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one-eighth of X Factor group Stereo Kicks – there was no way Noel was letting her get away with listening to cheesy pop.
“But I’m glad,” she says. “Now I have good taste in music. My taste is identical to my dad’s. I’m a diehard David Bowie fan. I love The Beatles, I love The Smiths, my dad’s music, anything that’s made with real instruments.
“I don’t listen to anything that’s on the radio and I doubt that anything on a playlist of mine is from the last 20 years.
“My knowledge of music has always been good because I think my dad would disown me if it wasn’t.”
But she’s still a typical teenager – her social media pages are covered with selfies and motivational quotes – and she was obsessed with Love Island this summer.
Anaïs has a huge circle of friends who are often well-known themselves. She is best pals with actress Millie Bobby Brown and even dressed up as her Stranger Things character Eleven last Halloween. She also regularly hangs out with Brookyln Beckham and Rocco Ritchie. She says: “There is this big misconception that we’re all friends, that we’re all this crew…and it’s actually true.” But the teenager is no party animal. “My friends will be over and say: ‘Anaïs, there’s a party tonight, are you coming?’ and mum’s like: ‘Oh yes, go!’ and I’m like: ‘I might just stay in with my dog and watch Netflix.’”
Stricter
“And she’ll force me to go to a party because she thinks I’m wasting my teenage years. But I’m not. I just like staying at home watching TV.”
Surprisingly, Noel is a stricter dad than you might assume.
“He’s a really good parent,” says Anaïs. “He is really cool but he’s really strict. If he tells me not to do something, I won’t do it.”
She is also close to Kate Moss, her mum’s former fellow party girl.
“She’s hilarious,” says Anaïs. “One of the funniest people I know.
“She is the most loving, motherly figure. She texts me at least once a week. It’s a good relationship because she’s not my mum.
“And she makes really good peanut butter on toast.”
And we have to know – Liam or Noel? “I can’t pick,” she says. They don’t get on, but I get on with both.”