RIDLEY XCX
(Ridley) Um, again, I love how expansive it is.
I’m only making tracks I’m really excited to do so, as opposed to, like, I was taking any kind of, like, stage gig I could get. This one, it’s like, oh, I got to mash up, like, this monologue I love with this song I’m really into right now. Um, and so I’m always really excited for whatever I’m bringing. Um, so I love how personal it can be, and not only do I love performing, I love seeing what other people are doing, you know? Yeah.
Um, and because it’s such an intimate space, usually, that, I feel, gives it something different from, like, when you go to see a stage show. And because it’s also so expansive — like, I’ve seen numbers that I’m like, I would never have thought of that, that is so smart — Xana Whoria, I don’t know, have you ever seen? Um, great performer, did, like, I don’t know what the song was, but had this, like, sticky goo, and so the tips would get, like, stuck onto — oh my god — and then I saw somebody do a rock and roll ABBA “Money, Money, Money” with a stapler. It would staple the — oh my god — bills. It was so punk, it was crazy, that’s insane.
Um, anyway, so I love that I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before. It’s literally a couple feet away from me, like that. As a — I love being an audience member there too. Like, I love to clap, I love to tip.
Something I hate about it: oh my god, it’s so late. I’m old. I want to be in bed before midnight. I hate how late it is. I hate that it doesn’t start on time. I hate that I feel like I’ll get there way early and then just be sitting around.
And the fact that you can drink while doing it, which is something that doesn’t exist, like, in terms of, like, I don’t know, the theater scene — oh my god — the first time I performed at 9 Bob Note, I had smoked before and my mouth was so dry. I hadn’t considered that lip sync. I got, like, you know when dogs, like, they’re like — they get stuck in their gum.
Um, so the fact that, like, substances are, like, you know, it’s usually at bars and stuff, um, I have to kind of be mindful of, because, um, I don’t want to — I don’t want to get there too early and then I’m drinking too much, and then by the time it’s finally time to perform, I’m like, you know, I don’t know, not able to give it my best show, or like, I’m forgetting what I’m supposed to do because I’m fucking drunk.