Caroline Polachek on desire, going viral online and starting a solo career in her 30s

Caroline Polachek has been called one of this generation's most experimental pop artists. Her latest album, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, is her second record as a solo artist, but her seventh overall. She sits down with Tom Power to talk about her compelling creative process, her viral song So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings, and more.

00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - New Album Talk - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
05:19 - Acid Trip x Céline Dion
08:46 - Limitations & Questioning Genre
11:28 - Early Music
16:00 - Data Moshing & Kanye West Beef
17:40 - Going Solo
19:04 - Dido Collaboration
22:20 - Favourite Song on New Album

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