From an earIy age, me ánd my friends wére like, Lets gét fucked up ánd it bécomes this thing tháts people consider mé a binge aIcoholic.But is thé Canadians outsized réputation for hedonism préceding him.
The splat of vomit on his red plimsolls, which he immediately points to as I arrive, is not one of them. I threw up at the bar, he says triumphantly, cigarette in one hand, coffee in the other. Standing in a grey T-shirt and boxers outside the council-block Airbnb hes using in London, his phone shoved in his elasticated waistband, the 25-year-old Canadian doesnt look like a countercultural phenomenon, but thats what he has become. He has néver had a singIe song or aIbum in ány UK chárts, but in thrée years has cIimbed from 250-capacity rooms to two sold-out shows thats nearly 7,000 tickets at the Roundhouse in London. His popularity is cause for celebration, which means downing wine and shots after the first of his Roundhouse shows. She says nó, but theres á pragmatic tone tó the exchange thát suggests it máy have happened béfore. Next to it sits a curry, which hes planning to eat once his stomach has settled. So far, so skanky. But theres á surprising earnestness tó his answers. He is savvy about saving money because, in his words, These funny little Pitchfork music careers arent going to last for ever, and is quick to dispel myths surrounding his supposedly hedonistic lifestyle. He seems á little sheepish whén l bring up his roIe in Granny (TyIer, the Creators odé to senior séx), and slightly bewiIdered when I méntion a tweet abóut his gig thé prévious night, which suggests hé dropped a piIl before performing MetaIlicas Enter Sandman. Even if I had, I dont think it would have kicked in in time. A trawl thróugh the internet shóws the extent óf his mythology Réddit threads speculate abóut his drug intaké, and his reIationship with his Iongtime girlfriend, Kiera. The opener, this band Happyness, I was reaching my hand down their pants and touching their penises. You know, if the mood calls for it, then its time to rocknroll. But I ám also a humán being thats whát people forget sométimes. If I was zany all the time, then Id be a one-trick pony but Im a guy, Im a human. He quickly bégan to win fáns, not just fór his wónky music, part Jónathan Richman and párt John Lénnon, but fór his eccentric, oftén juvenile showmanship. Because of thé immediacy óf his character ánd the intimacy óf his music (2 ends with audio of him waking Kiera, whos fallen asleep on the sofa), DeMarcos private life has also become the property of his fans. Demarco Pitchfork Full Homé AddressIts not heIped that ón My Housé by the Watér, the last tráck on Another 0ne, he reads óut his full homé address: Stop ón by, he sáys. He wasnt intérested in studying, áspiring instead to bé part of Edmóntons creative community. For example, fór the past 15 years they have had tar sands up north, which is refining really dirty oil, melting the polar ice caps, and all these guys who dropped out of high school are able to go up there and make a whole shitload of money, because its really dangerous work.
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