Brisbane's teen pop rebelette Mallrat (aka Grace Shaw) won hearts, minds and dancing feet when in 2015, styling herself as the "Hannah Montana of the rap game", she unleashed the bouncy Suicide Blonde. But has Shaw outgrown her Disney-nabbed descriptor?

"Well, it was particularly relevant when I was in school," Shaw considers. "It does get people's attention… I probably don't think of myself like that anymore, but I don't mind it, either. I love Hannah Montana, so any comparison is good."

The rapper/singer has just wrapped a tour supporting her "bestie", Tom "Allday" Gaynor - stopping by Splendour In The Grass. Next, she - and DJ Denim - will join the Maroochy Music And Visual Arts Festival, Shaw promising her cherished fans "lots of dancing".

The then high schooler started making music after catching the wry Gaynor live. She shared a demo with his keyboardist, Tigerilla, who produced her rap/electro/indie breakout Suicide Blonde. Meanwhile, Gaynor became Shaw's mentor. "He's honestly the most incredible person!"

Last year Shaw issued her first EP, Uninvited, via Dew Process. She's since blessed two songs on Gaynor's Speeding - one the groovy Baby Spiders. The arachnid title comes from a line in Gaynor's opening verse, but Shaw determined it. "It reminded me of something very bizarre - which is that, when I was maybe six, I found this spider in my backyard. I took it to the museum - and it was a new species. So I told Tom about that and he was like, 'Okay, we have to call the song Baby Spiders.'"

Shaw is prepping fresh solo music. "I'm gonna do an EP - it's actually almost finished," she says. "I'm so excited to release it - I think it'll be out by the end of the year." Though routinely associated with hip hop, Shaw has transcended the idiom. "I really like that people call me a hip hop artist, but I don't really think I am," she ponders. "I listen to a lot of hip hop and I love hip hop production - and definitely faster verses and stuff I'm really drawn to. There's so much to be taken from hip hop production - like 808s and everything are just incredible. But I think I fit maybe in the pop world, more than anything. But, also, I'm super into electronic music. The new stuff is even a little bit folky."

Indeed, Shaw belongs to Generation Playlist. She admires post-MCs such as Kanye West. Shaw raves about Lil Yachty's energetic set at Splendour. "I was watching side-stage, but I kind of regret it - the crowd was so fun, I should have been in the crowd. But it was so good. He's a super-cool person." Still, Shaw extols the wonky Scottish beatmaster SOPHIE - and Lana Del Rey.

Like Gaynor, Shaw has generated interest Stateside, Uninvited's housey For Real soundtracking a Google Pixel phone campaign. "I'm about to move to LA, but I haven't got my visa yet," she reveals. "Once that's all sorted, I'll be over there."