says. “I’ve reached a point where I just want the very best however-many songs to make up my first album, regardless of how people want to perceive the sound or the direction of the record.”

 

While fans patiently wait for Latham to finish what will become her first studio album, she hopes to have a career where she will no longer “have to worry that one-day people might not come to my shows.” She concludes: “I'd love to just know that I get to do this forever, but I'd also really like to stroke Taylor Swift's cats and go to the Grammys.”