For as long as she could remember, writing a song was how Caity Baser (@caitybaser) dealt with her emotions. “Whenever anything goes wrong, I go to the studio – even good things, I’ll write about it. I always feel so much lighter,” she shares. The practise room at school was Baser’s regular haunt; she preferred it to socialising, to the point where she didn’t even have to ask to use it anymore – she had her own key. She would sit at the piano and teach herself. “It was like my best friend,” she says. “Because when I felt like I couldn’t talk to anybody – this is so cringey – I would just play the piano and feel so much better.” It's hard to believe Baser's claim that she never had many friends growing up. She has a way of talking to you as if she’s known you for years; as if you were the only person who mattered in the room. Baser sparkles with confidence, and the way she makes the stage feel like a home suggests that she has always been this way. Read the full story on this month’s digital cover star Caity Baser - and her no-bullshit, sincere pop sound - by Sophie Walker (@herselfportrait), live now on thelineofbestfit.com. Shoot by Jack Alexander (@jackalexanderuk) Styling by Anastasia Busch (@ana.sta.sia) Hair by Sandra Hahnel (@sandrahahnel) Make Up by Chynara Kojoeva (@chykapuka)