Bridie Monds-Watson was asked by Rookie Magazine to cover St. Vincent which she did in her own inimitable way and they interviewed her about it and her music as part of it:
So much of that song, and what Annie Clark has said about it, is about her disdain for internet culture and people broadcasting their lives. Whatโs your relationship to the internet like as someone whoโs never known a world without it?
Iโm definitely the first generation thatโs grown up with the internet in school, from like, primary, year one. I had a Facebook account when I was, like, 13. I wasnโt that interested until I was, like, 15. Now I use it tonsโI kind of have to, because itโs an incredible form of promotion. But I think itโs fun, as well. Iโm lucky because Iโm with an independent label, so Iโm in charge of my social media. If my label people post on it, itโs with my approval. I decide how much of myself I want to give away, and what I want to say as well.
The Derry musician’s debut Before We Forgot How to Dream comes out on Rough Trade next month.