She’s perched right on the edge of pop stardom

As someone who likes to be at home in her creams and nightgown, how have you adapted to the life of an up-and-coming pop star?

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“I’VE FELT like a writer my entire life,” says Audrey Hobert, at Swingers Diner.

(ANNIE NOELKER For The Times)

I just still feel like a girl who likes to be in her creams and nightgown, and I also, in addition to that, really enjoy the feeling of working and sort of running on fumes. I think if you like that feeling too much, it dips into dangerous territory a little bit, but it doesn't ... feel much like partying. For instance, I've been shooting a music video for the past four days, and last night I was up until 3 in the morning with what we were referring to as the skeleton crew. It feels like I'm not even almost entirely there yet, and I will innately know, “Oh my God, I've arrived." But you can sort of protect yourself from it if that's what you want.

How are you feeling about performing in L.A .?

I think I'm gonna be incredibly nervous because it's gonna be the majority of my friends and family there, and I've made the decision to keep all details of what the tour is gonna be a secret from all of my friends and family, just so that they can see it. I just feel like I'm going to get the best feedback from them if I'm not tipping them or giving them a hint as to what it's going to be and if they're just witnessing it for the first time. And that's kind of what I'm interested [in] with this first tour, because it's so short and it's almost an underplay, and I just am wanting constructive criticism and what worked, what didn't.

Do you get more nervous performing in front of friends and family?

Nervousness and excitement are the same. It's a very similar feeling. I think it's more excitement than nervousness. In my experience over the summer, going to places around the world and performing, I always was more excited for the shows that I knew I had people that I personally knew at. Performing in Australia and Amsterdam and Berlin, it was sort of a pressure's off feeling.