The day Jennifer Irabor adopted the moniker SPIDER, a spider that had taken up residence around her window died. During an extended break from music, she was visited by actual arachnids, which she learned later were symbols of storytelling in folklore, but were also “connected to creatives who have stopped creating”. “I hadn’t made music in a while,” she explains, “and I was like, ‘Oh, maybe this is a sign that I need to get back on it.’” Her namesakes continued to inform her music career. “I feel like anytime I need a sign for something, I’ll see a spider,” she says. “Before I made my TikTok account, I was like, ‘If I see a spider, I’ll make one.’ Then there was a spider in the sink.” She’s released thre...