Original Magazine x Charlotte Plank

Inside the Multiverse of Charlotte Plank

There’s a moment, about halfway through Charlotte Plank’s latest EP Clubliminal, when her commitment to storytelling becomes unmistakably clear. It comes after the steady build of her interlude and before the explosive crescendo of Rage: a sudden understanding between artist and listener that this is no ordinary club record. It’s part diary, part dreamscape, completely immersive, and unmistakably Plank.

“My thing is adding some kind of storytelling over club music,”

she tells Original Magazine. Anyone attuned to the sound of narrative already knows this to be true of the young artist. Her rebellion, giving dance music heart, history, and a heroine, is what makes Charlotte Plank such a compelling new voice on the UK music scene. Her EP is a shimmering blend of cinematic soundscapes, raw emotion, and fierce intent, tracing her evolution not just as an artist, but as a narrator of modern life, femininity, and club culture.

“I guess my whole thing is, I find it hard to write hypothetically, I find it so much easier to write about stuff that’s actually going on in my life or with my friends.”

This frank, deeply felt authenticity pulses through every beat of her newest project. From euphoric bangers like Nightshift to the emotive lyricism of Stargirl, there’s a rare emotional range on display.

Often, Plank achieves this by sealing somber lyrics in an upbeat wrapper. “You can listen to it on a surface level as a club tune and then re-listen to it when you’re coming down on the bus home and be like, ‘oh, I get the lyrics now.’”

It’s little surprise, then, that storytelling runs deep for Plank. “Going back to when I was a little girl, I used to write to a fairy,” she recalls, seated in the garden of her childhood home. “It was like a next-level tooth fairy situation. My mum would always write back, and I think that’s where my storytelling started.”

That imaginative spark never left her. Her debut EP was aptly titled In Her World, a nod to her self-confessed tendency to live “in my own little world all the time. There’s a lot bubbling away under the surface that people don’t always see.”

What bubbles now is a new vision for UK dance music: expansive, literary, intimate. “I like to use a cinematic soundscape, which you can hear across the EP,” she explains. “It adds to the emotional rawness.” Her attention to sound as a sensation is shaped by a background in music technology and a musically rich upbringing. But when asked about her biggest influence, Charlotte credits her mum without hesitation.

“My thing is adding some kind of storytelling over club music,”

she tells Original Magazine. Anyone attuned to the sound of narrative already knows this to be true of the 24-year-old artist. Her rebellion — giving dance music heart, history, and a heroine — is what makes Charlotte Plank such a compelling new voice on the UK music scene. Her EP is a shimmering blend of cinematic soundscapes, raw emotion, and fierce intent, tracing her evolution not just as an artist, but as a narrator of modern life, femininity, and club culture.

“I 100% owe all of this to my mum,” she says fondly. “She brought me up on such a wide range of stuff. From Motown to Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Amy Winehouse… even The Cure.”

Plank’s storytelling is both sonic and literal. Every voice note and metropolitan sample is a breadcrumb in her immersive sonic universe. “The other day, my boyfriend recorded me sleep-talking… I used it in a song! I do the same thing with random conversations.”

The result? Tracks that feel lived-in. Tracks lush with detail.

The EP’s tracklisting wasn’t accidental either. Like the fairytales she wrote as a child, every structural choice and lyric in Clubliminal is part of a broader narrative. “I ordered the EP around my evolution as an artist. I’ve put the older stuff at the end and the brand-new stuff at the beginning. So, as you listen, you can hear the evolution.” Her interlude, was it all a dream? serves as a turning point.

“It was originally called ‘An Ode to the Old Me’. It was a nod to how I’ve grown.”

Clubliminal takes us on the journey of a multifaceted artist unafraid to tread new ground. Candy Stores and Chemical Fashion, two standout tracks, may even hint at a more pop- leaning future. “They foreshadow potentially what my upcoming sound will be,” she hints.

“They’re really exciting because it feels like we’re opening a few more doors with those sounds.”

That openness is central to Plank’s ethos. Whether through her role in LOUD LDN (a grassroots collective championing women and non-binary voices in electronic music) or her genre-bending experimentation, Charlotte is creating space. “Especially with women in music, you’re meant to be like rivals, but you don’t have to be!” she says. “Surely things work better when everyone’s pushing each other up.”

Plank’s journey — from music tech classes in college (where she was one of the only women) and M&S shifts during lockdown, to festival stages and official releases — is as much about grit as it is talent. “Honestly, thank God it was a shit time,” she says, reflecting on her pandemic-era routine. “It forced my hand.”

Now, with a debut EP that’s part coming-of-age tale, part club-ready confessional, Charlotte Plank is a name worth remembering. Not just for where she’s been, but for where she’s going. “It’s just about navigating adulthood and club culture and trying on different versions of yourself,” she reflects. “Each song is its own little world.” But, I would argue that Charlotte Plank is doing more than just world-building. She’s crafting a multiverse for her music to roam.