Issue 21 – In Conversation with .. 10!

Could you walk us through the creative process
of crafting your debut album, especially with
the challenges of working between different
cities and environments?
My creative process is really random. I don’t follow
a pattern. Song ideas usually come to me suddenly
in random days and ways. I usually sit down in my
room for days, chain-smoke and make it happen
without talking to anyone. But I know it can happen
anytime too so I always carry my laptop around.
I made some of these songs on the 149 bus, some
of them on a train, some of them in my room and
so on. I don’t need a studio or good environmental
conditions to make a track and sketch out ideas, I can
be anywhere. These 10 songs are the chosen tracks
I felt that fit the most for the debut out of 60 to 70
songs I have produced in this time period and the
way I create is super fast ADHD infused chaos. My
best friend Trashedbaby was with me on a train
back from a gig we played in Glasgow and I was
working on some tracks. She just turned to me and
was like ‘I can not believe you literally work on 4
songs at the same time’. So that’s really how it is.
In what ways does EXXXOSKELETON symbolise
a shift of themes compared to your earlier work?
It doesn’t completely symbolise a shift in sound but it
is definitely the record I feel most comfortable on. My
art used to heavily be about melancholy and anger
and self-deprecation. EXXXOSKELETON is about
self-boasting, embracing my power and glamourising
my problems in a fun way instead of pitying them
and feeling bad about my sadness. In this record I’m
a bit more like ‘I am sad on the dance floor yeah but
fuck it come over here and kiss me then you might find
heaven in my hell’.
EXXXOSKELETON will be released June 7th, 2024
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Photos by Joseph Delaney @director.of.doom
Given your collaborations with iconic figures
like Rick Owens, how do you see fashion
intersecting with your music and overall
artistic vision?
I can’t think of music without its aesthetic
properties and power. Everyone that has ever
inspired me has always been musicians with
a very strong fashion sense and a specifically
crafted visual world.
I start thinking about the style and visuals
of imaginary editorials and music videos
and movie scenes while I make a song or
listen to another song by another artist. It
really does come natural to me and my art
will always have fashion and visual arts hand
in hand with its sound, I am not interested in
creating in another way. I want to create fully
realised fragments of fantasy.
Looking ahead, what do you hope listeners take
away from your music and upcoming album?
I honestly don’t have any expectations from the
listeners. When it is released it's not just mine
anymore it's public domain, I wanted to share
it with everyone and so there you have it, do
whatever you please with it. The food is ready
to be served and digested, I can’t expect you to
not have an allergy.
Do you have a favourite David Lynch
film/scene/ score?
Grandmother, Eraserhead & Mulholland Drive
are my top 3 David Lynch works for sure and
for the score the it is definitely the genius work
of Alan Splet and David Lynch for Eraserhead.
The soundtrack will always be number one for
me, the way it was recorded and edited. You’ve
got your good things and I’ve got mine.
Interview by Nicola Phillips
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