Wet Leg frontwoman Rhian Teasdale chats with Bandsplain host Yasi Salek for the latest issue of Billboard magazine. She gets candid about the band’s humble beginnings, what she learned from Harry Styles, and being a representation for women while onstage. Plus, she shares the original concept for the ‘Moisturizer’ album cover!
Yasi Solek:
Hi, I’m Yasi Solek, host of the podcast Bandsplain. I’m here with Rhian Teasdale, the icon frontwoman.
Rhian Teasdale:
Hi!
Yasi Solek:
I’m so excited to talk to you.
Rhian Teasdale:
I’m so excited to talk to you.
Yasi Solek:
This is, like, self-serving, but I just recently started lifting weights, and I was like, gorgeous, I’m gonna need to talk to Rhian and get some tips, some tips and tricks. I’m like, needing to talk to her about protein intake, and need to know, like, where she’s landing on creatine. Like, these are important questions. And I was, like, a bit of an expert.
Rhian Teasdale:
I don’t know, I do my best. It’s really hard on tour with, like, the whole protein intake thing. Like, you do kind of get a bit crazy about it and like it is just so hard to eat while on tour.
I just recently did a very deep dive into the life and career of Alanis Morissette. Her ascent was so fast, right? It was like zero to 60 in like two seconds. With that first album, you guys had a pretty psychotic also, like, overnight blow up.
Yasi Solek:
Yeah, it’s been crazy. Like, it’s, like, completely changed the trajectory of, like, everyone’s lives.
Rhian Teasdale:
It’s so, so random that we are where we are now. But I do feel like lucky that I have the perspective of working a lot of jobs before getting to do this. Otherwise, I think I would find it quite overwhelming if I’m having, like, a bad day and then, like, I have to, like, get on stage and, like, you know, entertain. I just feel having the perspective of working, having worked like so many s****y jobs. Well, actually, it’s really not that bad, is it? And whilst it’s like, my like, fifth gig in a row, like, it’s, you know, it’s people in the audience. It’s the first time seeing these songs, and I think that’s really special to get to sap all of their energy.
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