In this episode of My Music, Graham Coath sits down with POLA

— a musician, songwriter, and creative spirit with one of the most distinctive voices (and stories) we’ve featured on the show.
From growing up in a deeply artistic family to stepping away from music entirely, POLA opens up about doubt, identity, and what it really means to return to your calling. The conversation explores creativity, faith, fame, authenticity, and the cost of making meaningful music in a world driven by algorithms, image, and noise.
We talk about:
Growing up surrounded by extraordinary musicians and feeling the weight of expectation.
Walking away from music, working in marketing, and what that break taught her.
Why today’s music industry demands artists be everything at once.
Writing songs that go deeper than romance and surface emotion
Working with legendary collaborators, including John Altman and @andysummers_official
Faith, spirituality, creativity, and the courage to speak openly about personal transformation.
Why POLA avoids celebrity culture, TV, and AI and what she chooses instead.
This is a conversation about purpose over performance, substance over surface, and making music that means something to the artist first, and then to the listener.
Thoughtful, honest, and refreshingly unfiltered, this episode is for anyone who believes music should still have soul.
🎧 Listen now via the links in my bio and discover why POLA believes these really are the best days.