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Interview with Grimes, 2012
Below is my interview with the musician Grimes. This interview first appeared on the Australian events site Everguide, which no longer exists.
Hannah Joyner: Hey Claire!
Grimes: Hi, how are you?
HJ: Great! I didn’t know whether to call you Grimes, or Miss Grimes or something.
G: (laughs)
HJ: So you are coming to Australia for Meredith Music Festival, you must have played dozens of festivals already but are you excited?
G: I actually am pretty excited. My Dad is really obsessed with Australia. Like, he always wanted to go when I was a kid, so it seems like, I don’t know, a thing that needs to happen in my life. I heard Meredith is just awesome, plus outdoor festivals are my favourite kind.
HJ: Great. Well formalities out of the way, I’ve watched more than a few interviews with you and noticed that you are totally unashamed to like mainstream pop musicians like Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber. Actually, did you catch their collaboration the other Christmas on Mariah’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’?
G: I actually kind of hate it.
HJ: (Surprised noise) No!
G: (Laughs) Sorry, that’s such a strong thing to say. It’s just, Mariah’s version is just so good and it was…
