\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div> \n\tParker:<\/strong> So this is kind of a weird question, and you might not be able to answer it. I\u2019m also trying to answer it in my mind, but I can\u2019t. Apart from us, what\u2019s your favorite vocal duet in a song?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I mean I would\u2019ve went with \u201cDracula\u201d but\u2026<\/p>\n \n\tParker: <\/strong>Sure. Me too.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know why, I\u2019m thinking Madonna and Justin Timberlake right now, \u201c4 Minutes.\u201d There\u2019s so many.<\/p>\n \n\tParker<\/strong>: Yeah, there are. Does Fleetwood Mac count, I wonder? Because they were singing duet most of the time. I love Fleetwood Mac, if you can\u2019t tell. Do you hear [\u201cDracula\u201d] out in public much?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been meaning to talk to you about this. When I first found out about how the song started doing well, even my closest friends, they would all text me saying, \u201cThe song is amazing.\u201d Being the artist of the song, I can never fully understand how it started. But it\u2019s your song, [so] I knew it was going to do it.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I take a little bit of credit for having the vision. \u201cDracula\u201d was doing really well, people were into it. I just had the feeling that if you were going to get on it \u2026 I was like, \u201cI reckon that\u2019s going to take it to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Honestly, I think from the time that we met in Korea, I knew it was about to happen for us. I remember telling you that day, \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of your music for the longest time, and it would mean the world to get in a studio and make songs together.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I remember that.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I\u2019ve always listened and studied your music. I can\u2019t explain what attracted me to it, because for me it\u2019s an energy thing, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> With my music, it can be quite dense and chaotic. It\u2019s a lot to take in at once. So I think for a lot of people, it takes a while to get into it.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I love how your music takes me to a different atmosphere or a mood. I\u2019m drawn to feelings like that. It was inevitable for me to be a fan of yours and to pop up at your show today and watch it, which I\u2019m very excited about.<\/p>\n \n\t<\/p>\n \u201cBefore you go on, there\u2019s all this anxiety, Once I get onstage, the rest just doesn\u2019t really matter.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennie<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I\u2019m stoked you get to see it. You haven\u2019t seen one yet?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> No, this is my first time. What do you think makes your show special?<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I think you\u2019re going to enjoy it. It can be pretty crazy. I like to make sure that it\u2019s euphoric in the right places. We have moments of just sheer chaos, where it\u2019s confetti and lasers. We\u2019ve got all the tricks. There\u2019s some moments in the set where we just put all the buttons on and the fans are going crazy. The crowds have been great this tour. I feel like every tour that I do, we find ways to just make the kids go even crazier.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie: <\/strong>That\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> As a performer, what\u2019s a great show for you? What makes you walk offstage and go like, \u201cThat was the best show ever\u201d?\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tJennie:<\/strong> That the combination just felt right. The crowd and being able to share that much energy with the crowd is important. At the end of the day, I feel like before you go on, there\u2019s all this anxiety that comes regarding what I\u2019m wearing, how I look, or what the weather is, and then once I get on there, the rest just doesn\u2019t really matter. It\u2019s about the connection that you have.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I feel exactly the same way. It\u2019s like before you walk on, you have this idea that everyone\u2019s going to be judging you, and then you get up and you realize that they want to see you.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie: <\/strong>Yeah, they\u2019re here for us.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> It\u2019s just a bunch of humans in a big arena or stadium or whatever. What\u2019s it like playing solo shows compared to with the girls from Blackpink?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> The main difference that I\u2019ve noticed is actually the pre-production part of it. Obviously, being in a band there needs to be a lot of communication between each other, and to combine everything and to turn it into one is a completely different thing from me being able to just take care of everything on my side.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Did it feel good to finally be able to have your own stage, figuratively and literally?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yes. I realize how much I enjoy jumping from each room, making sure everything\u2019s aligned. I really enjoy that part of the process.<\/p>\n \n\tParker: <\/strong>You seem to be the kind of person that does everything. You act \u2014 I am completely blown away by anyone that can act, especially if they weren\u2019t an actor to begin with. The way that you\u2019re a singer and an artist and everything, and then you just go and act. I\u2019m like, \u201cThat\u2019s not fair. You\u2019re not supposed to be able to just do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> It\u2019s still a challenge that I feel like I\u2019m headed towards, but I enjoy being the performer and the other side at the same time. I\u2019m trying to be more focused on one project at a time now that I have more time as a solo [act]. I\u2019m still figuring it out, though.<\/p>\n \n\t<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cWe have moments of chaos. Every tour I do, we find ways to make the kids go even crazier.\u201d<\/p>\n Kevin Parker<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Oh, absolutely. We all are. Do you enjoy doing all those individual things, like directing film clips, or is it a control thing?\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> A little bit of both, but especially after my first album, Ruby,<\/em> came out last year, I\u2019ve learned so much about music. I\u2019ve been in music my whole life, so I told myself it\u2019s only fair for me to really go for everything that I feel like doing. From there, I can realize what I enjoy compared to something that I just had to do for the sake of it.<\/p>\n \n\tParker: <\/strong>Yes, for sure. Dua Lipa is the other person who I know who cannot sit still, who\u2019s just always doing stuff. What was it like working with her?\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Working with Dua didn\u2019t feel like work. It truly just felt like a day out with her in New York for a shoot. We were texting as if we were trying to find a date to hang out. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t get to record the songs together, but she came back with her amazing vocals. How was it for you?<\/p>\n \n\tParker: <\/strong>The best. She\u2019s the best. I just went to her wedding, actually.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I saw the photos. It looked beautiful.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> It was really special. As I said, she\u2019s a lot like you. She\u2019s always doing stuff. She\u2019s got a book podcast, she\u2019s got a music career. And like you, she does it quite effortlessly. If I did half of the things that she does in one day, I would need to sleep for four days. I do one thing a day, I\u2019m like, \u201cWell, that\u2019s me.\u201d She\u2019ll duck out from a recording session to interview Monica Lewinsky for a podcast or something, and then she\u2019ll come back and finish the session.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> She has energy, and she does it with love and passion. It\u2019s very inspiring \u2014 I\u2019m sure as a friend, too. You worked with Dominic [Fike], too. I guess we have the same taste in a lot of things, Kevin.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Totally. I love his music, and we were super stoked to be able to get him on the tour. How did you find working with him? Was it another remote thing?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> It was remotely done, but I remember he sent in multiple ideas, so we got to speak directly about landing on the version that we both liked. He\u2019s just a fun character.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Yeah, he seems like the kind of guy who\u2019s always recording music. Are you like that as well? Do you record tons of ideas and then pick the best ones, or do you wait for the right idea to come?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Once I\u2019m in my studio time, it\u2019s just building ideas. Somebody has to tell me to stop. How about you?<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I\u2019m in my own little world. With Tame Impala stuff, it\u2019s always been a very solitary thing, so I just go into my studio and then don\u2019t come out until\u2014<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Do you lock yourself in?<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> If I\u2019m working on an album or I\u2019m sort of gearing up for that, then I\u2019ll completely shut myself off. I go on these little trips by myself. I just rent an Airbnb on the beach somewhere.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tJennie:<\/strong> That\u2019s my dream.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> And then I\u2019ll just be there for a week. I won\u2019t speak to a soul for a few days.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I love that. Except for the mic.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Just the mic. That\u2019s the only vocalizing I do.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Do you give yourself some sort of a timeline?<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I\u2019m always setting a vague deadline for myself, because otherwise you just go forever. But, yeah, it really depends how I\u2019m feeling.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yeah. Albums\u2009\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I\u2019m always really intrigued by artists when they release music. Everyone feels a bit differently. When a song comes out, is that a happy day for you, or is it torture, or somewhere in between?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Like a single?\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Yeah, an anticipated single. You\u2019ve done some promo, everyone\u2019s heard some snippets, and today\u2019s the day where everyone hears the whole thing. [Jennie hesitates.<\/em>] <\/em>Sorry. If I\u2019m giving you PTSD by asking you this, then you\u2019ve answered my question.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yeah, no comment.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Going back to Dua, when the album [Radical Optimism<\/em>] came out, she was just so excited. Whilst I am excited for the world to hear it, overwhelmingly it\u2019s torture.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I\u2019m closer to where you are at. I wish for the day where I wake up in the morning being like, \u201cAh, release day, the happiest day of my life!\u201d Not that I\u2019m not happy, but there\u2019s a lot of overwhelming things that come with it.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I feel exactly the same way. I long for the day when I can just be happy that everyone\u2019s hearing it. I don\u2019t know if you experienced this too, but something that you\u2019ve been growing, tucked away from the world for so long and suddenly it\u2019s in the world, that transition is quite a violent thing emotionally and mentally. It\u2019s so exposing \u2014 it makes you very vulnerable. It\u2019s a weird thing what we do.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> It really is. So\u2009\u2026\u2009working with Rihanna, how did that happen?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \n\tParker:<\/strong> The Rihanna thing was kind of crazy. We got a call or an email from her producer or A&R or manager saying that she was finishing up her album and she wanted to put one more song on \u2014 and she wanted my song. I thought she was going to rework it, do a sort of a remix thing or a rewrite. It was the middle of the night, because I was in Perth, and they were like, \u201cThe album needs to be done tomorrow, so can you get stems right now?\u201d It was one in the morning. I got out of bed, went to my studio, turned on all the lights, printed out all the stems, and sent them over, and then didn\u2019t hear anything back until the song came out. That was it.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Wow.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> It was so surreal just to hear Rihanna, who I love, singing my song, which I guess today I\u2019d call a remix. I never really thought of it\u2009\u2009\u2026\u2009Quite similar to your remix of \u201cDracula.\u201d It\u2019s always really cool because I like my voice, but I don\u2019t think that I have the best voice ever. So whenever I hear someone with an amazing voice singing something that I\u2019ve written, I get such a buzz out of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> I\u2019m glad she decided to call you that day and took the song. Were you born and raised in Australia?\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> I was born in Sydney, but I\u2019ve lived in Perth for my whole life.\u00a0 I\u2019m Aussie through and through. You grew up in New Zealand? I didn\u2019t know that until just recently.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yeah, well, my accent is gone, sadly.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Sure. I\u2019m usually pretty good at picking Aussie and New Zealand. So did you go from New Zealand to Korea?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yeah, I was there from [age] 10 to 15. I got back, and I went straight into my trainee days.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> That must have been crazy, going from Auckland to Seoul? It\u2019s one of the smallest cities in the world to one of the biggest cities in the world.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Yeah, it was a big, life-changing thing for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Wow. You guys exploded, and it was such a huge thing. I think the Blackpink phenomenon was what I was aware of before the music even. I remember finally hearing the music and thinking it was badass. [Then your solo music], I listened to Ruby<\/em> from start to finish on a flight once.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Aw.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> These days I hardly ever listen to music. It has to be something that I really want to listen to.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Honestly, me too. While I was working on Ruby,<\/em> there was a time I definitely remember trying to reach out to you, which probably never happened.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> Oh, what? It must have gotten lost down the line.<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> When I jumped on \u201cDracula,\u201d as much as I loved the song and was honored to be a part of a song that you put out, I was just excited to get to know you and learn your pain and just be your friend. \u201cDracula\u201d came and it connected us, so it\u2019s our song.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> It\u2019s just one of those fate things, right?<\/p>\n \n\tJennie:<\/strong> Oh, for sure. I believe in that.<\/p>\n \n\tParker:<\/strong> It was the destiny of the song.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/EmmaAnderson_RS_SH03_041.jpg?w=750\")
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