The Skinny On... Alice Faye

What’s your favourite place to visit? 
Probably be my family home. There I can enjoy not only a warm meal and a glorious bath but I can see my oh so lovely and silly parents and have a big goofy laugh!

What’s your favourite food?
My taste in food is pretty basic, I’ll get sort of fixated on one thing and I’ll have it all the time, then totally move on. At the moment my favourite food would probably be a Babybel. They’re just so damn tasty to me, it’s beyond words to explain how much I love them right now. 

What’s your favourite colour?
If it’s during the day, blue, if it’s night time, red. I have a big blue coat that’s sort of like my uniform, so the colour is a bit of a comfort choice for me. I love red because it goes with my red lipstick and makes me feel powerful! It’s just an absolute classic. 

Who was your hero growing up?
David Bowie, because he’s David Bowie. 

Whose work inspires you now?
T. Rex. I think they encapsulate glam-rock’s androgynous sexuality and confidence in such a free and attractive way. Their discography is littered with golden nuggets, and I want to emulate their nonchalant, ‘you are who you are’ musical style. 

What three people would you invite to your dinner party and what are you cooking?
I would invite my friend James Carey-Douglas, Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli over for dinner. We wouldn’t have anything specific for dinner, but we would drink lots of champagne. Myself and James could spend the whole evening asking them about their relationship, any dirt they have on stars of their time and singing the classics – How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm and Maybe This Time – together for them, at full pelt. I don’t know how much Garland and Minnelli would enjoy the evening, but James and I would have a whale of a time. 

What’s your all-time favourite album?
I think it’d be Want One by Rufus Wainwright. It just formed me musically and emotionally at about 15, and I haven’t un-formed myself since. 

What’s your favourite song about revolution?
Children of the Revolution by T. Rex. 

What’s the worst film you’ve ever seen?
Old by M. Night Shyamalan. The film was clearly meant to be super scary but so many scenes were so ridiculous it was hard not to laugh. Dude went hard with the concept though, so respect to that I guess. 

What book would you take to a desert island?
Revolution in the Head by Ian MacDonald. The book discusses the music of The Beatles and the 1960s, explaining all of their songs in detail. With attention to exactly what instruments are played on each track, and who is playing on them. Hopefully the book would keep me distracted for a bit!

Who’s the worst?
People who are afraid of acting silly. Makes me all sad and bored!

When did you last cry?
Just a lil one the other day. I walked home in the rain after a bath at my parents' (lol) and I was in my pyjamas and my Crocs, so the wind and rain messed me right up! 

What are you most scared of?
Being too afraid to be myself. 

When did you last vomit?
After my last headline show in Glasgow. I will literally never get that drunk again. Who knew nine tequila shots and double gin and tonics were over most people’s normal alcohol limit!

Tell us a secret?
I was a very socially anxious person before joining the Scottish music scene. 

Which celebrity could you take in a fight?
The Hollywood actress Alice Faye from the 1940s. There can only be one of us!! (Just kidding, I was actually accidentally named after her, and she’s a bloody icon). 

If you could be reincarnated as an animal, which animal would it be and why?
A house cat that can go outside. They’ve got a good life: unconditional love, food, cuddles and the right to roam. 

The theme of the November issue is ‘radical imaginations’, so what’s your favourite fictional utopia?
I’m not sure if I have one, though if Wonderland in Alice in Wonderland counts, then probably that! What little precocious kid wouldn’t be drawn into that lovely, bizarre and strange land. 

And finally, in November you’re releasing the lead single, Silly Little Fool, from your forthcoming EP – what can you tell us about your new music?
Silly Little Fool is really, really close to my heart, I think it’s my favourite song I’ve written so far. I wrote it to be the introduction to this EP, introducing the world (and the relationship) where all the songs take place. Silly Little Fool is about my perception of myself and where that perception came from, romantically and personally. You can expect a vulnerably empowering yet funny and blasé frankness within this song and the rest of the EP. I can’t wait for you to hear the first single!! 

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Silly Little Fool is released on 1 Nov; Alice Faye plays Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 8 Nov