![Hey, my interview with Tune-Yards is now on The A.V. Club Chicago. I’m especially proud of the few questions I asked about working with/through an eating disorder.
An excerpt:
AVC: At the beginning of Whokill, a voice announces,“Ladies and gentlemen, Merrill is performing.” How did you decide to start the record that way?
MG: I guess cause it’s my grandma, and it felt like a way to have her blessing in the whole thing. I don’t know what the right word for it is, but it’s a way of not taking myself too seriously. You know, the parallel of my 2-year-old performance with my 32-year-old performance. Just to be like, “You know what? You’re not that great.” [Laughs.] “I mean, you’re not that much different. Sure, you’ve progressed, but not all that much.”
It always helps me to think about how much further I have to go. I felt a lot of pressure on this album. Obviously, not Britney Spears kind of pressure, but a lot of pressure.](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luf0xwUDYt1qznbdwo1_400.png)
Hey, my interview with Tune-Yards is now on The A.V. Club Chicago. I’m especially proud of the few questions I asked about working with/through an eating disorder.
An excerpt:
AVC: At the beginning of Whokill, a voice announces,“Ladies and gentlemen, Merrill is performing.” How did you decide to start the record that way?
MG: I guess cause it’s my grandma, and it felt like a way to have her blessing in the whole thing. I don’t know what the right word for it is, but it’s a way of not taking myself too seriously. You know, the parallel of my 2-year-old performance with my 32-year-old performance. Just to be like, “You know what? You’re not that great.” [Laughs.] “I mean, you’re not that much different. Sure, you’ve progressed, but not all that much.”
It always helps me to think about how much further I have to go. I felt a lot of pressure on this album. Obviously, not Britney Spears kind of pressure, but a lot of pressure.
