Emerging from London’s alt-pop underground with a magnetic blend of emotional grit and glossy pop finesse, Dirt Flirt is ready to claim center stage. The solo project of multi-instrumentalist and former emo kid Kit Eaton-Kent, Dirt Flirt’s self-titled debut EP is a fearless dive into queer heartbreak, identity, and the tangled chaos of young adulthood. Released today via Final Girl Records, the five-track project pulses with vulnerability, sharp wit, and the kind of hooks that stay with you long after the synths fade.
Already earning praise from tastemakers like LOUD WOMEN, DNü, and The New Age Magazine, Dirt Flirt is carving a space where pop meets catharsis—and where contradictions are not just allowed, but celebrated. With comparisons to The Japanese House and 070 Shake, this debut EP cements her status as one of the most compelling voices in alt-pop’s new vanguard.
Want to dive deeper into the music and the mind behind it? Urbanista sat down with Dirt Flirt to talk making heartbreak sound cinematic, being a queer artist in a chaotic world, and why she’s done apologizing for being dramatic.
The EP feels deeply personal—what moment or feeling sparked the first song you wrote for it?
The first song I wrote was dramatic – I had this wake up call at a time when I was in a really bad head space, and I realised I had to fix up or I was going to push away people I love.
You describe Dirt Flirt as a “pop provocateur with a vulnerable core”—how do you balance those two energies in your writing?
I think pop music always has space for vulnerability, that’s what makes it so relatable for so many people to connect to. So it’s all one energy to me when I’m writing.
Each song on the EP feels like its own emotional world. Do you write from memory, imagination, or somewhere in between?
My writing is all based on real things I’ve experienced or felt, but sometimes I like blurring the lines between fact and fiction. And leaving the audience guessing what’s true and what’s not.
What does your creative process look like—do lyrics or melodies come first for you?
lately it’s been melodies, i like mumbling melodies and seeing what words i can hear in what i’m singing. But writing lyrics first helps me figure out concepts.
The track “Necklace” opens the EP with such intensity—why did you choose that song to lead the project?
I wanted to throw the listener in at the deep end, rather than ease them into it.
“Boyfriend” has such a bittersweet narrative. Was it written from personal experience, and how did you shape it into something so universally resonant?
It was based on a personal experience, but it’s also a song about rejection and shame, with nostalgic, innocent imagery, and I think that combination is part of the reason it’s so universally relatable. It’s a queer heartbreak song at it’s core, but I think it translates to different people in different ways.
There’s a clear emo influence in your music—who were your biggest teenage musical obsessions, and how do they still show up in your sound?
My Chemical Romance all the way. I would say they show up more in my stage presence and my world building. Last month I listened to The Black Parade album in full for the first time in years and cried on the bus.
How has your queer identity shaped your songwriting and the themes you gravitate toward?
Not all my songs are about being queer, but they inherently are queer because i wrote them, and they draw from my individual experiences. My queerness has taught me so much about myself, that I am now able to draw from to write the songs that I write.
What was the most emotionally difficult song to finish on the EP—and why?
Bodycount was emotionally difficult, but it felt like such a release and I wrote it so quickly. I think all these feelings had been building up in my head for like a year and they finally all came out in this track.
If the EP were a movie, what would its title or genre be?
I feel like it’d be a coming of age thriller lol. The working project title was ‘at your disposal’ so maybe that would be the movie title!
