Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye of Jockstrap spoke to NME ahead of the Mercury Prize 2023, and revealed their dream collaborations and the ever-growing support they receive from their live audiences.
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00:00 How are you guys? How's it going?
00:02 - Good. - Very well, yeah.
00:04 Very good, yeah.
00:05 What's it mean for you to be here today?
00:07 Yeah, it's our first thing we've done like this.
00:12 It's a new experience.
00:14 - It's exciting. - It's great.
00:15 It's really exciting.
00:17 Everyone's looking gorgeous.
00:19 And we feel gorgeous.
00:22 Have you managed to catch up with anyone so far?
00:23 Have you met anyone while you've been here?
00:25 Only briefly, really.
00:28 Yeah, briefly.
00:29 We've had soundcheck.
00:30 We're a bit... I'm not good at talking to people, innit?
00:33 So I'm not good at going up.
00:35 But when it comes out in the music, you would never guess so.
00:39 I feel like your album is so beautiful.
00:41 How have you found the response to it?
00:43 Yeah, it's been a really good response over the past year.
00:46 I've been very lucky.
00:47 Got some... Had some great festivals.
00:50 People singing along.
00:51 - Couldn't ask for more. - Yeah.
00:53 How's the response been like live for you?
00:55 Do you see that people get into it maybe more than you expected?
00:57 How's the response specifically for the new songs?
01:01 Yeah, they got the memo.
01:02 They know what to do, which is just have a really good time.
01:06 Sing, dance, kiss, cry.
01:11 And how was it with the Blur audience as well?
01:14 Because I feel like they can be maybe a different crowd.
01:16 Did you feel like you were winning them over?
01:18 What was the response like? Was it different?
01:19 We won them over. Yeah.
01:22 They loved it.
01:23 They all got down and bowed at the end.
01:26 There was only like 100 people there,
01:27 but the 100 of them that were there...
01:29 We were playing quite early on in the day,
01:31 but it was still really good.
01:33 It's like being on a game.
01:34 It's a weird, crazy stadium, isn't it? Yeah.
01:39 So if you could tour or play shows with anyone next,
01:42 who's your bucket list?
01:43 Who would you love to play with?
01:44 You're going to say Dave?
01:48 Yeah, I've said Dave a few times.
01:50 Dave.
01:52 Manifesting Dave.
01:55 Uh...
01:58 Wise Blood.
01:59 Yeah, Wise Blood.
02:00 Wise Blood, if you're listening.
02:02 Wise Blood and Ethan, yeah.
02:04 Which albums have you been listening to from the shortlist?
02:06 Is there any that you've really been retinating with?
02:10 Well, yeah, Lancome, innit?
02:13 I haven't listened to the whole album.
02:14 We're new to Lancome.
02:15 And they're amazing.
02:16 We're really impressed by them.
02:18 So we're dipping our toes in slowly.
02:22 It's quite unusual music, so taking our time.
02:27 So if anyone hasn't heard your album yet
02:30 and they've been living under a rock,
02:31 what is the one thing you would want them to take from it?
02:33 What's the one message that you want them to have from it?
02:35 Be yourself.
02:39 Be yourself, you're sexy.
02:43 Just trust yourself.
02:45 Trust yourself.
02:46 Trust yourself.
02:48 I feel like it's been a little while since you guys formed.
02:50 It was in 2016, right?
02:52 Maybe.
02:53 It was '18.
02:53 Yeah, 2016, '17, yeah.
02:56 How would you say that your sound or your working together
02:59 has evolved or changed since then?
03:03 It's got a bit more collaborative, I think.
03:04 At the beginning, we were just being a bit blah, blah, blah.
03:08 But now we know each other a bit better.
03:13 Yeah.
03:15 More-- what's the opposite of tentative?
03:20 The other way.
03:21 Like passionate, yeah.
03:22 We're more confident with our choices.
03:26 And if you were to win tonight, what does celebration
03:29 look like for you?
03:30 How would you celebrate?
03:31 Well, we'd go and book a suite in a very--
03:35 Nice.
03:35 --flush hotel and have a party.
03:38 Yeah, that's--
03:40 With other people as well.
03:42 OK, lovely.
03:43 And then how does the future look for you?
03:45 Going forward, have you thought about plans for new music,
03:47 where you'd like to take your sound,
03:48 or are we just enjoying the moment for now?
03:50 We've got a new song coming out next week, actually.
03:52 So that's pretty new.
03:56 Yeah.
03:58 That's it.
03:59 Yeah.
03:59 What can we expect from the new song?
04:01 A star.
04:06 We're joined by a star.
04:07 Yeah.
04:09 I can't tell you--
04:10 New gen.
04:11 It's a new gen of artists.
04:12 But he is a star.
04:14 Lovely.
04:15 Thank you so much.
04:16 Best of luck for tonight.
04:17 Congratulations again.
04:18 Thanks.
04:19 See you later.
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