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St. Vincent talks new album, 'brutality and beauty' ahead of 1st Indonesia show
St. Vincent is ready to go all out when she headlines the Joyland Festival in November, promising the Jakarta crowd an electrifying, no-holds-barred rock spectacular during her first Indonesian show.
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Unbridled: Anne Clark, better known as St. Vincent, appears serene and poised in an undated promotional photo. (St. Vincent/-)
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nited States musician Anne Clark, better known by her stage name St. Vincent, is many things at once: guitar heroine, musical savant, shape-shifting artist. But what is often left unmentioned is that she is an electrifying live performer.
“I go into a fugue state when I play my shows, it’s like an exorcism or something,” she told The Jakarta Post on Aug. 23 in an interview conducted via Zoom.
St. Vincent also mentioned the scrapes and bruises she got on her recent US tour, as “something else” always took over her onstage.
“I have no problem jumping into the pit and getting feral with everybody during concerts, but normally, I’m a person who likes to wash their hands a lot, you know?” she said, laughing.
That joyous, indomitable spirit is what the artist, affectionately called “Annie”, is bringing as the headliner of this November’s Joyland Festival in Jakarta, which was met with many cheers from festivalgoers when it was revealed recently.
“I’ve been to Bali once for a vacation, but it’s my first time actually getting to play a show in Indonesia, so I can’t wait! I’ve always wanted to go to Jakarta and see its people, music and food,” she said.
