{"id":133998,"date":"2024-12-06T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133998"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:32:17","slug":"i-twisted-myself-into-a-pretzel-to-please-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133998","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I twisted myself into a pretzel to please people&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/aa3c\/live\/49c3b400-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp\" alt=\"BBC Lauren Mayberry \" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Lauren Mayberry: &#8220;A song can have terrible production but a great story, and I&#8217;ll listen to that all the live long day&#8221;<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><b id=\"lauren-mayberry-is-a-peacemaker.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf\">Lauren Mayberry is a peacemaker. <!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since 2011, she&#8217;s been frontwoman of the Glaswegian band Chvrches, topping festival bills and the album charts with a trademark barrage of distorted synths and razor-sharp melodies.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mayberry was the baby of the band &#8211; just 23 when she joined, and years younger than her bandmates, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But their chemistry was instant. Chvrches&#8217; debut single, The Mother We Share, was written and recorded in 48 hours, using the only three synths they owned &#8211; but it became a word of mouth hit, earning them airplay on BBC Radio 1 and support slots with Passion Pit and Depeche Mode.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the press, they carefully presented themselves as a band, with each member receiving equal billing. But Mayberry says she worried about being the junior partner.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I was always conscious that I was younger than the other guys, and they had a lot more experience,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;They\u2019d been to music school, and I hadn&#8217;t. So I always felt like I was on the back foot, in terms of where I sat in the hierarchy.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">That feeling was amplified during a 2019 tour of Australia. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The itinerary gave the band a four-day break in Melbourne, and Mayberry was looking forward to spending the downtime with her bandmates and the crew &#8211; until she discovered they&#8217;d made separate plans and she was stranded in her hotel room.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I remember being very upset and hurt by that because I was always worrying about everyone else and taking care of everybody, and it was a humbling moment,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;In the end, I hired a little car and drove to an Australian spa town and had a wee cry listening to Taylor Swift\u2019s Cruel Summer.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Looking back, she thinks that being the only woman in the touring party left her carrying the &#8220;emotional labour&#8221; of keeping the show on the road.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I feel like I twisted myself into a pretzel sometimes to make everyone happy. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Then I\u2019d look back and think, \u2018And were you happy?&#8217; <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Not really, but I was keeping the peace.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/130c\/live\/8564bf90-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Charlotte Patmore Lauren Mayberry\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Charlotte Patmore<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The singer&#8217;s debut album is titled Vicious Creature after a lyric she&#8217;d written years ago: &#8220;Nostalgia is such a vicious creature \/ Another way to say that you fear the future&#8221;<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She considered leaving the band after that Australian incident. Then Covid struck, and Chvrches ended up making a fourth album, 2021&#8217;s Screen Violence, remotely.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She finally took the plunge a year later, but not before signing a new record deal with her bandmates, assuring the future of the project.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I was conscious it would give people a sense of security, that I\u2019d made a commitment,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s how it actually works, but that was my hope.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She\u2019s keen to stress there\u2019s no bad blood: Martin and Doherty have given her their full support. Still, it\u2019s natural for someone leaving a band to define themselves in opposition to that music &#8211; otherwise what\u2019s the point? <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As Mayberry succinctly puts it: \u201cI didn\u2019t want to make a crap knock-off Chvrches record.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In recording sessions, she&#8217;d flinch when anyone pulled out a vintage synth. Instead, she pursued a more organic, lyrics-first approach.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But after a decade in a trio, the instinct to compromise was hard-wired. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI&#8217;m very used to arguing my point, then trying to see other people&#8217;s point of view,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;So it was a real learning curve to be like, \u2018No, this is my opinion, and if I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s right, then it&#8217;s not right, and that&#8217;s the end of the conversation&#8217;.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Crying wolf<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The result is Vicious Creature, an album that showcases new depths to Mayberry\u2018s voice, which fluctuates between vulnerability and venom, while paying homage to her pop heroines. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She channels the spirit of All Saints on the album opener <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5qxVv0H2v5M\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Something In The Air<!-- --><\/a>; and borrows the choppy, sampled strings of Annie Lennox&#8217;s Walking On Broken Glass to power the single <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EUYBHnBaLNs\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Crocodile Tears<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The latter is a furious riposte to an emotionally manipulative man, where Mayberry snarls: \u201c<!-- --><i id=\"what-a-man-will-say-just-to-get-his-way-\/-always-crying-wolf,-so-i\u2019m-sad-to-say-\/-i-don\u2019t-really-wanna-hear-it-from-you,-babe\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">What a man will say just to get his way \/ Always crying wolf, so I\u2019m sad to say \/ I don\u2019t really wanna hear it from you, babe<!-- --><\/i>&#8220;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The singer says she&#8217;s role-playing in that song, inspired by the dark, subversive femininity of Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago, or Cabaret&#8217;s Sally Bowles.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It&#8217;s one of several songs that survived the first incarnation of the album &#8211; tentatively titled Fiction &#8211; that would be &#8220;dark, theatrical and character driven&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Slowly, over time, more personal songs started to creep into the mix. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The syncopated pulse of Change Shapes is a condemnation of music industry sexism (&#8220;<!-- --><i id=\"i'm-a-doll-inside-a-box,-with-a-ball-and-a-chain&quot;\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">I&#8217;m a doll inside a box, with a ball and a chain&#8221;<!-- --><\/i>). Sorry, Etc tells a similar story over a chaotic hybrid of garage rock and drum &amp; bass.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;There were definitely a few songs where it was at best expressing frustrations and at worst [feeling] kind of hurt,&#8221; about her life in music, Mayberry says.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b5e8\/live\/bebaf0c0-b268-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Chvrches playing at the BBC Maida Vale studios in 2013 (L-R): Martin Doherty, Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Chvrches playing at the BBC Maida Vale studios in 2013 (L-R): Martin Doherty, Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The album&#8217;s most intimate moment is a muted piano ballad called Oh, Mother.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Over three verses, Mayberry documents the shifting relationship with her mother &#8211; from the unquestioning love of childhood to adolescent disgust and, finally, the realisation that their time together is limited.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;<!-- --><i id=\"it-kills-me-to-know-you-won't-be-around,\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">It kills me to know you won&#8217;t be around,<!-- --><\/i>&#8221; she sings gently. &#8220;<!-- --><i id=\"oh-mother,-what-will-i-do-without-you?\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">Oh mother, what will I do without you?<!-- --><\/i>&#8220;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The last song written for the record, the words poured out after Mayberry&#8217;s friend and co-writer Dan McDougall sketched out the chords in the studio. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Discussing the lyrics, which were inspired by a family illness, the singer becomes a little emotional.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;When you&#8217;re living in the shadow of things like that, it&#8217;s on your mind all the time,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I think about it all the time. When I go away on tour, I always think, \u2018Oh, is this the tour where I&#8217;m gone and I miss it\u2019.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;So that last afternoon in the studio was quite a weepy one&#8230; But then we went to Nando&#8217;s. So it&#8217;s all about balance.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/374e\/live\/fd5c6b10-b268-11ef-a2ca-e99d0c9a24e3.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Lauren Mayberry on stage at London's O2 Arena\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The singer previewed her debut album on tour with Bleachers and London Grammar, along with smaller solo shows, earlier this year<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Oh, Mother is the sort of song she could never have written in Chvrches, Mayberry says.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not a place that we would go emotionally or sonically,&#8221; she says. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I think the best songs happen when the lyrics and the meaning and the sonics interlink but [with Chvrches] I was writing things in my notebooks and thinking, \u2018This is never going to fit with what the band have built\u2019.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Change is never easy, though. While some reviews have called the album a &#8220;<!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/readdork.com\/albums\/lauren-mayberry-vicious-creature\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">masterclass in pop alchemy<!-- --><\/a>&#8220;, others have said Mayberry &#8220;<!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2024\/nov\/28\/lauren-mayberry-vicious-creature-review\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">still sounds like someone finding their feet<!-- --><\/a>&#8220;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Fans of Chvrches&#8217; industrial sound have expressed disappointment too, but the singer has learned to distance herself from criticism.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;When people are like, \u2018Screw you\u2019, I rationalise it like this: You\u2019re mad at me, but you&#8217;re mad at me because life is hard, and our music made your life a bit easier for a minute. And now you&#8217;re like, \u2018Please don&#8217;t take that away.\u2019<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;When I was 24, that was overwhelming, but it made sense once I could compartmentalise it. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;You are the representative of something that means so much to this person &#8211; so when you do something else, it threatens the idea of that existing.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The flipside of that equation comes in concert. When Mayberry plays a song like Asking For A Friend, with its reassuring mantra, &#8220;<!-- --><i id=\"you-still-matter\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">you still matter<!-- --><\/i>&#8220;, she often sees &#8220;someone in the audience having a wee dance-cry&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;And when people cry, I cry. 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