But I actually don’t think you could name one artist who enjoys promo or touring after the first three to six months of an album cycle. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, sweepstakes, and more! KRISTEN WIIG IS AN OSCAR-NOMINATED WRITER, ACTRESS, COMEDIAN, AND FORMER CAST MEMBER OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. I’m not afraid of hard work, especially if it’s for stuff that I enjoy. WIIG: Well, I have been very open about my obsession with Olivia Newton-John. And it feels like creating a sort of inanimate blond bob and allowing other people to play the role of the pop singer, it affords me a little bit more freedom in terms of my expiration date. I could have dinner with these people at their houses, but anywhere you go now where there’s a camera, it’s actually work. As she tells her pal Wiig, none of the recent success, nor, indeed, the distillation of her image down to that singular hairstyle, was uncalculated. SIA: Sometimes after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I’ll be like, “I have to keep it. This recent move toward privacy preceded the enormous, and perhaps not entirely unrelated, smash hit of her 2014 album 1000 Forms of Fear. Am I just a singer who’s attaching her name to something? And I don’t love performing, because it’s nerve-racking and it’s time-consuming to rehearse a whole set—and my time can often be better served writing music and just making it and putting it out. And it sort of makes you feel crazy. You know, I made a mistake. And it feels like creating a sort of inanimate blond bob and allowing other people to play the role of the pop singer, it affords me a little bit more freedom in terms of my expiration date.". "As private as I am and as sacred as this all is, what helped me was reading about other women who went through it and talking to those who have gone through IVF and fertility stuff," Kristen tells InStyle magazine. ", "I'm 39, and I would like to be able to make great pop music for another 20 years," she reveals. The singer then candidly admits some insecurity about the project. So I remember being in a bar was kind of like, 'Whoa.' And mermaids. SIA: It’s like a dream. "And then you realize, 'If I'm going to go, I'm going to need to get a tan. It feels like a truly collaborative experience. Check out Sia's entire interview with Kristen Wiig at Interview Magazine here. I don’t do sessions for myself ever. What was I thinking? She's apparently working on a screenplay. An acting performance can be loved or hated. 3. It literally fucks with my sanity. "But when I did talk about it, every time I said that I was going through IVF, I would meet someone who was either going through it, about to go through it, or had a friend who just did it. SIA: I’ll just go into a session to write a song. The Below Deck Med Crew Opens up About What it Feels Like to Have Cameras Filming Their Every Move, Captain Lee Rosbach’s ‘Below Deck’ Season 8 Spoilers, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show. It doesn’t happen to me every night. So I delivered it to the label in the U.K. Interview. SIA: Certainly with singing or songwriting, I feel quite confident that I’m skilled at my craft, that I’ve honed the skills I was given. She started her stint on the show in 2005 and survived a major budget cut to remain a part of the show for seven years.. RELATED: SNL: 5 Things The Long-Running Comedy … As Sia tells it, “I think it was a bar. Interview Magazine: The Crystal Ball of Pop. "And I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. And after a while, you can't. Kristen Carroll Wiig (/ w ɪ ɡ /; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. I think that it would be unwise of us not to believe that there is life outside of us, intelligent life. SIA: I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work. WIIG: That was seriously one of the best nights of my life, creatively and everything. So it wasn’t a great risk to them either, you know. But when it comes to the visual side of things, which I’m dipping my toe in, I’m definitely appreciative for any fucking glimmer of validation that I’m actually doing it and that I’m doing it right. "It was so fun to be there with you and to experience that. WATCH: Kristen Wiig’s Crazy “Chandelier’ Modern Dancing Steals the Show at the 2015 GRAMMYs. And then I got a text message from Fab [Fabrizio Moretti, also of the Strokes] …. I’m so nervous. Which of the Potomac 'Wives Is Talking to the Blogs? We’ll have a new commenting experience online soon. I have nothing to lose. So probably a no.” And then I thought, “Wait a second. WIIG: So did I. I didn’t quite think about what I was saying yes to until after I hit send. Was that when you wore that beautiful white dress that was frilly around the shoulder? Or I’ll go into a session and play new tracks. Because when people say things like, I don't know, 'I hope you get cancer and die,' it hurts my feelings. I just did little bits of press—Ellen, Howard Stern. Similar to the “Chandelier” video, Maddie was included, as was Kristen Wiig. I thought, “Well, I have one thing—I used to have a blond bob, and maybe I’ll make myself just a blond bob.”. I was listening to it nonstop. And it feels like creating a sort of inanimate blond bob and allowing other people to play the role of the pop singer, it affords me a little bit more freedom in terms of my expiration date. And you responded by sending me a photo of you with Olivia Newton-John in London. ", READ: Sia sets the record straight after not attending Australia's ARIA Awards, "I'm not willing to give up my actual self..." she continues. © 2020 E! And then you realize, “If I’m going to go, I’m going to need to get a tan. I wouldn’t even talk about it for the first three years, because I was so sure people would just think it was some dumb singer’s vanity project. "I’m so scared it’ll be bad. And I’d say 95 percent of the time, those intuitive yeses have turned out to be really helpful for me, you know, in my [sarcastic accent] “spiritual growth,” but also creatively and professionally. So that just adds exponentially more work. [Sia directed Maddie Ziegler in performances of “Chandelier” and “Elastic Heart.”] You put so much time into these things, and it’s so appreciated by people who get to watch it. You can’t even leave the house. A song can be good to one person and bad to another. So I’m just trying to be one step removed. Or is it just nerves or what? So I was like, “Hmm, it’s bad strategy. And I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. I’m going to need to have my roots done. And it’s just one song, so there’s not a lot of the laborious stuff, like rehearsing or learning the lyrics. Is that part of the reason why it’s a bit of a thing for you to put on a performance, because you want it to be a special, separate thing? "But it had to come out on a major label, and they're not going to want to give it away for free. SIA: That sounds so terrifying and horrible, by the way. I believe in Daryl Hannah. KRISTEN WIIG: I’m not sleeping very well. But it’s so great that you can weave in and out of life and still have all of the good stuff and none of the bad stuff. Is Wendy Osefo Going Through a Midlife Crisis? Kristen Wiig has opened up about fertility treatment struggles in her first interview since becoming a mum. 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