TEENAGE songstress Chloe Latimer isn't old enough to go to most gigs held at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - but she's set to headline her own show there.

The Clydebank girl is only 17, but has already found herself supporting songbirds like Nina Nesbitt and Gabrielle Aplin, while she's planning an EP release for early this year.

Now she's topping the bill at Tut's on Thursday night as part of the New Year's Revolution run of shows.

"It's absolutely mental," she says.

"I started doing gigs when I was 15 and I always had a thing about headlining Tut's by the time I was 21, so doing it by the time I'm 17 is really strange.

"When something big happens you don't really take it in yet, although I know it's a big thing and I'm just hoping something really good comes from it."

Chloe started out covering tracks like Yellow by Coldplay and Lana Del Ray's Video Games, but her original material is starting to make a mark now.

She's also been lucky enough to pick up tips from other youthful singers, with her very first gig being a support slot with fast-rising Edinburgh singer Nina Nesbitt.

"I met Nina at a radio station in Clydebank and she was really lovely , and asking about if I'd got any gigs done," recalls Chloe.

"I said I hadn't, and she asked if I wanted to open up for her. I did another one with her in Edinburgh, and that got the ball rolling. I started doing as many gigs as I could get."

While Chloe has since played plenty of shows, it's an easy answer for her when asked what her biggest gig was - the O2 ABC, when she supported English songstress Gabrielle Aplin, who soundtracked the Christmas John Lewis advert in 2012 with her Power Of Love cover.

"Me and my friend were just sitting in the dressing room before the gig, going 'what?' as we looked around," she laughs.

"She came in to speak to us and was so lovely. She was so nice to talk to, and you can understand why she's been so successful because of how nice she is."

For Chloe, a singer like Gabrielle is a huge inspiration, as she's handled her career her own way.

"She's definitely someone to look up to, as she's done everything her own way, setting up her own label and releasing her EPs before she thought about signing a record deal," says Chloe.

"Looking at someone like her is inspiring because it shows you don't have to panic, you don't need a big company to back you up - I don't think you need a big record company straight away now, when you can do the independent thing."

Given Chloe's youthful age, it's not surprising that she's encountered plenty of people who have thought they could handle her career for her.

But the 17-year-old isn't willing to change her music away from what she wants to do.

"People think they can mould you into something you're not, and when you give your opinion you hear back 'you're young, you don't know about this' but at the end of the day it's my own music and I want to do it my own way," she states, emphatically.

"I don't think everyone in music is like that [being controlling], but the key is having the right people who can help you out, but will let you get on with making music."

An early experience suggests she had a lucky escape in that regard, after she tried out for Britain's Got Talent years ago, getting through the early auditions.

"It was the first time I'd done a gig in front of so many people, and that was terrifying," she says.

"It was like a crash course into things, and I thought you needed to go on a talent show to get your music heard. David Hasselhoff told me I reminded him of his daughter, which was weird."

Now her music tends to draw upon Chloe's own experiences, as well as random stories and thoughts that pop into her mind. It means she doesn't have a set style of writing.

"You might listen to the songs and think it's all about me, but sometimes they're just a look at a teenager's perspective," she says.

"Then I've got other songs based on things that have happened in my life - I've got one written that could get a boy dumped…"