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One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!

Bethany Cosentino

It’s scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, “Am I ever going to be able to write something better than that?”
BETHANY COSENTINO

Song Thinking Writing
We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate’s bedroom to a band that’s doing extensive touring and had a record on the Billboard charts and everything happened insanely fast, but it’s not something that I sought out. It just happened.
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Bedroom Song Touring
Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I’ve done.
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Done Fashion Involved
I feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.
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Clothing Lines Steps
I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Records Song Sound
There are days where I turn on the TV or I look at the news and I’m like, “I want to go to Mars. This is insane.” But I can’t go to Mars! I need to face reality and just to have some hope.
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Insane Needs Reality
I’m working all the time. When I’m home I try to split my time evenly between resting and preparing for another tour, and writing stuff.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Home Trying Writing
I have personally been affected by women’s reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.
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Causes Issues Support
I don’t really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.
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Alternatives Female Liz
Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don’t copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Advice Being Giving Yourself
I buy most of my clothes online, I just sit around and look at websites and say ‘oh that looks cute’ – and then I just buy it and hopefully it fits because buying stuff online is always sort of risky.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Clothes Cute Looks
That, to me, is what I feel like is the future. If I have a daughter, if you have a daughter, becoming that ideal where it’s not about your gender; it’s about us being human, being in this together.
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Becoming Daughter Together
I like the 50s, party-movie aesthetic of the beach. I’m not really into modern-day beach.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Beach Modern Party
I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Fun Play Thinking
Touring is definitely work. You’re spending a lot of time in the car and around the same people and it’s not the easiest thing in the world, but it’s better than working a 9-to-5 job or something.
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Car People World
My favorite record of all time is Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk. It’s made up of a bunch of songs that don’t really sound the same, but they all go really well together.
BETHANY COSENTINO

Song Sound Together

One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!

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