Gloriously eccentric and defiantly original, Laila Smith’s ‘Something Dreadful Is Going to Happen’ is a breathtakingly beautiful, fiercely imaginative debut EP whose spellbinding art pop songs and surreal interactive world explore the disorienting aftermath of sexual violence with extraordinary emotional depth. In an intimate conversation with Atwood Magazine, the Los Angeles-based artist discusses grief as performance, beauty as a strategy for being heard, and the uncompromising creative vision that distinguishes her as one of the year’s most compelling artists-to-watch.