Her name is Ängie, she’s got a song called Smoke Weed, Eat Pussy, and she grew up in a ghetto in the suburbs of Stockholm. Yes, apparently ghettos exist in Sweden. We’re picturing slowly rusting bikes and a bedraggled reindeer picking its way through a sea of Diam bar wrappers.
Smoke Weed, Eat Pussy is one of the most exciting new tracks of the year so far. It’s made people get all excited and start throwing around middle class music journalist phrases like “grittily urban” and “unapologetically original”. We’ll try not to do that too much. Anyway suffice to say, IT IS GOOD. YOU WILL LIKE IT. It’s a sultry trap-hop sensation, tongue-in-cheek, well produced and sexy.
Y’know when you hear a song you’ve never heard before, and think “omg this is amazing”, and push past the hot guy you’re chatting to, to stand next to the speaker and Shazam it? Or, in this case, call the girl who sung it and interview her. That’s what we did! Fittingly, we chatted about sex and smoking weed.
Hey Ängie! You’ve got an amazing sound! You are amazing!
[Laughs] thankyou!
We compared you to Franco-American electro queen Uffie in the office.
Yes I’ve heard that before! But I’ve never listened to Uffie myself, I don’t even know the song…Pop The Glock is it? Someone else told me it reminded them of me, so I listened to it.
So we know the song isn’t influenced by Uffie…who IS it influenced by? Snoop Dogg maybe?
I love Snoop Dogg, but no! I don’t know really. We just sat and listened to a playlist of mine, and got all kinds of ideas from everywhere. I wanted something fun and happy but with real in-your-face lyrics.
So tell me a bit about yourself! You’re Swedish, from Stockholm?
Well yeah, but I’m from out of town. Kind of the ghetto country. I used to steal my neighbour’s flowers, I’m obsessed with flowers. I don’t know why.
Well there are worse things to be obsessed with.
I guess.
The name of the song is Smoke Weed, Eat Pussy. Is that what you do on a regular basis?
Every morning.
Ha!
No, I have a boyfriend at the moment, so the pussy bit isn’t true, not right now anyway. But it’s just kind of supposed to be about how things were and how I saw things when I was a teenage girl. It’s kind of a biography.
We’re a gay magazine, do you like going gay clubbing?
Yes of course! My brother is a precious little homo, so he takes me out with his friends. And I’ve been bisexual myself since I was twelve. That was the time I figured out what I like and stuff. So I’m part of the community too!
So what’s would be your ideal man or woman then?
I just like a sense of humour! Anyone who can laugh and have fun.
So after you’ve had a smoke, what’s your munchie of choice?
Oh that’s a funny question, oh my god. Pizza! Or even just melted cheese by itself. Anything fatty! And donuts too!
Mine’s pitta bread filled with baked beans and loads of butter and mayonnaise.
Oh. Well it depends too on which night and what you did. I can eat anything really.
Have you been to London before?
No not yet!
I think your sound would go down really well here. Very gritty and urban.
We’re definitely gonna go there I think 🙂
What are your plans for the future?
I’m not really sure. I’m just gonna release some more music I think. Does that seem like a good idea?
Yes, do that! I absolutely love the song.
Thanks, I’ll make some more then.
• Find Angie on Facebook at facebook.com/lilweedhoe
