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Empress Of Is Making ‘Sad Songs You Can Shake Ass To’
“I feel like it’s been my gift as an artist.”
A few things to love about Los Angeles: low-rider cars, roadside taco stands, and, come awards season, the omnipresent “For Your Consideration” billboards that pitch a show, album, or movie to win their respective trophies. Songs like “What Type of Girl Am I?” and “Lorelei” ask self-reflexive questions begging for answers; others, like “Fácil” and “Cura,” look to the dance floor, relying on Latin pop beats courtesy of some of the most creative producers in underground electronic music right now. But when I talked to the photographer, she was like, “I think we need to go more camp with it.” She sent me amazing references of campaigns from the early 2000s and late ’90s, and she was like, “You have to be laughing and you have to be throwing your head back.
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