Iggy, you’re like something from our teenage ’90s dreams!
PAPER Magazine tapped the rapper Iggy Azalea for their November cover, and in usual fashion, they took the styling to new heights, departing Iggy from her high-ponytails, red lips and colorful prints and pulling her over to the dark side, for a ’90s grunge goth inspired spread.
Complete with the scarlet lips and oversized plaids of our grunge daydreams, the look is becoming on Iggy as she details her upbringing, her first trip to the U.S. and how Miley stole twerking from her.
Check out some excerpts from the interview below.
Iggy on how Miley stole twerking from her:
“I’ve been doing that onstage for two-and-a-half years,” Azalea says of Cyrus’ recent forays into the ass-grinding dance craze. “She probably fucking watched my videos online and decided to try it.”
On her parents seeing her perform live for the first time:
“It’ll be weird when my parents are there,” she says. “Not because of the dancing or the sexuality, but because they created me. There will be fans screaming for me, but my parents know the real side of me. The side that’s not cool.”
On making her first trip to the U.S. at age 13:
“I loved it here,” she remembers. “It was like the movies, but real. I wanted to live in America ever since I visited. I bought a blue wig on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and I wore it everywhere. I thought people would think it was my real hair. Now that I look back on it, I’m like, that hair does not look real, girl.”
Be sure to head over to PAPER Magazine for the full cover story.
