When clara_la_san released Good Mourning in 2017, we described her as “the U.K.’s best-kept bedroom pop secret.” It seemed as though her time of relative seclusion was over and that La San, who worked on the mixtape with deconstructed club producer Jam City, was about to become a fixture in the waning years of the blog era. In reality, however, La San stayed underground, seemingly by design. It was a surprise, then, when La San returned earlier this year with “Don’t Worry About It.” The featherlite R&B ballad made the seven-year gap feel immediately inconsequential with lines like, “I can’t control how I feel, I get so lonely at times” doubling as both a romantic plea and a possible comment on her time away from the music world.” The reclusive R&B artist speaks for the first time in over half a decade about perfectionism, viral stardom, and her stunning new album Made Mistakes. Read ddavidrenshaw’s interview at TheFADER.com or the link in bio. Photography: lanestewart Styling: sexi...