00:02
– [Interviewer] Hi, Charli.
00:03
– Hi.
00:04
– [Interviewer] Thanks for doing 69 Questions with Grindr.
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– Thanks for having me.
00:07
– [Interviewer] Where are we right now?
00:09
– We are backstage at The Wiltern in LA
00:12
getting ready for my show.
00:14
– [Interviewer] How’s your emotional landscape?
00:16
– Blah, my emotional landscape is crazy.
00:19
I’ve done so much today, I’m all over the place.
00:22
It’s stressful, hectic, I wanna party, but it’s good.
00:25
We’re gonna get there, it’s gonna be wild.
00:27
– [Interviewer] Do you have a song
00:28
that’s stuck in your head right now?
00:30
– Weirdly, my own ones.
00:34
– [Interviewer] What’s your sign?
00:36
– Leo.
00:36
– [Interviewer] Do you like hairy or smooth?
00:38
– However you choose to do it is good with me.
00:41
– [Interviewer] Face or body?
00:41
– [Interviewer] Face or body?
00:43
– Face.
00:44
– [Interviewer] Favorite song to perform?
00:46
– “I Got It”
00:46
– [Interviewer] Morning or night sex?
00:48
– Sex whenever you wanna have sex.
00:50
– Give or receive?
00:51
-Give.
00:52
– Fame or impact?
00:53
-Impact.
00:54
– [Interviewer] Favorite Doritos flavor?
00:56
– Cool Ranch all the way.
00:59
They don’t have it in the UK, why.
01:01
– [Interviewer] Sense of humor or sense of style?
01:03
– Sense of humor, always.
01:05
– [Interviewer] If you could time travel,
01:07
would you go to 1999 or 2099?
01:10
– 1999, honestly, because I feel like
01:12
the parties are probably better.
01:14
– [Interviewer] What boys are you busy thinkin’ about?
01:17
– You.
01:18
– [Interviewer] First date advice, hook up or hang out?
01:20
– I think hang out unless you’re like,
01:23
we have this mind blowing connection
01:24
and it’s one night, one shot, one opportunity.
01:27
We’re only gonna see each other this one time,
01:29
and in that case, hook up.
01:30
– [Interviewer] What’s your Grindr tribe?
01:32
– Oh my God, wait, can you teach me about Grindr tribes?
01:34
– [Interviewer] Yeah, otter is like a young hairy guy,
01:37
bear would be like an older guy who’s hairy with a belly.
01:41
Twink is like. – Yep.
01:43
– Twink? – No, I think.
01:44
– It’s bear. – Bear.
01:45
– [Interviewer] I think bear fits.
01:46
Favorite drag queen?
01:47
– Jodie Harsh, always.
01:49
– [Interviewer] Brand of poppers?
01:49
– [Interviewer] Brand of poppers?
01:51
– Okay, I’m gonna say Rush.
01:54
Is that basic, I don’t know.
01:55
They’re the ones I get asked to sign a lot,
01:58
so I feel a special connection to a Rush bottle.
02:02
– [Interviewer] For sure, and it’s the classic.
02:03
– It’s a classic.
02:04
– [Interviewer] You know, it’s like Coca-Cola.
02:05
– Yeah, iconic.
02:07
McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Target, Rush.
02:10
Bleached hair, yay or nay?
02:12
– Yay, sure.
02:13
– [Interviewer] You can only wear one outfit
02:15
for the rest of your life, what are you wearing?
02:17
– This, like just some sporty underwear.
02:20
That’s my vibe.
02:21
– [Interviewer] What would your Grindr profile name be?
02:24
– It’s Charli Baby.
02:26
– [Interviewer] Angels or devils?
02:28
– Angel on the outside, devil on the inside.
02:30
– [Interviewer] Advice to younger self?
02:32
– Just like chill, you know.
02:34
Like don’t be so paranoid, don’t be so stressed out,
02:37
and really don’t care what people think of you.
02:39
– [Interviewer] How do you like your tea?
02:40
– Black, but I’m more of a coffee person honestly.
02:43
– [Interviewer] Fish and chips or pizza and beer?
02:45
– Fish and chips, I think.
02:47
– [Interviewer] Favorite British slang?
02:48
– Okay, so some people in Britain, her.
02:51
Instead of saying like, “I need to go to the restroom,”
02:54
or “I need to go to the toilet,”
02:55
she’ll go, “I need go toilet,”
02:57
which is quite funny and cute.
02:59
– [Interviewer] Which is the best song
03:00
of yours to make out to?
03:01
– Maybe “Lipgloss”, ’cause it’s like
03:04
kinda sexy and it’s cute.
03:06
– [Interviewer] Do you have a go-to karaoke song?
03:08
– Either “Kiss” by Prince.
03:11
Or “Believe” by Cher.
03:13
– [Interviewer] Do you believe in past lives?
03:16
If so, who were you?
03:17
– Segue!
03:18
I think I do.
03:20
I don’t know, I was opposite from me now, possibly.
03:23
Maybe I was an animal.
03:24
I was a gay bear on Grindr, like living my best life.
03:29
– [Interviewer] Favorite Britney album?
03:31
– “Blackout”.
03:32
No hesitation, no question, “Blackout”.
03:34
Maybe my favorite album, period.
03:36
– [Interviewer] Dream threesome, musical or romantic.
03:39
– Musically, if I’m going underground,
03:42
I’m going for me, Sophie, Kim Petras.
03:45
You know what, actually if I’m going for like pop moment,
03:48
I’m also going me, Kim Petras and Britney.
03:51
That would be iconic.
03:53
– [Interviewer] Which Spice Girl would you be?
03:55
– I think depending on my mood I can be any of them,
03:59
but unfortunately I don’t think I’m cool enough to be Posh,
04:01
which is the goal.
04:02
Everybody wants to be Posh, but I’m just not her.
04:05
– [Interviewer] Do you like it when I call you señorita?
04:09
– I love it, but not as much as Shawn and Camila love it,
04:12
’cause they love it.
04:13
– [Interviewer] How did you get
04:14
your inspiration for “Royals”?
04:17
– Just like you know, growing up in New Zealand
04:20
and living my life and not really kind of,
04:23
like caring about the fancy things in the world.
04:26
Oh God, I’m sorry Lorde, I love you.
04:28
– [Interviewer] What would your “Real Housewives”
04:29
tagline be?
04:31
– B*tches know they can’t catch me.
04:33
Vroom vroom, ’cause it’s Charli baby,
04:35
or some sh*t like that.
04:36
Some vroom vroom like.
04:38
Most underrated bop?
04:40
– Like ever, or mine?
04:41
– [Interviewer] Let’s do of yours.
04:42
– Oh. – And then ever.
04:44
Which would be the same thing I guess,
04:45
so let’s just do yours.
04:47
– I mean, “Vroom Vroom” isn’t underrated
04:49
in like the LGBTQ community,
04:52
but it should be the anthem of the world.
04:54
– [Interviewer] Favorite location to perform?
04:56
– Gross, like sweaty rave.
04:57
– [Interviewer] Last time you came?
05:00
– Arrived, you mean, last time I arrived?
05:02
– [Interviewer] Yes.
05:03
– Today, I arrived today, and it was fabulous.
05:06
– [Interviewer] You’re here.
05:07
– [Charli] I’m here.
05:07
– [Interviewer] Do you have any random talents?
05:09
– I can kind of do the Worm, don’t make me do it,
05:12
and it’s only from knees, I can’t do it from standing,
05:15
and I sometimes bang my chin.
05:16
So it’s not really a great talent, unfortunately.
05:19
– [Interviewer] Who would play you in a Lifetime TV movie?
05:22
– Well, I would want it to be Christina Ricci,
05:24
but I don’t know that she’s gonna do Lifetime TV, you know?
05:27
Or is she?
05:28
– [Interviewer] She did “Lizzie Borden”.
05:29
– I don’t know what that is, but.
05:30
– [Interviewer] You’re good, you’ve got it booked.
05:31
– Got her in the bag.
05:32
– [Interviewer] Vroom vroom or beep beep?
05:34
– Vroom vroom.
05:35
– [Interviewer] Duh.
05:37
Taxi or Uber?
05:39
– Oh, you went there.
05:40
Fine, taxi, taxi, fine, but I hate you.
05:44
– [Interviewer] Favorite album to cry to?
05:46
– My own.
05:47
– Looking for now or later?
05:49
– Looking for now.
05:51
I think I’m looking for now.
05:52
– [Interviewer] Okay, final question, Charli.
05:55
Do you wanna roll with me?
05:56
– Yes, I do, with my life.
05:59
– [Interviewer] Thank you for doing 69 questions.
06:01
We so appreciate it.
06:02
– Yay.
06:03
– [Interviewer] Break legs tonight at The Wiltern.
06:05
– I will, thank you, thank you.
06:07
Love you.
06:08
Bye, muah!
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