Thats so much pressure!
On top of that,Chaos Angelis smart, stylish, and often very funny.
Is it nice to have a distraction in filming the show right now?
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Maya Hawke:To be honest, I feel extremely nervous.
I want to make whateverthisis!
And I dont want to do that.
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Im working on it.
Im still nervous though.
If I was just sitting around looking at my phone, that would be bad.
That makes a lot of sense.
Im working on it.
Theyre an educated person, a smart person, and theyre probably right about a lot of stuff.
But it is also just a person, and there are other people who might feel differently.
I love the title of the album, too.
Where did that come from?
Were you thinking about the chaos angel as a kind of archetype or character that runs through the album?
Well, I was working on the filmWildcatabout the life of Flannery OConnor.
And theres a letter from Flannery OConnor that we steal fromwith permissionas dialogue in the film.
And that really struck me.
And I thought about how we all do that.
And sometimes we really resist it, and fight it off.
Its saying, Dont eat that burger, no one will love you if you gain weight.
You want to feel like you’ve got the option to trust your own instincts, right?
Thats the very long and convoluted story of the chaos angel!
You mentioned these different spiritual traditions that fed into the recordare you a particularly spiritual person?
Id probably say Im spiritual-curious.
I feel lucky that I can appreciate the good parts of it.
It was also around the same time I started reading Flannery OConnor, which started that journey for me.
They do bleed, and I’m so grateful for the bleed.
One of the coolest things about my life is the bleed.
The kind of emotional openness thats required to be an actor is a great catalyst for songwriting.
One of the aspects of your music that seems to shine on this album is your sense of humor.
Was it always your intent to inject this project with a little bit of black comedy?
Yeah, I mean, I want them to be funny.
Im often making actual jokes in the songs.
The whole two verses of Missing Out are really about what I imagine other people might say about me.
This is how I sometimes feel I look to other people.
But maybe my jokes just dont land.
Theyre for a particular audience, I guess.
Were you thinking more deeply about how to use fashion as part of the storytelling around this album?
What are you going to wear on tour to get intoChaos Angelmode?
I think about it all the time.
I knew that was theChaos Angeluniform, like a Catholic schoolgirl with a rebellious side.
It helps me stay in the spirit of the recordto stay true to my inner chaos angel.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
