When I suggest that, compared to many of her peers (Rihanna, Iggy Azalea, even the notionally more restrained Ariana Grande), she dresses demurely, she bridles at the word.
“The stuff that I feel comfortable in, and beautiful and cool and strong in, is different to what this pop star or this indie musician feels comfortable in. I put on a suit and I’m like, ‘I’m a badass!’ And that to me is my daring. But if it happened to be a bra and undies that made me feel that way, why deny yourself that? In a world that is trying to tell women all the time that you can’t have something that you want for whatever reason…” She stops. “No, I don’t think about being demure.”