Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The interview of German Lavrovsky for the double-page

• (ME): I heard your tour around Asia went really well, what did you like the most about it?
(GERMAN): Oh God, I loved Asia! Loved every part of it, especially Singapore! It felt like I was on the other planet, people are so different. Their culture and traditions are so interesting and cool, I was walking around with my mouth open in every city I was. I love food, generally, I eat all the time, so Asia is like the perfect place for my stomach, their custom food is so nice, I love all this spicy stuff. People! Oh Lord, people were so excited to see me! I mean I knew I am awesome but I didn’t expect so many boys and girls screaming and waiting for me! (Laughs).
• (ME): Where do you look for inspiration for your music and costumes?
(GERMAN): Everywhere! Sometimes I wake up in the morning and look at my fat lazy cat, you know, its big and ginger, and I’m like “mmm I want to look like her” so then I just think of different ways of presenting it. When I was younger, I tried myself in fashion industry, but then I realized people will like me more for my music (winks and laughs). Anyway, I know something about making costumes and I don’t like asking people for help with y designs or finishing work.
Yeah, and about my music – I love travelling, love seeing different cities, countries, small villages, big loud dirty cities. Sometimes the sound of the streets can attract me, or the silence of the valleys. Many people think I am freak and look at world from the different angle…yeah, they might be right. I don’t like usual stuff, I don’t like writing music about love, its booooring, and everyone talks about love all the time. I’m talking about love which happens between a man and a woman. I prefer bringing some deeper message through my music. Love to your cities, or even your cup of coffee. I like making people think about stuff they wouldn’t think in their daily life because they are all so busy with working and making money or raising kids..Or whatever normal people do with their life. (Laughs)
• (ME): I personally think it’s very important to have some sort of connection with the people who come to listen to your music. Is it important for you to see audience’s emotions on the concerts?
(GERMAN): Oh yes, that’s why I love it so much. It’s cool when people adore you(laughs). No I’m joking, I know what you mean. Yeah, it’s very important for me to feel their happiness; people go the concerts or performances to relax, to forget about their daily problems. Therefore I want to make sure they forget everything while they are there with me. That’s why I care so much about my costumes and performances; I want to make them feel like they are on some other planet.
• (ME): We’ve noticed you like to go nude at some point of your performances! You make your performances very amusing for your fans, how do you come up with all your ideas?
(GERMAN): I LOVE GOING NAKED!!!(Screams and laughs). Well, first of all, it gets too hot in all these costumes I am wearing during my concerts and by the end of it I can’t breathe properly, so I just take it off! I never actually went completely nude on my concerts, don’t want the male audience feel bad (laughs and winks). I like feeling free, and when I am at home, especially when I am alone, I like walking around in my pants. A man was born naked so I don’t understand what’s wrong with that really.
• (ME): What about your daily life, our readers and your fans are very interested to find out all about your life.
(GERMAN): I don’t like sleeping. I know it sounds very weird but I think it’s such a waste of time! You can do so much while others are asleep! I usually stay up till 5-6 am and then wake up at 9-10am. Love orange juice in the morning. Oh and I watch a lot of cartoons, love Lion King, it gets me every time ha-ha (laughs). Hate junk food, it feels like I am putting rubbish inside my stomach. I’m vegetarian by the way. I care about animals, I love them, but I care about myself as well..Yeah, I am in love with myself. I mean we live in such polluted environment and unfortunately I smoke since a young age, so I want to make sure that food I eat is kind of healthy. Yeah and I don’t wear real fur or leather by the way. I always imagine my fat cat wearing my skin. Ewwwww.
• (ME): Do you have any favourite things in your life? Food? Brands? Cities? Books or movies?
(GERMAN): God, I am such a freak, I get attached to a lot of things and then I can’t give it up. Food..mmm, I told you I love food. Love nuts and dry fruits, I can go for days eating only that. I know it sounds weird, vegetarian loves food. Trust me; vegetarians can eat a lot of different food from different cuisines. I love reading books, they make people smart. I try to read all the time, fortunately, I have time for books while I travel. I really like Michel Houellebecq, Anna Akhmatova, Chuck Palahniuk; I can go forever about my favourite authors and books really. Love movies, but not the mainstream. Boooring. Love art-house, French films, Old Russian films, especially those about war. Oh yeah, you wanted to know about my brands choice. Well, I might disappoint you here but I don’t like brands. I have this theory that clothes should appear in your life by some circumstances, by some chance, then you will look like your inner self, not like someone you are trying to look. I love vintage shops, love stealing clothes from my mother and my friends. My mummy has a great style by the way (laughs). I think it’s stupid to spend a lot of money on clothes, I don’t think it’s so important, you can look good by spending nearly nothing, and you just have to be creative.
• (ME): Whenever paparazzi catch you on the street you always look good, what’s your secret?
(GERMAN): Wow, really? Thanks ha-ha!(laughs) I know I’m the god of fashion. No, to be honest, I don’t put any effort in. Well, I wash myself. But that’s about it. Ha-ha. When I wake up, I put something on; I don’t actually look for the clothes in my wardrobe. I don’t actually have one. I see jeans, I see a t-shirt, I wear converse or sandals and I go out. I don’t know how I do it really, I just look god no matter what (laughs). Honestly, I think the less effort you put, the more natural you look and the more you look like yourself. I don’t do my hair; it has its own life. It’s always messy, and I like keeping it long. I have this really weird thing for my hair. Since I’ve accepted it has a life of its own, I started feeling the pain of it when I’m getting it cut. I was always very skinny and it used to bother me when I was younger, but then I became a star and I don’t care anymore (laughs).
• (ME): You are 20 now; do you have any plans about your career in future?
(GERMAN): Oh my, I am 20 now. I didn’t actually realize. I think I could have missed my last birthday…I’d need to check. Yeah, I want to release few more awesome albums, I want to travel the whole world and visit every country and show people my music. Also, I want to release few tracks with Kanye West, I think he is an awesome guy. (Kanye, if you are reading this now, I LOVE YOU!!!). And I was also thinking of going back to my old days and maybe try myself as a fashion designer again. If I will, my clothes are going to be very unusual, not the everyday fashion. I’d love to create a costume for my babe Lady Gaga(laughs).
• (ME): And what about your private life, would you be kind enough to share your love story with us?
(GERMAN): Yeah I am in love. Her name is Florence. She is fat and ginger. She’s quite hairy as well. We share milk and we like watching cartoons together. She’s everything I need. (Smiles) To be honest, I’ve been in the serious relationship before but it didn’t really work out, and poor German was left heart-broken (laughs). I’m having so much fun with my life at the moment; I don’t want to complicate it. Love is always a drama, and I prefer peace and quiet. (Smiles)
• (ME): Thank you so much, I hope you will continue to write good music; personally I am a huge fan of your art.
(GERMAN): Thank you! (Laughs) I love giving interviews to the magazines I trust, it’s important that people will know the truth about me

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