Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 312 – April 19, 2017

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From Issue 311 April 12, 2017

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Grace Chatto:
clean bandit
I’d Rather ‘Rockabye’ with Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson
at Webster Hall on April 21
One of my favorite songs ever
is “Rockabye” by Clean Bandit. I
was quite excited at the chance of
speaking with Grace Chatto, the
beautiful, sexy, blond cellist from
the band. The group is currently
immersed in a huge U.S. tour and
will be playing at Webster Hall in
New York City on April 21.
Clean Bandit originated in
Cambridge in the UK in 2008, and
consists of Chatto along with Jack
and Luke Patterson. Their unique
sound is infused with electronicclassical,
electro-pop, dance-pop
and a reggae mix. They won a
Grammy for their song “Rather
Be” and are currently celebrating
the success of their viral #1
mega hit “Rockabye,” featuring
Sean Paul and Ann-Marie. The
faction’s music is larger than life
and features vocals from different
voices all over the world.
Your song “Rockabye” is my
favorite song ever in life.
No way!
Definitely! I’m a little confused by your
band when it comes to touring. You have
this array of singers in all your songs.
What happens when you go on tour?
Do you bring each one with you?
Yeah, it’s a difficult nightmare. When we
go on tour we have two amazing singers,
Yasmin Green and Kristin Childs, and they
sing all of the songs.
How do you choose who sings
which song?
I don’t know, fighting, drawing straws...
Normally they have quite different voices,
so normally it’s quite clear which one will
work better. Often they do them as duets.
Grace Chatto appeared almost
shy, with an inner sweetness
about her. We spoke about the
tour, the music and how she
braved Russian homophobes with
a speech, presented in Russian,
when she visited that country.

You do all your own videos,
so I feel like, beyond music,
you lead an exciting life.
Making the videos definitely
keeps life very varied. We
just do such crazy things. We
get to go to such amazing
places, and it’s such different
kinds of jobs.
If you could have your
ultimate stage fantasy,
what would you need to
happen?
I’d like to fly in with all
the violinists and cellists,
from the back. That would
be cool. Also, I’d like to
have, when we perform
“Rockabye,” massive poles
for pole dancers, like in the
music video. Like incredible
acrobats.
I love that. If a fan wanted
to grab your attention
while you were performing,
what special thing would
they have to do?
Once a girl took off her top
and bra. It definitely made us
all distracted.
I would think. How do you
think your personality reflects
within your music?
I think [with] our music, there
is always a condition of a kind
of sadness and happiness.
Like, [the lyrics are] kind of
happy, but there’s something
about the sound of it that
has a kind of melancholy
element. I think that kind of
[balance] between joy and
humor and melancholy is
something that I experience.
What is your favorite thing
about performing live?
Really just seeing the faces of
all the fans. It’s so amazing.
When “Rather Be” came out
and now “Rockabye,” they
just went so viral, and it took
off so big all over the world,
and we were hearing about
it being #1 in 10 countries.
All of these people were
listening to it. It’s quite hard
to connect to that being
true until you actually play
live and see all the people
connecting to the music
as you’re playing it. It’s an
amazing feeling.
In the song “Telephone
Banking,” are you the
Grace that the song refers
to?
Yeah. The
singer that
wrote that
with us, when
we started
the band,
he was lead
singer of
the band, so
we have a
lot of songs
with him.
Although we
have loads
of songs with
him, that
one and 10
others, we
really had a
whole album
with him,
but we never
recorded it.
Photo Credit: Rita Zimmermann
Then he left the band, so
that’s when we connected
with different singers on
every song. He’s called Love
Ssega. He wrote that song
about me. There’s a line in
it: “Spent all your cash on
cappuccinos.” At the time,
when we started the band
about 10 years ago, we were
students. Then when we
finished university, we wanted
to try and make the band
our career, but we didn’t
have any money. Jack was
trying to get on the subway
somewhere, and he was
trying to borrow some money
from me, but I said, “Sorry,
I spent it on cappuccinos.”
Sseg just found it really funny,
and that became the song.
Then “Hey Grace, guess
what, cool” was based on
me and Neil’s conversation.
He used to be in the band.
Whenever Neil called me,
he’d say, “Hey Grace, guess
what?” Then he’d tell me
something, and whatever it
was, my answer would be,
“Cool.”
How many languages do
you speak?
Just Russian and Italian, and
a bit of French, but not really.
Didn’t you have a speech
in Russia referring to gay
rights?
Oh, yeah. We were just
performing in a reggae
event, and it was on
Valentine’s Day. It was around
the time that the mayor
of St. Petersburg, I don’t
remember exactly what it
was, but he displayed some
kind of homophobic law, and
it was becoming worse. So
we found it uneasy about
going there on Valentine’s
Day. We wore t-shirts that
said “All Love Is Real Love.” I
think the booing was louder
than the cheering. There was
some cheering.

So you went from
scrounging money for
cappuccinos to winning a
Grammy Award. How does
that feel?
Pretty good. It’s really cool. I
feel so happy now and lucky
to be doing this. It was a lot
of hard work in the first five
years. It’s still hard work, but
now there’s so much reward.
It’s amazing, us getting to
travel all over the world and
being here in America. It’s so
far away from home and so
big and exciting.
If you could say something
to your fans and followers,
what would it be?
Thank you so much for all
the support. It is really a
dream come true getting
to do this, and we wouldn’t
be doing this without any
fans. Also, believe in your
dreams and don’t listen to
people who tell you that they
are unattainable, because
everything is attainable.
What can the fans expect
at Webster Hall on April 21,
myself included, and for the
rest of your American tour?
Well, we will be playing
all the hits and new songs
from our new album that we
haven’t recorded yet. We’re
kind of trying them out. Lots
of instruments: cello, violin,
a big drum kit that’s kind of
a hybrid between electronic
and acoustic. Then Jack
playing the keyboard and an
electronic clarinet. It’s really
crazy. Then we have the two
singers, Yasmin Green and
Kristin Childs, and they are
amazing.
I’m wondering why not take
these two amazing singers
and use them to sing
your songs all the time?
Wouldn’t that be easier?
Yeah, yeah, it’s a good idea.
I mean, instead of taking
a singer, recording a song
and then saying goodbye,
see you.
But often when things work
out, they tend to do a few
songs, like Ann-Marie. We
did a couple with her. They
are kind of more ongoing
relationships. It’s kind of
amazing that we can keep
writing songs and choosing
the right kind of voice and
not [be] limited to one
particular one.
How did you decide
that in “Rockabye,”
you wanted a little
reggae flair?
It started out with a
dance hall beat. I’m
obsessed with dance
hall music. It’s my
favorite kind of music.
When I was little, my
favorite was my first
album I bought, which
was Ace of Base. They
were really the first to
do that incredible mix
of reggae with dance
hall pop. That mix,
I love that album so
much. It’s still one of
my favorites. I think
“Rockabye” is kind of
a similar idea, like a mix of
reggae with pop. Very cool.
We never intended for Sean
Paul to sing on there, even
though we always wanted to
work with him, because we
loved him so much growing
up. We were actually working
on some music for his album
in the studio with him. We
played it for him to see what
he thought, and he loved it.
He did his rap there on the
spot. That was completely by
chance from the start.
I have to listen to the song
at least once a day. Is there
anything else that you
would like to add that I
haven’t asked you?
Zara Larsson will be
performing with us. She’s
opening for us, doing her
own set. She’s got so many
hits, it’s amazing. Starly is
also supporting us. She is
fantastic! It’s her first tour, but
it’s like she’s totally born for
it. She’s so electric on stage. I
hope we might do something
with her actually. She’s really
amazing. Then Zara will come
on stage during our set and
sing “Symphony,” our brandnew
release.

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BY IAN-MICHAEL BERGERON
@ianmichaelinwonderland
Sweet Tooth
For a brief stint two winters
ago, I dated L.
L was an extremely sweet
kid. Too sweet, really. I know
I probably sound like a huge
asshole—hell, I probably am
a huge asshole—but I can’t
stand people who are too
sweet.
In correlation to my
assholeishness, I am sarcastic,
stubborn and often selfish. My
jokes are harsh, I don’t like to
be wrong (or admit I am, even
when it’s undeniable) and I
put myself first—sometimes a
good quality, sometimes not
so much.
People like me need strongwilled
people to keep them in
check. I need someone who
calls me out when my sarcastic
nature jumps over the line into
douche-baggery, someone
who can handle my sense of
humor and throw it back at
me.
We made it through several
dates. Every time he would
read me his poetry. I’m not
the biggest fan of poetry,
especially when it rhymes. I’d
sit across from him, blinking,
nodding, trying not to zone
out. But I kept thinking: Maybe
I need a sweet guy.
After yet another night of
poetry, he spent the night for
the first time. I wondered how
he would be in bed: Sweet
guys are either vanilla and
boring or kinky and bring their
own bag of sex toys.
We started with the typical
routine: kissing, taking off
each other’s shirts, pushing
the cats off of the bed every
time they tried to get back
on. We got naked; we rubbed
against each other. I reached
into the bedside table for
condoms; I turned on the
lamp to look for condoms; I
got out of bed, searching my
tan leather tote until I found
said condoms, wondering
how long it had been since I
last had sex. (There was lube
in the bedside table, already
half used from countless
nights of watching 30-second
porn clips on Tumblr.) He
put the condom on, and I
straddled him.
At first, it felt wonderful—but
I hadn’t had sex in some time,
and I was doing all of the
work. I switched positions to
put him to the test, getting
on my knees into doggy
style. After he was back
inside, I reached to stroke
myself.
“No,” he said, holding
me down by my
hands. “I want to
make you cum
without touching
yourself.”
Now, I’m sure
this is, be it rare,
something that
actually happens.
But it is not
something that
happens to me,
and I knew it
wouldn’t. We
fucked for a
long time,
switching
positions, and
every time I’d
reach for myself he’d pin me
down again.
Finally, he couldn’t hold
himself back anymore,
and came. While he was
distracted, I grabbed myself
and finished as quickly as
possible.
It was a valiant effort on his
part, but his plan did not
succeed. I saw him a few times
after that. In the end, it was
the poems, not the sex, that
caused me to end it. I guess I
don’t have a sweet tooth after
all.
PHOTO CREDIT:
STEVE BRENNAN

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