"It's been a busy few weeks, but it's been a long time coming."
New singer-songwriter on the block Aimée is enthusiastic in describing the upward trajectory her musical career is on.
"I've been trying to pursue this since I was a kid. I always knew this was what I wanted to do. From third year onward, I decided to take it more seriously."
For Aimée, social media continues to be king when it comes to promoting herself and her art. She began - as most do - by uploading YouTube videos á la Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and co., before moving with the people over to Instagram where she shared weekly covers in a series that was later dubbed 'One Minute Wednesday'.
"It's crazy. There are artists that are bigger than me that would sell out a bigger room than me, but they don't have as many followers as me on Instagram," she says. "I just think nowadays, you'd be silly not to build your social media first. Everything is social media-based."
She cites Lewis Capaldi as an example of another way social media can only stand to benefit artists, as it allows fans to connect with them more on a personal level.
"People are absolutely in love with him because he's so funny. He's such a cool person. And I think that's why my followers have followed me since I was a nobody doing videos in my bathroom. There's people that have been following me since I was 17 and have watched my family's life and everything."
It wasn't long before she caught the attention of one of Ireland's most well-known producers, Mark McCabe, resulting in their top 30 collaboration, Over Me. The track's success led to a call from Universal: the rest is history.
"They just called me in for a meeting one day, not really knowing too much about me. They asked if I had much music, and I was like, 'enough to make ten albums!' I let them hear some of my stuff and they signed me."
How do I go from being everyone's puppet to giving them everything I want now?
I always want to know what the message will be and I build from that.
I don't care where you are in your career, you're no better than anybody else.
They told me not to come because there was no story ... They wanted a sob story.