Cassandra is a Greek mythological figure, cursed by Apollo to tell true prophecies that would never be believed. She predicted the fall of Troy, but no one listened.

Talking to Spotify and Radio X, Florence speaks of how her music seems to anticipate future events (e.g. June “Hold on to each other” prior to the COVID-19 pandemic). Just as Cassandra predicted the future only to be cursed to be thought of as a liar, Florence felt similarly when COVID-19 hit and condemned her to isolation. She questions whether her prescient song-writing caused these events by an act of the Gods; the very songs that tell the future meant she could no longer do so.

Florence flipped this thought talking to Annabelle, instead, commenting on how she usually can foresee the process of making a song and then singing it live. The pandemic suddenly meant she could write, but then couldn’t predict whether it would ever be performed.

Cassandra[…]suffers from the fact that although she knows the future, no one believes her prophecies. I used it as a metaphor[…]planning albums and tours has determined my entire adult life so far. As a result, I always knew what would happen in the next few months, sometimes years. With the onset of the pandemic, I suddenly couldn’t foresee anything. I had not the slightest idea what the future would look like. The prophetic spirit of my songs had left me, I was fishing in the clouds. As if the gods had deprived me of my gift.