ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Are you a big karaoke girl?
[Laughs]I’m all for it not being a performance but, like, a group singalong.
Let’s talk about the new album.
You’ve always called yourself an overwriter.
Was that more or less true on this one?I do overwrite!
I wish my process was different.
But I guess I’m a bit of an overthinker and a perfectionist.
EMOTIONbecame a real sort of cult record, critically and with fans.
Did you expect that?No!
You also toured with Katy Perry last year.
How was that?It was a wild thing to be back in a stadium.
The last time was with Justin Bieber, and I was terrified.
I thought, “Oh god, am I gonna feel like an impostor?”
But I think it was mostly because it happened in such a rush, and it was really shocking.
So I think it was a weird time for me.
[Laughs]I was like “Okay cool, I’m never going there!”
I do get to have a love life that feels quite private, and I value that.
And I think the fantasy is that we go away to a cabin somewhere and we start from scratch.
“You know what, it’s from the moviePopeyeWith Robin Williams.
So that’s why that song exists.
The big boss says yes!
“[Laughs]I tried everything.
You write so well about love, and often yearning for it from the outside.
and I’d been working on different versions of songs with the name Julien in it since then so…
I have to text him [now] to be like, “I don’t mean it!
I have a boyfriend!
But we had a wonderful time in Quebec City for a weekend, and I’ll never forget it.
I think I have protection over that.
You’ll be touring the world this summer to supportDedicated.
Do you still enjoy that part of the job?I do.
I’m almost scared that I like it more than home life.
I really get comfortable in the back of my bus, and I love traveling.
I’m a child in that way.
I’m down for all of the chaos, yeah.
