Annabel Jones may be a newcomer to many music fans, but she’s been around music her whole life. The 27-year-old first caught attention with her 2014 single, “Magnetic,” which garnered praise for Jones’ moody vocals. Having grown up with a famous father (who you can read about below), Jones released her terrific five-song Libelle EP earlier this year, which put her catchy electro-pop on display.

Splitting time between her native London and Los Angeles, we caught up with the jetsetting singer to find out 10 things you should know about her.

Her Dad, Davy Jones, was the Teenage Heartthrob in Legendary Boy Band the Monkees 

“For me, having a famous father was always how it was,” she says of her pops. “It was great and always gave me opportunities traveling. From the time I was two weeks old, I was on tour and it was amazing. It’s made me open-minded and unfazed by a lot of things and I’m able to integrate into different situations. For the part, it’s given me a lot of good.”

But It Wasn’t Always Awesome Because of the Lack of Privacy

“The downside is obviously that you’re never alone if you get what I mean,” she admits. “You’re always people watching and they’re coming up to you. You always have to share (your dad), which sometimes is great and fine, but other times it isn’t.”

Alice Cooper Changed Her diapers When She Was a Kid

“I don’t have any recollection of that,” she says wryly.

She Had Dinner With Her dad and Coolio and it was Surreal

“I don’t get why I was gobsmacked by it, but one time, in France, we had dinner with Coolio,” she divulges. “I think I must have been about eight and looking at my dad like he was the coolest guy on earth hanging out with Coolio like that. That will never, ever leave my head! It was quite a memorable moment.”

She Decided to Go into the Family Business and Become a Musician Because That’s What You Do When Your Dad is a World Famous Musician

“To be honest, it wasn’t something I decided,” she admits. “I think it was just something I always knew that I wanted. It’s like if your dad is a baker and you take over the family bakery. It’s that real simplistic thing that it being the family business and it being the natural next step, which is quite a boring way to look at it, but it’s definitely a big part of it. I’ve always been obsessed with music and I listened to it constantly.”

She Got Her Start by Messing Around During the Monkees’ Soundcheck

“Growing up on tour, during soundcheck I would go and play all of the instruments on stage and I wanted to learn as much as I could,” she reminisces. “Sometimes they would play percussion and stuff during the live shows. I honestly think it’s as simple as that being all I’ve ever known.”

She Started Writing Music as Soon as She was Able to, but Started Writing Poetry When She was Seven

“I wasn’t very good at school and I would always be writing in my work books wanting nothing to do with school,” she recalls. “Poetry and short stories is how it started and it just developed when I was 13 or 14.”

She Used to be in a Band, but Likes Her Solo Career More

“Now I can do whatever the fuck I want!” she exclaims. “I don’t have to ask anyone what they think about anything. The only person I have to represent or be accountable to as far as what I’m expressing is myself. It’s a nice liberating feeling though it can be a little more lonely and you don’t have that camaraderie that you have in a band, which I miss.”

The Title of Her Debut EP, 'LIbelle,' Refers to Her Critique of the Way Celebs Get Discarded So Quickly in the Age of the 24-Hour Media Cycle

Jones is obsessed with Marie Antoinette and the story of her being in the respect that people are built up only to be knocked down. She believes that in celebrity culture, people are “destroyed quite frivolously.”

She’s an Avid Buyer and Seller of Second Hand Clothes

She’ll go the Depot app, which is like Instagram except you buy and sell items on there. “It works for me because I take a picture and this is what it is and here’s why I like it,” she says of how she sells. “It’s a way for me to just buy stuff without guilt because I’m going to sell it when it’s really just a shopping addiction