Olivia Dean is one of the hottest artists on the rise and she’s opening up about hopes for the future of her career.
The 26-year-old “Man I Need” singer is on the cover of Nylon‘s new issue and she talked about her acting aspirations and why she doesn’t want to live in Los Angeles.
Head inside to check out her comments…
Check out highlights from her interview below…
On acting aspirations: “First of all, Teyana Taylor is so hot. I’m straight as an arrow, babe, [but] I was like, ‘Damn. Maybe for you’. I don’t know what it was. I just came out of the cinema, and something clicked like, I’d love to be in a movie.”
On Los Angeles, and why she could never live there: “Like, ‘Woah, guys, is anyone having fun? You know you’re allowed to have fun!’ There’s such a culture of being observed here, and I can’t live my life that way. I think that people need to release themselves. Release yourself from the idea that somebody might find you cringe. F*ck them! Be cringe, and be free!”
On her daily routine: “I’m going to make heels an everyday thing. I’ve left the trainers at home. I want to feel like that bitch all day.”
On writing about love: “I think it’s the most important thing in the world, so we must keep digging on the topic.”
On the current landscape of pop music: “It’s really exciting right now. It’s moving in a way that people are more individuals. I personally don’t feel any competition whatsoever or any comparative nature with any of my peers in that way. The women are just absolutely dominating music in general right now, which is amazing.”
On her commitment to writing from real-life experience and not wanting to write a song about a fictional scenario: “That’s great for The Beatles. That’s not why I do it…I do it so that I can listen back to it in 10 years and be like, ‘OK, that was about that breakup.’ ‘That was about that time in my life.’ That’s interesting to me.”
On the incense she’s been burning: “Attracts money — that was the scent. Been burning that. Been burning that!”
On an alternate title for her recent album: “The Art of “Damn, I Got My Sh*t Rocked.”
On letting people go: “When they say loving someone is kind of letting them go, I do really believe in that sometimes. Wanting them to shine, and just achieve everything that they want with their life, whether that includes you or not.”
On Sabrina Carpenter: “To be able to support her and warm the crowd up and just play before going into my own tour is the most invaluable experience.”
On dating apps: “God forbid!”
Read the full interview on Nylon.com.
Olivia has been making headlines for how she’s enacting change at Ticketmaster.