I can read a book in two days, but I’m not particularly proud of it. I identified much more as a little boy.Ĥ. I later realized that he was probably a projection of who I wished I could be, as I never liked being a girl when I was young.

I had many imaginary games with him, he followed me everywhere. When I was a kid I used to imagine I had a big brother called Michael. Although I don’t think I could go on a hunger strike for anyone.ģ. I’ve learnt a lot about love and devotion from my Italian family. My Italian grandfather went on a hunger strike when my grandmother’s family wouldn’t let them marry as they were too young. Whenever I got frustrated or lost with a song I would work on my sculpture and it helped me enormously.Ģ. I’ve made many paintings of circles and whilst I wrote my last album I also constructed a huge sculpture made out of many intertwined circles. If I see a circle I can’t focus on anything else. Read on as Calvi discusses her family history, a childhood imaginary friend, how she met her girlfriend, and more.ġ. I’m fighting against feeling an outsider and trying to find a place that feels like home.” The album’s first single, “Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy,” tackles how children at a young age are conditioned to conform to gender stereotypes, particularly how small boys are taught not to cry or express emotions. “I don’t want to have to chose between the male and female in me. “I want to go beyond gender,” said Calvi in a statement announcing the album. Nick Launay (Nick Cave) produced Hunter and it features Adrian Utley from Portishead and Martyn Casey from The Bad Seeds, among others. It’s equally as lush and passionate as her first two. Now five years later she has returned with her long-awaited third album, Hunter. Brian Eno was an early supporter, telling BBC 6 Music in 2010 that she was “the best thing since Patti Smith.” Calvi’s 2011-released self-titled debut and 2013’s sophomore album One Breath were both nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Calvi took to music early, learning guitar at age eight, although it took her until her mid-20s before she overcame her fear of singing in public.

The singer/songwriter/guitarist was born in Twickenham, a suburban area southwest of central London, to a British mother and an Italian father, both therapists. We also asked her to write a list of personal things -interesting facts that fans may perhaps not know about her. We asked Anna Calvi to take a self-portrait.

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