Born and raised in Gothenburg, MTLDA has always been surrounded by music - both of her parents were in a band together and they encouraged her to express herself and explore music freely through regular family jam sessions - whilst her love for soul and jazz comes from her grandfather who was a professional pianist. It was this natural predisposition that drove MTLDA to study music for her masters degree, and inspired by powerful singers like Christina Aguilera, as well as contemporary R&B artists including Kehlani, SZA and Miguel, she started writing songs with the idea to combine her R&B laced vocal melodies with production influenced by genre-hopping hip-hop artists such as Travis Scott and Lil Uzi Vert.