Photo by Fiona GardenAlunaGeorge: "Attracting Flies" on SoundCloud.
Guest List features some of our favorite artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This time, we spoke with glitchy UK R&B duo AlunaGeorge, aka Aluna Francis and George Reid, whose debut album Body Music is out now.
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*The Last Great Film I Saw*
**George Reid: I love things that are terrible, like action films that are vaguely about espionage. I watched Swordfish the other night, with John Travolta, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman. It’s one of those turn-of-the-century things that came out just after The Matrix, when everyone was all about the technology. My girlfriend lasted about 15 minutes before she fell asleep, but I watched the whole thing and I enjoyed it.
*My Dream Collaboration*
**Aluna Francis: Pharrell. He could do vocals or production work, anything. We could even design a fashion label together.
GR: I doubt we’d be able to speak or move if we attempted, but it would be fun to work with Thom Yorke.
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Favorite Television Show*
GR: “Breaking Bad”
**AF: “Girls”-- I want them to use our music.
*Favorite Drink*
**AF: Aged dark rum, straight
GR: I’ve been getting into mojitos. It’s just so hot out and they’re refreshing and delicious.
*The Last Meal I Ate*
**GR: Fancy barbeque: sausages and burgers
AF: Sea trout with samphire
*The Last Album I Listened to*
**GR: Flying Lotus’ 1983
*The Easiest Money I’ve Ever Made*
**GR: I got my haircut once and it was filmed for some hair show so I got paid for it.
AF: I was asked to sing "Happy Birthday" during soundcheck and someone gave me five pounds on the spot.
*Favorite New Song*
**AF: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk and “I Knew You Were Trouble” by Taylor Swift
*The Strangest Display of Affection From a Fan*
**AF: I don’t think we inspire madness in people; we inspire slightly more level-headed experiences. We have things like portraits and pieces of jewelry made for us.
*Best Recent Purchase*
**AF: I have a penchant for gold medallions.
GR: I spend all my money on boring things like car insurance these days. My car is terrible. It’s a Fiat Punto.
*Favorite Music Video*
**GR: Radiohead's "Just"
*My Dream Tattoo*
**GR: It would be cool to have an Olympics one, with the rings down the arm... if I had been in the Olympics. But I just can’t see that happening anytime soon. I have no talent, but if I could win any event, it’d be the 200-meter sprint. It’s nearly as exciting as the 100 meters and it lasts twice as long, so there’s more time in the spotlight.
*My Morning Routine*
**AF: I have to eat as soon as my eyes are open, so I quite like it if there’s some leftover cake or dinner from the night before. Then I roll into the shower. Coffee’s not really a big thing in the UK, we still don’t know how to make it at home.
Photo by Colin Kerrigan
*Last Great Concert I Went To*
**GR: We opened for Kendrick Lamar at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and it was the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
*My Role Model*
**AF: My Auntie Olivia. If you’re in some kind of terrible, terrible disaster mode, you can just go to her and she’ll sit there and be chill. She doesn’t take on all of your hype.
GR: My father. He’s just one of those people, who’s given up everything for his family. He enjoys seeing his family happy.
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The Last Great Book I Read*
**AF: Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. It's freaking me out because it’s all about how this stalker is affecting the mental state of the stalkee-- I’m at the point where I almost don’t believe the stalker exists and it’s all coming from the main characters. I’m very confused.
*Worst Habit*
**AF: Picking finger skin
*Favorite Actors and Actresses*
AF: Samantha Morton, Christina Ricci, and Gael García Bernal
GR: Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage-- where his accent is from no one will ever know.
*Favorite Song of All Time*
**AF: Etta James’ version of "A Sunday Kind of Love"
GR: Marvin Gaye's "What’s Going On"
*Chicken or Shrimp?*
**AF: Chicken
GR: Chicken Reported by Pitchfork 2 hours ago.