GQ: You did a lot in 2014, and you're up for four Grammys. What's ahead?
Iggy Azalea: I try not to have too many different goals, because then if they don't happen, you can be disappointed. You might overlook the fact that you might still be having a great life. I just set immediate goals for myself; the only thing I'm thinking about at the moment is having a great second album and doing a great job on my tour that I have coming up, because it's my first arena tour. And I'd like it to not be my last arena tour.
That's gonna be huge. What are you most focused on for the show?
Everything. Concept. Tour posters. I want everything to be right—everything, from the tour book to what someone wears. Even the right faces for the dancers, and their attitude. Everything is equally important. At the moment, I'm just trying to work on the initial stage design and making a stage that I feel like can engage with many people in an arena that big. So I'm doing something maybe not very traditional, and I'm working on that. Then tour posters.
What shows have you been to in your life that you're like, "I want my first arena tour to be like this"?
One tour I really love that I didn't go to, unfortunately, was the Madonna "Confessions" tour. I love that tour so much. It was actually why I called up Jamie King, who's working on the tour with me—because he left Madonna's tour. I was like, I've gotta have the people that were involved in creating this. I love when the stage changes and transforms.
Fast-forward to the end of your career. What do you want your legacy to be?
You never know how long you'll be in people's good graces, especially in this business. So I hope it's long—but I could be here for three or four years and then be out, like most artists. So it depends. I might be here for a long time. At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change—that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.
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