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AMBER ARCADES

Annelotte de Graaf

Tell us about the best and worst dates you’ve ever been on.

Worst: Probably back when I was 16 and I invited my boyfriend of two days over to chill with me and my best friend and they ended up kissing and announcing they were a couple now, and I was like, “sure whatever.” I think I was actually kind of relieved because this dude was pretty weird, he thought he was an actual vampire. Best: Taking myself out to get Surinam food for lunch sometimes.

What’s the most embarrassing (or funniest) thing that’s happened to you in front of your bandmates (or on stage)?

Making a Trump joke during a show in Ohio and having no one in the audience laugh about it. Although I guess that’s mostly embarrassing for them, to be on the wrong side of history re: my jokes. Time will tell.

If you heard that the world was ending in one week who would be the first person you’d call and what are some of the things you’d do in that week?

Call my grandma and smoke an ounce of DMT in one final attempt to understand the universe.

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Annie Hart

In 2017 the “Me Too” and “It Was Me” social media hashtags further brought sexual assault and harassment to light. Have you ever been the victim of harassment or assault, or witnessed such behavior, or been the perpetrator? And what concrete steps can be taken to combat sexual harassment and assault in the music industry and make it a more welcoming place for women?

I’ve definitely been the victim of sexual

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