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The Veronicas on making music and mistakes: 'I don’t know why people didn’t take Twitter away from me'

After 20 years of ups and downs in the industry, the Australian pop duo have a new album out. This time, they’re doing it their way

Photograph: Logan HuffmanWhen I meet them in a Sydney hotel lobby, the pair are cheery and warm, greeting me with a hug and sliding on to my wrist a leftover friendship bracelet from the Taylor Swift concert they were at two nights prior. The pair had been singing and dancing since they were little girls and, after their parents bought them guitars for their 16th birthday, began playing live wherever they could – they racked up “probably 1,000” gigs before they got signed, from local council Christmas concerts to sets at palliative care units. The album is also a wildly fun romp: bouncy, carefree pop songs that feature drum from Blink 182’s Travis Barker, a guest appearance from Australian rapper Kerser and the occasional twangy strum of surf guitars.

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