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<\/a><\/a>Blue denim cowboy hat by Dior by John Galliano stylist’s own, light wash blue denim shirt by Gap, light pink jeweled corset by Maison Martin Margiela, multiple chains and silver nose ring all model’s own<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cVinnie! Chill my dude! My dog is crazy. He does this weird thing where he makes these odd noises like \u2018arghhhhhhhhaaa\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s like he really wants to say something but he can only speak dog. He\u2019s staring like some fucking samurai is about to chop his head off – I\u2019m like \u2018Vinnie, just chill\u2019.\u201d Meet Brooke Candy, the 24-year-old stripper-turned rapper who in this case, doesn\u2019t practice what she preaches. She first appeared in 2012, and it wasn\u2019t long before her platinum blonde thigh-length braids, metallic lingerie, and take-no-shit attitude propelled her to Tumblr stardom. Straddling the underground, with the growing attention of musical pioneers like Diplo, will.i.am and Sia, it wasn\u2019t long before the inevitable collaborations commenced. Courtney Love counts herself as a fangirl, and in Grimes\u2019 iconic \u201cGenesis\u201d video, Candy bagged a leading role leering through the sunroof of a Range Rover, and menacingly dancing in the desert.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s this year that the extent of Brooke Candy\u2019s takeover is about to be felt. Simultaneously shaking up fashion and music worlds to the core, she\u2019s just signed to Sony after turning down four major label offers, with plans to release both an EP and her debut album this year. When she\u2019s not in the studio, Brooke\u2019s been playing muse to Nicola Formichetti [Diesel\u2019s art director] and performing a live show so raucous it makes Miley\u2019s Bangerz tour look like a Michelle Williams\u2019
\ngospel album show.<\/p>\n
We spoke to her while she was waiting for her friend to accompany her for a tattoo sesh. \u201cI want AK47s somewhere, and then on my pussy I\u2019m gonna get \u2018Freedom.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
You were in Venice with Courtney Love recently. That\u2019s weird.<\/strong> Courtney\u2019s part of that fashion-y world, while remaining counter-cultural. How important has that been to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n It was vital to me in becoming a performer. I loved being around all these people who have nothing to lose, and express themselves, who come alive at night. People are gonna look back at this time, those people are gonna be the most profound people on the planet – the freaks, the ones who want to change things. But I also wanna perform in stadiums. I want my music to reach the highest level possible.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve also been working with Sia, who knows a thing or two about writing songs for stadiums.<\/strong> Why? Isn\u2019t it more fun to just stick with the weirdos?<\/strong><\/p>\n I want to start a revolution of less indifference, a revolution of intelligence. I want my generation to wake the fuck up \u2013 I feel like they\u2019re dead asleep. Everyone is so indifferent, it\u2019s very visible, very scary-true. If I have a platform, I need to use it for some sort of good.<\/p>\n Why don\u2019t you think that kind of revolution hasn\u2019t happened yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n A lot of people in the industry are so indifferent or afraid that their backing will be taken away. Especially female stars, they could change the fucking world, and then they say shit like they\u2019re not feminist.<\/p>\n What is feminism to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n As a woman it\u2019s about loving your body regardless of what you\u2019re told, or what\u2019s conventionally perfect. That\u2019s why I get naked all the time \u2013 yes, everyone\u2019s a bit self conscious at times but I\u2019m like, \u2018fuck it\u2019. I\u2019m gonna show this shit off, and I\u2019m gonna show it with pride and dignity, and tell everyone to fucking eat it. There\u2019s a fine line between being sexual, and being exploited. I\u2019m making a conscious choice.<\/p>\n Is that why you previously worked as a stripper?<\/strong><\/p>\n Courtney Love, Lady Gaga stripped – a lot of these women in this industry have done it. With me, for some reason it\u2019s on the tag line: \u201cBrooke Candy: Internet Artist and Stripper.\u201d I did it for money because I had big boobs, it was really that simple. I\u2019m not telling anyone to do it, but if you\u2019re comfortable with your body, literally all you do is dance. And I love to dance, and perform. We all know what a pussy looks like, what a dick looks like \u2013 you have the control, you have all the freedom.<\/p>\n What\u2019s your record going to be like?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s a real mix. There\u2019re ballads, I have some Diplo songs on there that are completely different, melodic pop songs, hybrids of rapping and singing, and then some real ratchet rap songs you just wanna drive around and smoke weed to.<\/p>\n Ok, so there\u2019s going to be a lot more than rapping in it. How are you keeping to your unique style?<\/strong><\/p>\n My style comes from when I was living in my car and I had no money. I could only afford to buy paper so then I\u2019d have an outfit made of paper. It was that real. Now I\u2019m transitioning into something a little more classy. I\u2019m in between this idea of complete and utter decadence, and horrifying, grotesque shit that scares the shit out of you. So many people have inspired it: musicians, drag queens, Amish people.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve said Ke$ha imitated your style…<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh I don\u2019t care about that shit anymore, I\u2019m glad she did. Ke$ha\u2019s a great songwriter in the way she understands weird scientific algorithms for making pop music that is very simple, and mindless. People just respond to it. It\u2019s flattering, everything is recycled, and everyone takes from everyone else. But to take something that soon from someone nobody even knows about? It\u2019s kinda funny.<\/p>\n Words: <\/strong>Shannon Mahanty<\/p>\n Photographer: <\/strong> Liam Warwick<\/p>\n Fashion Editor: <\/strong>Matthew Josephs<\/p>\n Hair: <\/strong>Roxane Attard using Bumble & Bumble<\/p>\n Hair & Make-up: <\/b>Using new Dior Vernis range and\u00a0Capture Totale Hand Creme<\/p>\n Nails:\u00a0<\/b>Nails by Ama Quashie at CLM<\/p>\n Photographic Assistance: <\/strong>Eva Rinne<\/p>\n Fashion Assistance: <\/strong>Toni-Blaze Ibekwe & Charlotte Dobson<\/p>\n Make-up Assistance: <\/strong>Lois Moorcroft<\/p>\n Thanks to Flash Film Studios.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Candy Bling: Mutant rap’s Queen Bee, Brooke Candy, chats dancing for dolla-dolla bills and finding fandom in Courtney Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9419,9409],"tags":[3627,559],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>Black wool cowboy hat from a selection at Village Hats, dark navy denim <\/em> jacket with gold trim by Chanel, gold and black embellished skirt (just seen) by Dolce & Gabbana, multiple silver chains, silver nose ring, pearl earings and silver eye effect earing all model’s own<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI was there to see Nicola Formichetti launch his first collection with Diesel. I closed the show with \u201cOpulence,\u201d with this pussy riot moment with everyone in masks. It was so beautiful. The visuals were done by Nick Knight, and everything was denim or leather, and the sounds were amazing. It\u2019s a fashion crowd so it wasn\u2019t difficult to fucking freak them out. I flipped everyone off and showed them my tits. I kept throwing the horns, devil fingers. Courtney Love was like, \u201cBrooke I haven\u2019t thrown the horns in twenty years.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cFuck yeah, bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nYeah, she\u2019s had a huge, insane impact on my life, my outlook, and my art. She found me on Instagram and she must have thought \u2013 fucking freak. But she saw the real, and the rawness, and the vulnerability in me. She saw that I had no inhibitions. She asked me how many people I wanted to reach. I said, \u2018If you\u2019re gonna do it, fucking really do it.\u2019 I wanna speak to everyone. I want to be in the homes of every single human on the planet.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Black wool cowboy hat from a selection at Village Hats, light denim patchwork denim shorts by AG Jeans customised by\u00a0Ed Marler, black leather fingerless gloves by Chanel, art deco-style rectangle shape belt and crystal single star on cord magnetic bracelet both by Butler & Wilson, multiple silver chains, silver cuff, silver nose ring and silver chain bracelet all model’s own<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Dark blue denim shirt by GAP, red cotton jeweled top by Miu Miu, black wool cowboy hat from a selection at Village Hats, multiple silver chains and silver nose ring model’s own<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Black wool cowboy hat from a selection at Village Hats, pink snakeskin coat by Miu Miu, black lace lingerie set by Myla, beige suede thigh-high lace up boots by Emilio Pucci, multiple silver chains, silver nose ring and silver belly bar all model’s own<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Black wool cowboy hat from a selection at Village Hats,<\/em><\/em> black and white check cotton shirt by Gap, silver and black metallic jeweled crop top by Maison Martin Margiela, black leather fingerless gloves by Chanel, black leather woven belt stylist’s own, white denim frayed shorts by Diesel, multiple silver chains and silver nose ring model’s own<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Blue denim cowboy hat by Dior by John Galliano<\/em> stylist’s own, light wash blue denim shirt by Gap, light pink jeweled corset by Maison Martin Margiela, light wash jeans, multiple silver chains and silver nose ring all model’s own<\/em><\/p>\n
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