Peaches: ‘My video is not porn. It’s an incredible piece of work’

The electro art star was playing with sexuality and shock feminism long before Rihanna and Lady Gaga. She talks about the joy of making X-rated pop videos, her problem with British radio, and how she sees electroclash now

Hi Peaches! It’s been six years since you last released an album. What have you been up to?

So in 2010, I stopped touring I Feel Cream, then a theatre asked me to do a production, so I said I wanted to do Jesus Christ Superstar. Then they asked for a larger production, and Peaches Christ Superstar did a little tour in the States. Then we made a movie, Peaches Feels Herself, then all of a sudden I was presenting it around the world at all these festivals. I was asked to play the lead in my first-ever opera, called Orpheo. The main role is a male character who represents music. I don’t know Italian or read music, so I had to take six months to learn it.

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