the Frances Anders fan club

Proud to say we're getting in on the ground floor of this indie-folk darling's tight-knit, French-Fried following. Vou in?

- BY MADELON BASIL

Here's a hot take from 18-year-old singer-songwriter Frances Anderson: She wouldn't mind living on a tour bus 24/7. As in, bunking sardine-style with a lively crew of 12, surviving on gas station snacks and getting (not-so-gently) rocked to sleep every night by the motion of the wheels. “You wake up, you're still moving and you're like, hmm, what state am I in now?” she laughs.

Recalling her first tour last fall—where she opened for alt-pop sensation Hannah Bahng, ran her own merch booth and wowed crowds chanting her name—Frances admits that life on the road isn't for everyone. “But I personally love being around a lot of people appreciating music. That's why I do what I do.”

Soon, fans will have plenty more to appreciate: After countless late nights furiously tapping lyric ideas into her iPhone (“If you ever want to see what's going on with a girl, check her Notes app”), Frances is dropping a deluxe version of her debut indie-folk EP Drown on Jan. 23.

Even if you haven't streamed it yet, chances are Frances and her dreamy music have already crossed your FYP...once, twice or 100 times.

She's racked up serious TikTok fame with videos of her lip-syncing to Reneé Rapp and Hayley Williams, reviewing food with her mom and dancing to her own songs in her bedroom like nobody's watching (aside from her nearly 3 million followers, of course).