Glastonbury singer/songwriter Rosie Smith is on the road to stardom.

The former Millfield student has recently finished recording her first album at the iconic Abbey Road studios, is fresh from a tour with pop rock band Lawson and her new single and debut video, Breakfast For Dinner Tonight is due to be released on March 30.

"It's mad," says Rosie. "I've always written music, I just never put it out there. Then when I was at Millfield I wrote a song for a Remembrance Day service and it went on Spotify. Someone heard it, and then I had a meeting with someone from Abbey Road, and it's all gone from there. But I've only really been doing this properly for about seven months."

Coming up

Rosie has a busy few months ahead, with not only the imminent release of Breakfast For Dinner Tonight, but also a label showcase in London, a slot at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, opening the main stage at the Godney Gathering and supporting Ronan Keating at his Norwich gig. And there's one more date that Rosie is desperate to get in her diary. "I really, really, really want to play at Glastonbury," she says. "I don't care if it's a tiny little stage in the corner of a field, I just want to play there. The last time I went I think I was about 16, and I'm 22 now. It's such a great event – there really is nothing else like it – so if there's anyone who can help me get to play there…."

In the spotlight

As Rosie's profile grows she's learning to adjust to being increasingly in the public eye. "It's exciting, and also a bit daunting," she says. "Even just thinking about things like social media. I've got new 'professional' accounts – everything is RosieSmithOfficial – because the label wanted them to be purely professional. In some ways it's a shame as when I look at famous people's social media I like being able to see pictures and things from before they made it. But I do understand why I need to do it this way."

And a live performance in front of a big crowd is certainly different to just playing for yourself, or even being in a recording studio. "I am definitely learning about stage presence," says Rosie. "My first couple of shows I was like a brick wall," she laughs. "But I got a bit more active and started moving around a bit more."

Not that Rosie is a stranger to performing, however. She has just graduated from drama school and has appeared in several TV shows, including Broadchurch.

"It's different with acting though," she says. "With acting you are a different character, but when it's just you up there, there's nothing to hide behind so it's almost like coming up with an alter ego. And something I learned from drama school is that you have to protect your energy source, and by presenting an alter ego you can give people what they want."

Getting inspired

"The way I think about my music is 'What am I giving to other people?'" says Rosie. "Is it something they can learn from, or is there something they can take from it? I feel like my album was almost like a self-help guide for young people. Part of the reason I got into writing music was because I didn't have those kinds of friendship groups at school, so instead of talking to friends about my problems, I talked to my guitar. It's all about life experience."

And Rosie says she often takes inspiration from everyday life. "I might just hear a line in a TV show or somewhere that sparks something," she says. "And I'm a big people watcher. I might be just sitting in a café and I'll see an old man at a bus stop with a briefcase, and I'll start wondering who is, and where he's going, and what's in the briefcase, and what he's having for dinner. I love to make stories around characters that I have seen walking around. And Glastonbury is fantastic for that. You can see characters walking around Glastonbury that you might never see anywhere else!"

But clichéd as it might sound, the inspiration for Breakfast For Dinner Tonight actually came to Rosie in a dream.

"It was during lockdown," she says. "I had a dream about visiting my grandparents – probably because I hadn't been able to see them for ages. When I was little they used to give me breakfast for dinner, and the dream made me remember those days."

The video for Breakfast For Dinner Tonight was actually filmed in Glastonbury. "Mark, who runs Sonus Magnus music shop in the High Street let us use the shop for the filming," says Rosie. "He was really kind. The only condition was that he wanted to be in the video, so we gave him a cameo at the start!"

Big plans

Rosie might just be at the start of her fame trajectory, but she's got some big ambitions.

"I'm trying to do my acting simultaneously with my music," she says. "I would really like to go into TV and film. The absolute dream would be to star in something where I could perform my music as part of it." And she's more than willing to put in the effort to make her dreams a reality. "When I was at school people used to ask me what I wanted to be. I would tell them and then they'd say 'That's fine, but what's your back-up plan?' I used to hate that. The way I think about is, that if it's your dream, why wouldn't you put 100 per cent into it? Anything that's going into a back-up plan, isn't going into achieving your dream. I get that as you get older you have to play things safer because you have to make a living etc. But sometimes you just have to grab life by the balls."

Click HERE for a pre-save link for Breakfast For Dinner Tonight Or watch the video HERE Follow Rosie on social media @RosieSmithOfficial.