**You started quite young. Do you feel that not showing your identity and being able to perform in a “mysterious” way, as you put it, has been different for you as a woman? In the entertainment industry, particularly younger women, are often forced into a box.**
That’s actually something I’ve never thought about, really. But now that you’ve mentioned it, it does ring true. In the Utaite world, there are male and female singers, but it’s not really about hiding gender. So, I’ve never really thought about it in those terms, but when you think of artists or your singers in general, it’s a lot about the visual aspect.
There’s the visual aspect and then the song. Then they sing and do live performances, go on tv, that’s the usual route that people take. But I never really had to think about that because I come from the utaite background. My voice isn’t exactly what you’d call feminine – it’s very low and sometimes I’d be shouting. My voice has that punkish quality to it as well when I’m singing. Maybe there’s not so much of that feminine side that people really think of as feminine in general to my voice. It’s not about being masculine or feminine. My voice goes beyond that because you’ve taken away the visual aspect of it as well.
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What a voice!
**You started quite young. Do you feel that not showing your identity and being able to perform in a “mysterious” way, as you put it, has been different for you as a woman? In the entertainment industry, particularly younger women, are often forced into a box.**
That’s actually something I’ve never thought about, really. But now that you’ve mentioned it, it does ring true. In the Utaite world, there are male and female singers, but it’s not really about hiding gender. So, I’ve never really thought about it in those terms, but when you think of artists or your singers in general, it’s a lot about the visual aspect.
There’s the visual aspect and then the song. Then they sing and do live performances, go on tv, that’s the usual route that people take. But I never really had to think about that because I come from the utaite background. My voice isn’t exactly what you’d call feminine – it’s very low and sometimes I’d be shouting. My voice has that punkish quality to it as well when I’m singing. Maybe there’s not so much of that feminine side that people really think of as feminine in general to my voice. It’s not about being masculine or feminine. My voice goes beyond that because you’ve taken away the visual aspect of it as well.