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If 2023’s viral single ‘Toothache’ was the springboard, Westislonely’s new EP ‘Man’s Ruin’
lays the claim for her rockstar power. After a turbulent personal year following 2025’s debut
EP ‘Even A Worm Will Turn’, the 21-year-old has swapped Leeds for her Manchester roots
and supercharged its follow-up with larger-than-life production and stark, vulnerable lyricism.
“I love the anger of punk, the joy of pop,” West says of her strikingly broad taste: modern
visionaries FKA Twigs and Magdalena Bay plus 1960s icons like The Doors and The Velvet
Underground. The EP’s emo-tinged songwriting is reflective of her life experiences – an
eating disorder, toxic relationship and neglected friendships – and her core identity. “I do
gravitate towards heavier, darker sounds, because I'm a slightly gloomy individual.”
