When her self-titled debut EP dropped in late 2018, it landed like an unexpected shot of energy in the electronic underground. Breakout single “DJ Logic Please Forgive Me” was hypnotic yet elastic, built on chopped R&B vocal samples, warm low-end and UKG-inflected syncopation. It didn’t take long for the track to find its way into the USBs of the likes of Four Tet, Caribou and Floating Points, and suddenly, Poulter was thrust into an international spotlight she’d never truly anticipated. In 2024, she released Mother, a record directly shaped by Poulter and her partner Thom McAlister’s transitions into parenthood. The 12-track project serves as an honest study of matrescence through the prism of house music, blending soulful vocals, 90s dance floor sensibilities and crisp garage breaks. She followed it with her celebrated DJ-Kicks mix, a slow-burn session that seeks the feeling of unhurried mornings rather than late nights in the rave, yet bottles those same feelings of euphoria and emotional depth. Confirmation! builds on this rich musical language. Written over the last two years with McAlister, it’s a gorgeous, lived-in collection of house, pop and downtempo that captures the ephemerality of all good things, stepping onto steadier emotional ground, personal alignment, growth and self-belief. “I had this feeling of movement,” Poulter explains. “I can do anything, but without the need to be fixed. I just want to be myself in the world.” Indeed, Confirmation! is the most authentically herself Poulter has sounded on record. Poulter grew up in a religious household, her childhood coloured by frequent church visits and weekly rituals. Confirmation is a sacrament but also her anchor word and North Star; an affirmation that gives her moral clarity and creative energy. “Looking back on that time, I feel like I’ve sort of done a full circle,” she says. “I feel connected to God.”