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Sharon Van Etten: ‘Weirdest thing I have done for love? I started watching sports’

The singer-songwriter on the advice from Nick Cave that changed her life, acting in The OA and her guilty pleasure

Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues. When I started following these college kids and watching profiles on them and how they’re literally playing for their lives, because it’s make or break for them at that level, the games become so intense. One of my guilty pleasures that stems from my early days working at Ihop [International House of Pancakes] – I would do mashed potatoes on toast with gravy.

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