Are you still interested in that kind of music [hip-hop]? You've sort of moved away from that in this album.
Elsewhere, she's asked about her infamous VMAs appearance alongside Robin Thicke. The results are… interesting:Yeah, but I think that that's labelling. It's like: that kind of music—like, what does that mean? I love music; I love all styles of music. I love Mike WiLL's music; I love Wayne Coyne's music. I love country music; I love Dolly [Parton]'s music. I love Leonard Cohen's music. I may be the only person that has Wiz Khalifa and Leonard Cohen on the same iPod. I don't ever label music.
You are very vocal as a self-declared feminist. But you have also gotten a lot of flack for your performance with Robin Thicke at the Video Music Awards in 2013 of a song that some view as promoting rape culture. You know, it's been a couple of years—
I don't know man. But I do know that there are definitely other people who like Leonard Cohen and Wiz Khalifa (wild!), and that joining in with a song that many flagged as misogynistic isn't really the same as Bikini Kill. Just some food for thought!Follow Noisey on Twitter.That's so ridiculous, I'm sorry. Again, I empathize with people's feelings, because opinions are a natural response in human beings. …But besides that, that's so hurtful actually to take something that is good-intentioned—and what's the difference of anyone else doing what they do in pop music? What's the difference with Britney Spears coming oiled up with a snake, I mean, it's like the same thing? It's any pop singer. Look at Kathleen Hanna—that's punk!